Harriet Walter
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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.
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A song I wrote years ago called Remember Me With Love.
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Paul Weller
English singer-songwriter and musician
Theme From A Summer Place, by Percy Faith.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
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An incredibly long one – maybe the entire St Matthew Passion – just so everybody would have to sit in the church for hours.
Floella Benjamin
British actress, presenter, and peer
Smile by Nat King Cole.
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Being able to communicate with people all over the world through my music.
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