Anne Shelton (Patricia Jacqueline Reid (née Sibley))
(1923-1994), SingerSitter in 1 portrait
Popular singer. Made her first broadcast on BBC radio in 1940, began her recording career in 1942 and went on to enjoy major hits in the 1950s. In 1951 Shelton spent a year as the first British artist to tour America coast to coast. Successful records that decade included Arrivederci Darling (1955), Lay Down Your Arms (1956) and Village of St Bernadette (1959). Fondly regarded for entertaining the British Army during World War II and at subsequent reunions and commemorations during the 1970s and 1980s. In 1990 was awarded an OBE for services to the Not Forgotten Association.
Anne Shelton (Patricia Jacqueline Reid (née Sibley))
by Harry Hammond
bromide print, 1956
NPG x15547
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