Who wrote the folk music classic, 'Streets Of London'?
"The most successful of these was Ralph McTell, whose ‘Streets of London’ reached number 2 in the UK Single Charts in 1974, and whose music is clearly folk, but without much reliance on tradition, virtuosity, or much evidence of attempts at fusion with other genres. British folk rock developed in Britain during the mid to late 1960s by the bands Fairport Convention, and Pentangle which built on elements of American folk rock, and on the second British folk revival. It uses traditional music, and compositions in a traditional style, played on a combination of rock and traditional instruments. It was"
"short interview segment with Holland, McTell announced a new tour and album for 2019. Ralph McTell Ralph McTell (born Ralph May, 3 December 1944) is an English singer-songwriter and acoustic guitar player who has been an influential figure on the UK folk music scene since the 1960s. McTell is best known for his song ""Streets of London"", which has been covered by over two hundred artists around the world, and for his tale of Irish emigration, ""From Clare to Here"". In the 1980s he wrote and played songs for two TV children's programmes, ""Alphabet Zoo"", which also featured Nerys Hughes,"
"Ralph McTell Ralph McTell (born Ralph May, 3 December 1944) is an English singer-songwriter and acoustic guitar player who has been an influential figure on the UK folk music scene since the 1960s. McTell is best known for his song ""Streets of London"", which has been covered by over two hundred artists around the world, and for his tale of Irish emigration, ""From Clare to Here"". In the 1980s he wrote and played songs for two TV children's programmes, ""Alphabet Zoo"", which also featured Nerys Hughes, followed by ""Tickle on the Tum"", featuring Jaqui Reddin. Albums were also released from"
"Cecil Sharp Three roads are named after Butterworth: George Butterworth George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, MC (12 July 18855 August 1916) was an English composer who was best known for the orchestral idyll ""The Banks of Green Willow"" and his song settings of A. E. Housman's poems from ""A Shropshire Lad"". Butterworth was born in Paddington, London. Soon after his birth, his family moved to York so that his father Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth could take up an appointment as general manager of the North Eastern Railway, which was based there. Their home was at Riseholme, a house on Driffield Terrace,"
"Streets of Philadelphia ""Streets of Philadelphia"" is a song written and performed by American rock musician Bruce Springsteen for the film ""Philadelphia"" (1993), an early mainstream film dealing with HIV/AIDS. Released as a single in 1994, the song was a hit in many countries, particularly Canada, France, Germany, Ireland and Norway, where it topped the singles charts. The song was a critical triumph and went on to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song and four Grammy Awards, Song of the Year, Best Rock Song, Best Rock Vocal Performance, Solo, and Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture"
"Stephen Foster Stephen Collins Foster (July 4, 1826January 13, 1864), known as ""the father of American music"", was an American songwriter known primarily for his parlor and minstrel music. Foster wrote over 200 songs; among his best-known are ""Oh! Susanna"", ""Hard Times Come Again No More"", ""Camptown Races"", ""Old Folks at Home"" (""Swanee River""), ""My Old Kentucky Home"", ""Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair"", ""Old Black Joe"", and ""Beautiful Dreamer"". Many of his compositions remain popular more than 150 years after he wrote them. His compositions are thought to be autobiographical. He has been identified as ""the most famous songwriter"
"London"" and ""Rain"" in tribute to the Beatle. Towers of London (song) ""Towers of London"" is a song written by Andy Partridge of the English rock band XTC, released as the second single from their 1980 album ""Black Sea"". It peaked at number 31 on the UK Singles Chart. The BBC-2 documentary ""XTC at the Manor"" featured the group recording the song in the studio. Partridge later reflected that he may have been ""subconsciously"" trying to rewrite the Beatles' ""Rain"", desiring ""clangorous guitars crashing together, and sort of droning."" The night after John Lennon was killed, XTC played a gig"
"Towers of London (song) ""Towers of London"" is a song written by Andy Partridge of the English rock band XTC, released as the second single from their 1980 album ""Black Sea"". It peaked at number 31 on the UK Singles Chart. The BBC-2 documentary ""XTC at the Manor"" featured the group recording the song in the studio. Partridge later reflected that he may have been ""subconsciously"" trying to rewrite the Beatles' ""Rain"", desiring ""clangorous guitars crashing together, and sort of droning."" The night after John Lennon was killed, XTC played a gig at Liverpool, where they performed both ""Towers of"
"Charles B. Lawlor Charles B. Lawlor (June 2, 1852 – May 31, 1925) was an American vaudeville performer and composer of popular songs. He was born in Ireland and emigrated to the United States in 1869. Lawlor is primarily remembered today as the composer of the 1894 song, ""The Sidewalks of New York,"" a song for which he wrote the melody. The lyrics are by James W. Blake (23 September 1862 – 24 May 1935). Although the song was popular immediately after it was written, Lawlor, as well as the lyricist, Blake, rose to renewed prominence when the song became"
"Bare’s tender croon lends the song believable longing and regret, while the otherwise simple arrangement ups the drama with countrypolitan 'oohs' and 'ahhs'."" Streets of Baltimore ""Streets of Baltimore"" is a heavily covered country song written by Tompall Glaser and Harlan Howard in 1966. Although Glaser co-wrote the song, his group, Tompall Glaser & The Glaser Brothers, were not the first to record the song. Bobby Bare released his Chet Atkins-produced version in June 1966; the Glasers recorded theirs only in September 1966. The singer tells us he left his home to take his wife to where she wanted to"
"The Sidewalks of New York ""The Sidewalks of New York"" is a popular song about life in New York City during the 1890s. It was composed in 1894 by vaudeville actor and singer Charles B. Lawlor (June 2, 1852 – May 31, 1925) with lyrics by James W. Blake (September 23, 1862 – May 24, 1935). It was an immediate and long-lasting hit and is often considered a theme for New York City. Many artists, including Mel Tormé, Duke Ellington, Larry Groce, Richard Barone, and The Grateful Dead, have performed it. Governor Al Smith of New York used it as"
"(suite); ""Pull Up Your Socks"" (1960) Library music/genre pieces: B""lue Days at Sea, Busy Life, Country Market, Enchantment, Fairy Cobweb, Feather on the Breeze, Frivolity, Gala, Golden Harvest, Hackney Carriage, Jogging Along, March of the Astronauts, Paddle Steamer, Paul Pry, Procession, Softly She Sleeps, Spindlelegs, Stormy Passage, Tomorrow the World"" Film and television music: ""Dark Eyes of London"" (1939), ""Rhythm of the Road"" (1946); ""The Eleventh Hour"" (1962) King Palmer Cedric King Palmer (13 February 1913 – 13 July 1999) was an English composer, conductor, author and teacher, best known for his popular educational books on music and as a"
"Sydney Carter Sydney Bertram Carter (6 May 1915 – 13 March 2004) was an English poet, songwriter, folk musician, born in Camden Town, London. He is best known for the song ""Lord of the Dance"" (1967), set to the tune of the American Shaker song ""Simple Gifts"", and the song ""The Crow on the Cradle"". Other notable songs include ""Julian of Norwich"" (sometimes called ""The Bells of Norwich""), based on words of Julian of Norwich, ""One More Step Along the World I Go"", ""When I Needed a Neighbour"", ""Friday Morning"", ""Every Star Shall Sing a Carol"", ""The Youth of the"
"Streets of Baltimore ""Streets of Baltimore"" is a heavily covered country song written by Tompall Glaser and Harlan Howard in 1966. Although Glaser co-wrote the song, his group, Tompall Glaser & The Glaser Brothers, were not the first to record the song. Bobby Bare released his Chet Atkins-produced version in June 1966; the Glasers recorded theirs only in September 1966. The singer tells us he left his home to take his wife to where she wanted to be: Baltimore. After working hard and trying to make a home, and despite feeling proud to give his woman what she was longing"
"Harold Fraser-Simson Harold Fraser-Simson (15 August 1872 – 19 January 1944) was an English composer of light music, including songs and the scores to musical comedies. His most famous musical was the World War I hit ""The Maid of the Mountains"", and he later set numerous children's poems to music, especially those of A. A. Milne. Fraser-Simson was born in London, the second child and eldest son of an East Indies merchant, Arthur Theodore Simson and his wife, Jane Anne Catherine née Fraser, of Reelig, Scotland. He was educated at Charterhouse School, then at Dulwich College, then at King's College"
"most common location mentioned in English folk songs, including ‘London is a Fine Town’, and the ‘London Prentice’ and it was the centre of the broadside publishing industry. From the 17th century to the 19th, street singers were characteristic of London life, often selling printed versions of the songs they sang. The capital was home to the Folk-Song Society and the English Folk Dance Society from the late 19th century, but the most distinctive genre of London music, its many street cries, were not considered folk music by mainstream collectors and were recorded and published by figures such as Andrew"
"Eric Spear Eric Spear (18 April 1908 – 3 November 1966) was an English composer of film music most noted for writing the theme tune to the ITV soap opera ""Coronation Street"". He was born in Croydon and died in Southampton. Spear participated in the 1953 film ""Streets of Shadow"", which featured the German World War I spy Elsbeth Schragmüller. His theme for the 1954 movie ""Meet Mr. Callaghan"" was rendered as a best-selling record by Les Paul. For a short time in the 1960s, Spear lived in Guernsey. Spear is best known for composing the original theme tune for"
"Streets of Your Town ""Streets Of Your Town"" is a song by Australian indie group The Go-Betweens, a single from their 1988 album, ""16 Lovers Lane"". Featuring polished production, a prominent backing vocal by Amanda Brown and a guitar solo by bassist John Willsteed, ""Streets of Your Town"" is one of the band's most recognised songs and is arguably the closest the group had to a mainstream hit. It was released in July 1988 in the UK on Beggars Banquet, where it reached #80 on the singles charts and in Australia in August 1988 on Mushroom, where it reached #68."
"The King's Way ”The King’s Way” is a poem set to music by the English composer Edward Elgar in 1909. The words were written by his wife, Caroline Alice Elgar. Elgar employs the melody of the ""Trio"" (central section) from the Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4, which he had composed two years earlier. This first occurs at the words """"The newest street in London town,/ Who'll pace it up and pace it down?"""" The song was written on 27 December 1909 to celebrate the opening of London's Kingsway, a wide street in central London connecting High Holborn to the"
"Streets of Bakersfield ""Streets of Bakersfield"" is a 1973 song written by Homer Joy and popularized by Buck Owens. In 1988, Owens recorded a duet version with country singer Dwight Yoakam, which became one of Yoakam's first No. 1 Hot Country Singles hits. According to Homer Joy, the original songwriter, he was approached in 1972 by representatives from Buck Owens' studio in Bakersfield, California, about recording a ""Hank Williams Sr. soundalike-album"". Joy initially refused, saying ""I don't want be like Hank, I just want to be me!"" Eventually, he agreed to come in and record it, on the condition that"
"Around The Town. The Sidewalks of New York ""The Sidewalks of New York"" is a popular song about life in New York City during the 1890s. It was composed in 1894 by vaudeville actor and singer Charles B. Lawlor (June 2, 1852 – May 31, 1925) with lyrics by James W. Blake (September 23, 1862 – May 24, 1935). It was an immediate and long-lasting hit and is often considered a theme for New York City. Many artists, including Mel Tormé, Duke Ellington, Larry Groce, Richard Barone, and The Grateful Dead, have performed it. Governor Al Smith of New York"
"St Paul's Church, Herne Hill. See ""Herne Hill Personalities"" published by the Herne Hill Society, 2006 Obituaries: Sydney Carter Sydney Bertram Carter (6 May 1915 – 13 March 2004) was an English poet, songwriter, folk musician, born in Camden Town, London. He is best known for the song ""Lord of the Dance"" (1967), set to the tune of the American Shaker song ""Simple Gifts"", and the song ""The Crow on the Cradle"". Other notable songs include ""Julian of Norwich"" (sometimes called ""The Bells of Norwich""), based on words of Julian of Norwich, ""One More Step Along the World I Go"","
"avid sportsman, enjoying golf, tennis, shooting and fishing. Fraser-Simson died at a nursing home in Inverness, Scotland, following a fall on a stone staircase at his home in nearby Croy, Highland, at the age of 71. Harold Fraser-Simson Harold Fraser-Simson (15 August 1872 – 19 January 1944) was an English composer of light music, including songs and the scores to musical comedies. His most famous musical was the World War I hit ""The Maid of the Mountains"", and he later set numerous children's poems to music, especially those of A. A. Milne. Fraser-Simson was born in London, the second child"
"Streets of Forbes ""Streets of Forbes"" is an Australian folksong about the death of bushranger Ben Hall. The song is one of the best-known elements of the Australian folk repertoire. It has been recorded by many folk and popular artists and groups including Martin Carthy, The Bushwhackers, Gary Shearston, Niamh Parsons, June Tabor and Weddings Parties Anything. Paul Kelly made his public debut singing the Australian folk song 'Streets Of Forbes' to a Hobart audience in 1974. ""The Streets of Forbes"" is usually listed as traditional or anonymous, but Gary Shearston writes that ""there are reasons for thinking John McGuire,"
"Sidney Nelson Sidney Nelson (1 January 1800 – 7 April 1862) was an English composer, particularly of songs, including the popular ""Rose of Allendale"" and ""Mary of Argyle"". Nelson was born in London in 1800, son of Solomon Nelson. Showing musical ability when quite young, he was adopted by a gentleman who gave him a good musical and general education. He was for some time a pupil of Sir George Smart, and eventually became a teacher in London. He was in partnership with Charles Jefferys as a music-seller until 1843, when he was elected an associate of the Philharmonic Society."
"George Butterworth George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, MC (12 July 18855 August 1916) was an English composer who was best known for the orchestral idyll ""The Banks of Green Willow"" and his song settings of A. E. Housman's poems from ""A Shropshire Lad"". Butterworth was born in Paddington, London. Soon after his birth, his family moved to York so that his father Sir Alexander Kaye Butterworth could take up an appointment as general manager of the North Eastern Railway, which was based there. Their home was at Riseholme, a house on Driffield Terrace, which later became part of the Mount School."
"internationally. Gordon Lightfoot discography Gordon Lightfoot (born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music. He is credited with helping to define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s. He is often referred to as Canada's greatest songwriter and is known internationally as a folk-rock legend. Lightfoot's discography comprises 19 studio albums, three live albums, 16 greatest hits albums and 46 singles. Lightfoot's songs, including ""For Lovin' Me"", ""Early Morning Rain"", ""Steel Rail Blues"", ""Ribbon of Darkness""—a number one hit on the U.S. country chart with Marty Robbins's cover in"
"""Crossroads"". He was survived by his wife and their son. Ted Dicks Ted Dicks (5 May 1928 – 27 January 2012) was an English composer. He is best known for composing the music for the novelty songs ""Right Said Fred"" and ""The Hole in the Ground"". They were both Top 10 hits in the UK Singles Chart in 1962, recorded by Bernard Cribbins with lyrics by Myles Rudge, and produced by George Martin for Parlophone. Another song by Dicks and Rudge, ""A Windmill in Old Amsterdam"", was a million-seller hit in 1965 for Ronnie Hilton. Dicks was born in Muswell"
"Frederic Norton George Frederic Norton (11 October 186915 December 1946) was a British composer, most associated with the record breaking ""Chu Chin Chow"", which opened in 1916. Norton was born in Broughton, Salford, England. He studied with Sir Paolo Tosti and appeared on stage in variety theatre. Some of these acts included the delivery of monologues. These led Norton to compose songs, many of them humorous. His published songs included 1908's ""Rosemary"" with words by Graham Robertson, and ""Maid of the Morning"", ""When a Pullet is Plump"" and ""The Elephant and the Portmanteau"". In turn, these songs resulted in Norton"
"(1914). Reginald Somerville Reginald Somerville (1867 – 8 July 1948) was an English composer and actor. He is known for writing many drawing-room ballads such as ""God Sends the Night"", ""Yestereve"", ""Zaida: A Song of the Desert"" and ""The Lark and the Nightingale"", as well as a handful of operas. Somerville received musical training under the Italian tenor and teacher Giulio Moretti. He co-wrote music with A. McLean and G. W. Byng for the musical farce, ""A White Silk Dress"", opening at London's Prince of Wales's Theatre on 3 October 1896. In collaboration with the librettist Guy Eden, he wrote"
"Robert Stephen Hawker Robert Stephen Hawker (1803–1875) was an Anglican priest, poet, antiquarian of Cornwall and reputed eccentric. He is best known as the writer of ""The Song of the Western Men"" with its chorus line of ""And shall Trelawny die? / Here's twenty thousand Cornish men / will know the reason why!"", which he published anonymously in 1825. His name became known after Charles Dickens acknowledged his authorship of ""The Song of the Western Men"" in the serial magazine ""Household Words"". Hawker was born in the clergy house of Charles Church, Plymouth, on 3 December 1803. He was the"
"Cemeteries of London ""Cemeteries of London"" is a song by British rock band Coldplay. It was written by all members of the band for their fourth album, ""Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends"". The song is darker than Coldplay's previous recordings. The song was inspired by ghost stories, like the Medieval practice of burning witches. ""Cemeteries of London"" was influenced by other styles like folk and Spanish songs, in an interview for NG-Magazine Will Champion said: ""For me it's a folk song...in its structure."" Entertainment Weekly printed an article on Coldplay and the new album with a"
"trophy for selling in excess of 2½ million records. Love died at the University College Hospital, Camden, London, on 8 July 1991 at the age of 73. Geoff Love Geoffrey Love (4 September 1917 – 8 July 1991), known as Geoff Love, was a prolific British arranger and composer of easy listening and pop versions of film themes. He became famous in the late 1950s, playing under the pseudonym of Manuel and The Music of The Mountains. Love was born in Todmorden, West Riding of Yorkshire, the only son and younger of two surviving children (an elder sister Cornelia) of"