Invited to the D-Day commemorations, British singer Tom Jones delivered a poignant rendition of the track “I Will not Crumble With You If You Fall”.
Singer Tom Jones, 84 years previous on June 7, delivered a shifting efficiency on June 6, 2024 in the course of the D-Day commemorations in Ver-sur-mer in Calvados, within the presence of King Charles III and President Emmanuel Macron.
The British singer carried out a track known as I Will not Crumble With You If You Fall. This track, with its hymn accents, seems on Tom Jones’ album, Surrounded by time, launched in April 2021. It’s a cowl of a track by African-American activist Bernice Johnson Reagon. I gained’ crumble with you should you fall was featured on the activist’s 1975 album Give Your Arms to Battle: The Evolution of a Freedom Fighter.
Those that by no means got here dwelling
Different artists carried out throughout this ceremony, within the presence of British veterans. We have been in a position to hear the actor Martin Freeman studying the letter from a soldier who participated within the Landings. “I need to pay tribute to those that didn’t survive. Could they relaxation in peace,” he concluded.
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King Charles III additionally spoke in French and English, additionally paying tribute to the troopers “who by no means got here dwelling”. The king, whose mom, Queen Elizabeth, had herself served within the struggle effort as a mechanic, cited the phrases of his grandfather, then-reigning King George VI.