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Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life.
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Louis Walsh
Irish music manager and television personality
Crazy by Patsy Cline.
Harriet Walter
English actress
I went to a funeral where they played Cheek To Cheek: Fred Astaire singing “Heaven. I’m in heaven… ” Everyone smiled. I’d like that.
Meg Rosoff
American novelist
Reasons To Be Cheerful, by Ian Dury.
Gloria Estefan
Cuban-American singer and songwriter
A song I wrote years ago called Remember Me With Love.
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