>>>>>>>I was aware of most of these (not all certainly), but was surprised to learn of two in particular that jumped out at me while I was scanning the list.
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>>>>>>>I just read your list and saw that Johnny Griffin died. wow, I missed that one.
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>>>>>>>Do you play "The Dead Pool"? I was in a quandry for this new year - I wanted to include myself in the list, but then there's the matter of collecting....
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>>>>>>I have never actually played it. I do have a nominee, though: Amy Winehouse. That would be tragic but you can just see it coming.
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>>>>>Maybe not. Tabloids report she's splitting from junky boyfriend and has been seen looking much healthier in some holiday resort.
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>>>>I am really glad to hear that. I love her singing. If you just listened to a song of hers without knowing who it was you would never in a million years guess it's a young white Englishwoman.
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>>>I prefer Duffy myself.
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>>She's so ubiquitous at the moment I'm getting sick of seeing her dimples and hearing how she's gonna rain on my parade. And her other material sounds very unoriginal, like she's just recycling old songs, which she may be. Her voice, although distinctive, seems to have limited range and sounds very samish on every track.
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>>> That phrase "young white englishwoman" doesn't quite capture Amy Winehouse does it.
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>Thats a thumbs down from you then. Thank god she didn't spell badly as well.

Not quite. First time I saw/heard her on telly I thought "Quite novel - nice song - easy on the eye - a Winehouse-genre spin-off - retro, and all that". Then it seemed every time I switched on the telly there she was again, singing the same song. She's become flavour-of-the-month, as over exposed as her flesh. But I wouldn't climb over her to get to you!

Oh, and I've not been able to check her spelling/grammar yet