Stepney many Carry On films. Lionel Bart known for creating the book, music and lyrics to the production "Oliver!". Referenced in the Rolling Stones song, "Play with Fire", released in 1965. Stepney is used as an indicator of a character's descent from privilege. In Elton John's partly autobiographical album "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy", the song "Bitter Fingers" contains the lyrics "When I worked the good old pubs in Stepney", referring to his early days as a musician in and around London. In the Stephen Sondheim musical "Pacific Overtures", the song "Pretty Lady" is sung by three British sailors
Blue Moves during them, probably because the song's acoustic, delicate sound did not fit with the more rock 'n' roll approach of the rest of the songs that made the "Westies" final track list.) The Beach Boys turned down "Chameleon" (which was written two years prior to the album's release), but Bruce Johnston, a former Beach Boy, performed backing vocals on John's version along with Toni Tennille. John also performed the song at Wembley Stadium in 1975, where he also performed the "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" album in its entirety. An excerpt from "Out of the Blue" was used