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I love I want to break free it always makes me feel beter

Three of my ‘top 10 go to tunes’ are A Case Of You by Joni Mitchell, soundtrack of the early days of falling in love with my other half, Landslide by Stevie Nicks, for whenever I’ve needed strength and to give my courage a boost, and May You Never by John Martyn, which still has the ability to transport me back to the first time I heard it, I was never the same again !

Everything I di I do it for you by Brian Adams

On my early dates with my now husband, I remember hearing Andrew Gold's - Never Let Her Slip Away. The words struck me as so true. We had only just met, we meant a lot to each other and we missed each other like mad when we were separated by our homes in Oxfordshire and Devon. When ever I hear it I feel in love and happy.

I have three songs that are special to me. The first one is called Always by Atlantic Star. This was our special song when my husband and I got together. After 18 years of marriage, my husband chose a new 'our song' to be played at our vow renewal which is called The One by Kodaline. After my Mum died I was destroyed. My husband wanted us to go on holiday a year or so after and we went to Orlando. The radio was constantly playing Ice, Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice. It was the first time since my Mum had died that I felt any peace so it's a special song for me.

Dance With My Father sung by Luther Vandross kept me company while grieving for my father. The lyrics still bring tears to my eyes now even though my dear father is long gone

You're My Best Friend sung by Max Boyce, my late husband's favourite singer was our favourite as it summed up how we felt for each other so well. We had it played at his funeral and a number of people told me afterwards they found the sentiments were just right.

Lovely Rita by The Beatles. It’s about a meter maid and my mum was a traffic warden for 30 years and we played it at mum’s funeral.

"Danny Boy" but not by any one singer. My granny was more or less bedridden and I have very fond memories of her sitting up in bed and singing it. The trouble is it tends to make me cry as I can hardly remember her being able to walk.

My first song memory was ‘Bobby’s girl’, apparently I wanted to be a boy and my pet name from then on was Bobby or Bobby Anna if I was really good.
My next song was ‘I only want to be with you’sung by Dusty Springfield it was the first record I ever owned, my Dad bought it for me, this made me feel quite grown up, I still have it somewhere.
I loved ‘In the summertime’ by Mungo Jerry, it brought about a turning point in my life, my Mum met the group in a petrol station and she asked them for an autograph for me, up until that point I always thought she would have been to shy to do anything like that.
That gave me confidence to become a little braver myself.

For my then boyfriend, now husband I bought the L.P ‘Bridge over troubled water’ on the occasion of his 18th birthday, We spent many happy times listening to it.

‘Sit down next to me’ by James reminds me of my eldest daughter and was the track we listened to in the car the year I spent driving her around Cornwall to see a particular group she liked at the time. She was always the one strangers with problems or troubles wanted to sit next to and share their life histories with. We used to laugh about that as it happens to me all the time too.
I love how songs bring back such lovely memories.

We both used to like the sams songs but now hubby is opera mad and I can't stand most of it. However we do both like Andrea Bocelli and hisnopera greats CD

Sweet Thames flow softly. There are lots of covers of this sweet tune but I like Maddy Prior’s version best. Reminds me of a very sweet girl and a wonderful Easter in London 1975, we rowed a boat from Windsor up river.

I have many songs that bring back memories, some happy, some sad. My first is "Go Now" by the Moody Blues. At the age of 9 years our dear ginger cat Scamp went out in a wintery January evening in 1965 and didn't come home. My brothers went out to look for him the following evening and found him dead on the side of the road, frozen. He had been knocked down by a car. They came back with him and I remember walking into our living room and "Go Now" was playing on "Top of the Pops" and so I know it was on a Thursday night. Dear Scamp was only 18 months old. We buried him in our back garden and I bought him a bunch of Anemone's and placed them on his grave. The song and those flowers bring back the memory to this day.
"Brandy" by Scott English is a reminder of when I first met my ex-husband. Also, "When a Man Loves a Woman" which he bought me.
"What a difference a Day Makes" by Esther Phillips is a reminder of when our first son was born.
"Wishing on a Star" by Rose Royce, when our daughter was born.
"Every Step You Make" by Police is a reminder of the day my sister married.
"God Only Knows" by the Beachboys and "One Day I'll Fly Away" by Randy Crawford were my mum's favourite songs when she was alive.
My dad loved, "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong and " All Kinds of Everything" by Dana, which we paid half each for when it won the Eurovision song contest. My dear dad died of a heart attack on the way home from visiting me on 3rd May 1990 and because it was the Football World Cup during that time and was held in Italy, " Nessun Dorma" was played constantly. I huge reminder of a heartbreaking time.
A re-release of "Stand by Me" by Ben E King and " Leaving Me Now" by Level 42 bring tear jerking memories of when my then husband left us for another woman.
I'm sure I could go on...........

The Toys "A Lovers Concerto" was our song. It was 1965, we were both 19 and just become engaged. We were married the following March. That song was 53 years ago and my then new sparkly engagement ring has just been reinforced as it had become too thin to wear. Nice to have it back on my hand!

It has to be Santana Abraxus, the background music at my first teenage party

The Elbow song/lyrics; Throw those curtains wide one day like this a year will see me right, reminds me of taking the members of the local charity to Chester Zoo. Afterwards some people told me it was the best day of their lives.

Our song is ‘Because you loved me’ by Celine Dion. My husband was in ICU on a ventilator for 6 months in 1999. He came home just before Christmas, and we saw the millinum in together which no-one ever thought possible. The words ‘You were my strength when I was weak’ ‘You were my voice when I couldn’t speak’ mean so much to us. 18 years on, he is 74 and although not in the best of health we are just so happy to be together. We celebrate 50 years of marriage in July this year!

The Cup Song (when i'm Gone) by Anna Kendrick at the moment being used as the Title song on Mum on BBc 2.I just love it very catchy and upbeat and you can watch it on You Tube with the Cups!

my memory was Whiter Shade of Pale by procol harum, the summer of 1967 my 1st holiday with my now late husband, who died at the age of 47. We got married 1969 and wanted the song played at the reception, but my parents were very adamant that the answer was a very firm NO.

My song is Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol.. a fairly recent song, but it's mine and my lovely new hubby's song.. we even got some of the lyrics on our bedroom wall because it means so much to us. The words just encompass what we feel about each other. And we're both grandparents, not youngsters, romance doesn't die as you get older... you appreciate it all the more when it enters your life again.

I love 'Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?' by Culture Club. Not really for the lyrics but because it reminds me of one of the happiest times of my life, when I'd just gone to university in the early 80s. This song was number one and it was played in every disco we went to. Always takes me back. Wonderful memories!

The Power of Love - Frankie Goes To Hollywood.
The words say it all.

I used to sing to my baby girl 'Hey Did You Happen To See the Most Beautiful Girl in the World' by Charlie Rich having waited 12 years for her after being told we could never have children!

I fell in 'love' with Davy Jones as soon as I saw him in The Monkees tv show when I was 14. The Fabulous magazine ran a trip to Wembley to see them perform (1960s). It only cost a £1 including the coach from Birmingham but I found the tickets were literally the back row when I got there. Lulu was the support and she tripped up as she ran on stage, jumped up and carried on singing and I remember she wore a bright green mini dress. All the girls screamed constantly throughout the concert and I couldn't hear a thing and the stage was so far away they looked like insects!!! My parents were very worried about me going up alone but I survived and returned safely. So I'll choose I'm a Believer as my song as it was the start of many pop concerts I attended and many pop stars I fancied over the years.

Putting a coin in a juke box to hear Why do Fools Fall in Love made me feel very grown up at age 12. Falling in love and dancing to Keep on Running (should have taken notice) and sitting on the back of my future husbands scooter singing Bob Dylan's It Aint me Babe. I think he was trying to tell me something (should have listened).