Music Feature: Songs They Rejected - And Someone Else Made Famous

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In this week’s Music Feature, musicologist Dr Sheldon Rocha Leal digs into iconic tracks that were written for one artist… but ended up in someone else’s hands. Think of it as music’s great "what could’ve been" and how one artist's “no thanks” became another’s chart-topping moment.
7 Aug 2025 4PM English South Africa Education · Careers

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