Frances Langford, whose steamy rendition of “I’m in the Mood for Love” captivated soldiers stationed overseas on Bob Hope’s tours during World War II, died Monday. She was 92.

Langford died at her home in Jensen Beach, her lawyer Evans Crary Jr. said. She had been ill with congestive heart failure, he said.

Langford, a recording artist, radio star and actress from the 1930s to 1950s, joined Hope’s troupe to boost wartime morale at military bases and hospitals through Great Britain, Italy, North Africa and the South Pacific. She entertained a new generation of soldiers in Korea and Vietnam.

Even with her hair swept up in a bandanna, the petite singer (she was 5′1″) was a glamorous vision of home. She became known as the “Sweetheart of the Fighting Fronts.”

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In 1994, she married Harold Stuart, assistant secretary of the Air Force under Harry Truman. They spent summers on Canada’s Georgian Island, traveling from Florida aboard her 110-foot yacht.

She is survived by her husband. She had no children.

Rest In Peace, Frances.

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