A Star is Born: Episode 37: Amy Winehouse: "I make music I'd like to hear"

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Today would have been Amy Winehouse’s 43rd birthday.

With the beehive, the tattoos and that extraordinary voice, she looked and sounded like nobody else.

But behind the tabloid headlines was a gifted songwriter who turned heartbreak into some of the most brutally honest music of her generation.

HOT1027’s Tara Penny takes a look...
14 Sep English South Africa Entertainment News · Documentary

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