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The Rolling Stones’ You Can’t Always Get What You Want.
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Cerys Matthews
Welsh singer-songwriter
Dylan’s I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight.
Happy Day by Sarkodie. I’m half Ghanaian, and in Ghana funerals really are a celebration of life. You dance and sing; it’s just a completely different vibe to over here in the UK. I would hope at my funeral that everyone’s on their feet, having a good time.
Floella Benjamin
British actress, presenter, and peer
Smile by Nat King Cole.
Malorie Blackman
British writer
What A Wonderful World, by Louis Armstrong.
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