Ralph McTell

Biography

Ralph McTell is an English folk singer-songwriter and guitarist, born Ralph May in Farnborough, Kent, in 1944. A leading figure of the UK folk scene since the 1960s, he is best known for 'Streets of London', a No. 2 UK hit in 1974 that became a standard covered by more than two hundred artists worldwide. His fingerpicked style draws on American country blues, and his catalogue spans from 'Eight Frames a Second' (1968) through six decades of albums and touring, alongside songs written for children's television in the 1980s.