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Jeff Buckley's rendition of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah.
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Simon Le Bon
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I’m torn between Fauré’s Requiem and The Long And Winding Road.
John Bishop
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If I Can Dream, by Elvis Presley.
Richard Osman
English TV presenter and writer
The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash, or the theme tune to Pointless.
Ed O'Brien
Guitarist
I sang in Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem in a choir as a kid. The final movement, In Paradisum, is one of the most beautiful, seemingly simple pieces of music. So I’ll have that, please.
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