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LauraGransnet (GNHQ) Fri 16-Mar-18 14:08:03

In our latest competition with Orion, we're giving you the chance to win a £100 Waitrose voucher and a copy of Greatest Hits by number one bestselling author Laura Barnett, a story about the power of reflection and how much our memories mean to us.

If you could choose just 16 moments to define your entire life, what would they be? That’s what Cass Wheeler must do. A musician born in 1950, Cass is now taking one day to select the 16 songs in her repertoire that have meant the most to her.

And behind each song lies a story - from the day her mother abandoned her, to her passionate first love, to the moment she lost everything. The dreams, the failures, the second chances.

So, what are the songs that mean the most to you, and evoke your most precious memories? Perhaps it was the first dance at your wedding, or the song repeated on the radio throughout your first holiday, or the only music that would rock your baby to sleep. Tell us in the comments below for the chance to win an £100 Waitrose voucher and a copy of Greatest Hits! We also have 25 copies of the book for runners-up.

Greatest Hits is published by W&N, an imprint of Orion, and is available online and from all good booksellers.

Please post your entries below by 11am 16 April.

Usual T&Cs apply.

tudormint1989 Tue 20-Mar-18 14:25:37

for me its Perhaps Love song by John Denver was my wedding song

jacpri Tue 20-Mar-18 14:28:51

Lilli Marlene. My Grampy used to sing this to me to get me off to sleep. Sadly, he died when I was 18 months old so I have no memories of him but this song helps me to feel close to him.

creativeness Tue 20-Mar-18 15:41:17

Any song by Bob Dylan, Neil diamond , Beatles guess I'm a sixties girl!

emmmaaa26 Tue 20-Mar-18 15:59:02

Somewhere over the rainbow as I remember us singing it as a family.

Rich1e Tue 20-Mar-18 16:04:09

Katherine Jenkins singing 'Till there was you' was played at our wedding. Not only did we love it but the people officiating at the wedding loved it too. It is still our favourite and always will be.

Leah50 Tue 20-Mar-18 16:13:15

Reach Out I'll Be There by the Four Tops....about the only song from our dating days we could agree on, he's 10 years older than me and loved the crooners from the 1950's. I couldn't stand them, I liked bands from the 60's.

josiew Tue 20-Mar-18 16:19:28

There are many, but the earliest was the first record my then boyfriend bought for my birthday, Woman in Love by Frankie Laine. I also love REM Everybody Hurts,which reminds me of my late husband. His favourite was Nat King Cole singing When I Fall in Love. I hear it most days on TV as it is the theme of an advert.it always makes me smile.

Vivienl Tue 20-Mar-18 16:23:32

Sorry to be miserable, but as much as I love listening to music I never have favourite tunes or songs that mean so much to me, I just like a good eclectic mix .

moonray Tue 20-Mar-18 16:27:11

Nikita by Elton John, brings back so many happy memories of when I was living in Scotland..best time of my life!

angela53 Tue 20-Mar-18 16:49:24

The Boxer by Simon and Garfunkel-I used to sing with my then husband in a restaurant at night and this was our favourite song to sing. Aaah what memories.

angela53 Tue 20-Mar-18 16:51:57

The Boxer by Simon and Garfunkel-my ex-husband and I used to sing in a restaurant at night in the Algarve and this was our favourite song to perform. Aaah what memories.

angie95 Tue 20-Mar-18 17:03:33

Still the one by Shania Twain, because my mother gave my marriage a month, 23 years later, we are still together x

Barbaryfig Tue 20-Mar-18 17:12:25

Holding back the years by simply red reminds me of when met partner and never going to give you up and other songs by rick astley

Horatia Tue 20-Mar-18 17:37:31

1,2,3 by Len Barry. It was a big hit as I was leaving home at 17 providing the backdrop to my freedom away from the most boring village on earth. The same village that I would give so much for to return now I can see that it was actually a very beautiful village.

Redtop1 Tue 20-Mar-18 18:10:51

In The Air Tonight - Phil Collins

Brings back memories of a very young Phil Collins drumming & the drumming gorilla advertisement .

Seeing a very young Phil Collins (before fame) playing drums with Gaynor Jones singing The Night Has A Thousand Eyes at a Barbara Speke Stage School show in Acton in 1966.

The drumming gorilla in the Cadbury’s advertisement drumming to In The Air Tonight.

Those two memories come into my head every time I hear the first couple of bars.

Emhus7 Tue 20-Mar-18 18:30:48

Rule the world - take that.. was our wedding song and signified the difficulties we had around us that we overcame

Ally321 Tue 20-Mar-18 18:59:02

10CC - I'm not in love - for teenage slow dances!
Van Morrison - Moon Dance - a favourite of DH, which became a favourite of mine when we met. Lots of good memories!

Hanab Tue 20-Mar-18 19:00:30

Im so in love with you - Al Green all time fav! I always dedicate it to hubby! I use to sing it to my 4 kids too when they were babes .. sounded terrible but the background music soothed them!

godiva1107 Tue 20-Mar-18 19:17:46

The Moody Blues' "For My Lady" is my life summed up in just one song.

Suebcrafty Tue 20-Mar-18 20:30:08

Our song is January by Pilot as it was the song that we were hearing everywhere we went when we started going out together

Carolespr Tue 20-Mar-18 20:40:50

La Bamba - this song seems to have followed my husband and me wherever we have been holidaying in the world and, where we didn't hear it, my husband asked for it to be played. It means even more to me now as my husband has just been diagnosed with terminal cancer.

sharronr Tue 20-Mar-18 21:11:46

I used to dance to Young Hearts Run Free by Candi Staton. As a teenager. Never really listening to the words properly. Later on after an awful marriage, I realised how poignant the lyrics were. And vowed to make my daughter a strong independent woman. I hope I have.

Cherrytree59 Tue 20-Mar-18 21:49:53

Still crazy after All these years
Paul Simon.

DH alway writes this on my card &\or gift from him.

Mermaiden77 Tue 20-Mar-18 22:35:59

My song is Summer Highland Falls by Billy Joel, it just seems to say it all about life and relationships and how similar couples can be with one another. To me it's a very truthful honest song and one of his best!

dahlia08 Tue 20-Mar-18 23:11:14

Rule the world by take that!