Streets of London (song) Streets of London (song) "Streets of London" is a song by Ralph McTell, who first recorded it for his 1969 album "Spiral Staircase." It was not released in the United Kingdom as a single until 1974. The song has been covered by over 200 artists. The song was re-released, on 4 December 2017, featuring McTell with Annie Lennox as a charity single for CRISIS, the Homelessness Charity. The song was inspired by McTell's experiences busking and hitchhiking throughout Europe, especially in Paris and the individual stories are taken from Parisians. McTell was originally going to call the song "Streets of
We Had It All We Had It All We Had It All is the tenth studio album by the American solo artist Scott Walker. It was released in August 1974 but was unsuccessful on the music charts. No singles were released from the album. It was Walker's final solo album for ten years, in the interim Walker reformed The Walker Brothers. Four of the 10 songs on the album were written by Billy Joe Shaver and had previously appeared on Waylon Jennings 1973 Outlaw country album "Honky Tonk Heroes". The album was recorded in August 1974 at Nova Studios, Marble Arch, London. The album