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Maybe I’m Amazed, by Paul McCartney.
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What A Wonderful World, by Louis Armstrong.
Sam Neill
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I Will Remember You, by Sarah McLachlan. That’ll choke the bastards up if nothing else will.
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To Be Young, Gifted And Black, by Nina Simone.
James Bay
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Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd – the greatest guitar solo ever.
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As a dad who was OK.
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