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
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