Barbra Streisand’s Evergreen from A Star Is Born or You’ll Never Walk Alone from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel.
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Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder: it would leave everyone feeling good.
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A Donny Hathaway song called Be Real Black For Me.
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The Rolling Stones’ You Can’t Always Get What You Want.
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