Streets of London (song) 1974 Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically and a Silver disc for record sales. In 2017, Ralph McTell re-recorded the song with Annie Lennox and clients of UK national charity Crisis, a charity for single homeless people. This was to mark the 50th anniversary of both the song and the charity. The CD Single of this release was Number 1 in the Christmas 2017 Official Physical Singles Chart (for CD sales). 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
1974 in British music ten best-selling albums for each year based on the new research. The updated top ten for 1974 is shown in the table below. Notes: 1974 in British music This is a summary of 1974 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. Between 2 January and 6 December 1974. The list of the top fifty best-selling albums of 1974 were published in "Music Week" and in "Record Mirror" at the end of the year, and later reproduced in the first edition of the "BPI Year Book" in 1976. However, in 2007 the Official Charts Company