This rendition of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" by the Hawaiian singer IZ Kamakawiwo'ole always makes me cry. Partly it's because he combines it with Louie Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World." Partly it's because the first time I heard it was in the closing credits of the movie "Philadelphia" where Tom Hanks plays a lawyer who has AIDS.
Whatever it is, the poignancy gets me every time. Don't know whether the link to YouTube works, but here it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z26BvHOD_sg
Art by Nikki Smith
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