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Any song by Donny Hathaway.
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Donny Osmond
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Not Puppy Love.
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Right now, Get Lucky. I'm sure this will change.
Louis Smith
English artistic gymnast
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, by Roberta Flack.
James Bay
English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd – the greatest guitar solo ever.
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As someone who cared about others.
When I realised I wasn’t going to make it as a singer-songwriter when I was about 25.
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