Ironically, the single was the first the retired baker bought when he was a teenager in 1965. Carter, from Stoke, England, was given just a 30 per cent survival rate by doctors, who advised his wife Eva to play his favourite track through headphones strapped to her husband's head.

Carter says, "I suddenly had a burst of energy and knew I had a lot more life left in me and that's... - more

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