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href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/david-bowies-favorite-songs-list-1235425428\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rolling Stone<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfh21ogn00023b6n9klba2pm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cMemo for radio show \u2014 list of favourite records\u201d will be part of the display and includes the following songs:\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmfh29qfg00093b6ndqsrj60r@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Ralph Vaughan Williams \u2013 \u201cFantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" 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