| My Favourite Songs =- all works of genius |
| mp3 Versions | Music & Video |
Lyrics |
Artist | Comment | |
| 2015: Tribute to Julie Christie ("Echoes in Rain") |  |
Enya | I felt like I was in Heaven ...... | ||
| "Who I am." - Sue Thomas theme (TV series 2002) | |
Jessica Andrews | a beautiful life-affirming song and series | ||
| Theme To "Band of Brothers" (TV series 2001) | |
Michael Kamen | very moving by association with must-see TV series and WWII - Kamen died in 2003 aged only 55 | ||
| "Breathless" (2000) | |
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The Corrs | my favourite song from this wonderful group | |
| "When you say nothing at all" (Notting Hill 1999) | |
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Ronan Keating | Out of this world acting, and Julia Roberts - WOW! | |
| "Dawson's Creek" intro 1998-2003 | |
Paula Cole | Katie Holmes rolling her eyes is just TOO cute .... | ||
| "You're Still The One" (1997) | |
Shania Twain | the best-selling female singer of all time | ||
| "I Will Aways Love You" (1992) | |
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Whitney Houston | sublime, awesome, divine, sad, unforgettable |
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| "It's who you love" (1992) | Don Williams | one of my absolute favourites | |||
| "There She Goes" (1988) | |
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The La's/Lee Mavers | strangely haunting (US : VERSION) |
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| "Wonderful Life" (1987) | |
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Black (Colin Vearncombe) | video by Zucchero - absolutely magical photo series | |
| "Time of My Life" | "Dirty Dancing" - 1987 |
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Bill Medley, Jennifer Warnes | 2nd video memorial to sadly missed Patrick Swayze |
| "Hungry Eyes" |
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| "Moonlight Shadow" (1983) | |
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Maggie Reilly | a haunting song and melody | |
| "Jambo Bwana" (1982 - IN SWAHILI!) | |
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Them Mushrooms | happy - so evocative of Africa | |
| "Mary's Boy Child" (1978) | |
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Boney M. | a lovely Christmas song beautifully sung | |
| "Badlands" theme (1973) | |
haunting | |||
| "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" | |
Joan Baez | Simpy the Best | ||
| "Dark-Eyed Sailor" (1970) | |
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Steeleye-Span | traditional English songs of my university days | |
| "L'Etranger2 (1969 - in French) | |
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Nana Mouskouri BONUS | a beautiful love-poem from an amazing artist | |
| "Interlude (1968) | |
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Timi Yuro | a lesser-known but phenomenal singer | |
| "Cactus Tree" (1968) | |
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Joni Mitchell | wistful, romantic, regretful - from the unique and sublime Joni | |
| "The Last Thing On My Mind" (1966) | |
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DITTO Judy Collins | ||
| "Turn, Turn, Turn" (1965) | |
The Byrds | the Human Condition (Youtube with lyrics) | ||
| "Chimes of Freedom" (1965) | |
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The Byrds | no group like The Byrds, and maybe none better a homage to freedom (Youtube & lyrics) |
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| "Catch The Wind" (1965) | |
Donovan | sad, wistful, romantic | ||
| "The Times They are a changin'" | |
Bob Dylan | a one-off genius of his times | ||
| "All Alone Am I" (1963) | |
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Brenda Lee | she is SO underrated | |
| "Johnny B. Goode" (1958) | |
Chuck Berry | here with Bruce Springsteen in 1995 - stunning | ||
| "Sweet Little Sixteen" (1958) | |
just awesomely brilliant ... R.I.P. Chuck | |||