Johnny Cash’s version of Danny Boy.
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Julia Stiles
American actress
When The Saints Go Marching In, by a New Orleans second line band.
Rick Astley
Singer, songwriter and radio presenter
I’d like to go all melodramatic and have Vide cor Meum by Patrick Cassidy from Kingdom Of Heaven. It’s also in another Ridley Scott movie, Hannibal. It’s an operatic piece and absolutely amazing. Obviously Ridley Scott thinks so, too..
Jerry Hall
American model and actress
Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien, by Edith Piaf.
Gloria Gaynor
Singer
A song I wrote called I Want to See You. It’s about reunion – about seeing your loved ones again in heaven. That’s the message I’d want to leave behind.
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