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
The Streets of London (1934 film) banker. Bloodgood keeps the money but his clerk, Badger, finds out about it. Years later he blackmails his old boss with proof of the murder. The play was a melodrama originally presented in the US in 1857 as "The Poor of New York" then adapted to a London setting in 1864 as "The Streets of London". This version reached Australia in 1887. It was revived in London in 1933, with the production sending up the material as a farce. This proved popular, as did Thring's Australian production at the Garrick Theatre in Melbourne in 1933. Thring decided to film the