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Cortez The Killer, by Neil Young.
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Fatima Bhutto
Pakistani writer
We don’t play songs at funerals where I’m from, but if they had to – Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean.
Gloria Estefan
Cuban-American singer and songwriter
A song I wrote years ago called Remember Me With Love.
Sue Johnston
English actress
Do You Hear The People Sing? from Les Mis.
Emeli Sandé
British singer
Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder: it would leave everyone feeling good.
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