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Rufus Wainwright’s Get Happy.
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David Bowie’s Life On Mars.
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Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd – the greatest guitar solo ever.
Robert Peston
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Maybe I’m Amazed, by Paul McCartney.
Laura Mvula
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To Be Young, Gifted And Black, by Nina Simone.
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