Barbra Streisand’s Evergreen from A Star Is Born or You’ll Never Walk Alone from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel.
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Candle In The Wind.
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David Baddiel
Comedian and writer
My daughter Dolly singing Your Song by Elton John when she was 11. I was filming and the filming is pathetic because you can tell I’m just wobbling with tears. I want everyone to cry at my funeral, including my daughter.
Tom Ellis
Welsh actor
Another One Bites The Dust.
John Waters
American filmmaker
Don't Play Me Cheap, sung by Tina Turner when she was still with Ike.
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Just crippling existential dread.
My sister's wedding. Probably a bit of grit in my eye or something. Let's not make a big deal out of it.
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