Cybill Shepherd
American actress and former model
Glenn Miller's A String Of Pearls.
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My wife says the Minute Waltz.
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John Bishop
English comedian and actor
If I Can Dream, by Elvis Presley.
Gary Barlow
British singer
The cancan. It’s celebratory and it would demonstrate the ridiculousness of this life.
Jacob Collier
Musician and arranger
At the end of every show, I always blast September by Earth, Wind & Fire at full volume as people leave. It is the best song in the world and has a sense of total positivity, community, friendship, physicality and memorability. It feels like an extraordinary human experience, a sense of joy and celebration that we are lucky to be here at all. It reminds me why I am alive, and I’d like to give people that. The ultimate end to my big gig on earth!
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