Streets of London

[twowaystreet101]

There is a quality to Belafonte's voice that I'm unable to put my finger on - the voice is soothing, calming, introspective, filled with emotion when needed, and all together, unique. Belafonte does a great job with this song. He gets the story across, with the needed emotion, and does it without the song becoming saccharine. Beautiful. To be fair, I also very much like the original version by Ralph McTell. Both are different, both are great

[jesusjamey]

I bought the original Belafonte Album along with Elvis first little 45 long play the first time I ever entered a record store as a boy.

[Amfortaz]

Belefonte was a magnificent human being. He looked beyond race and country. He dedicates his life to justice.

Many thanks.

[solblom100]

Oh what a voice/I love him/Solan

[xXxmarjow]

wonderfull!

[RobinHood78]

Cool so very cool !!

[burnley5960]

Harry the very best

[lazarsavic]

SUPER [SERBIA]

[manoddy]

Danny Kay was a verry great performer with a great voice and an amazing comical guy,please don't forget google or tube him!he can not be forgotten!Harry was the first man i fell in love with,i was 4 .What a voice and;;;;;;;a man!

[Camilina]

Awesome voice and a very nice man!

[domingocaracoles]

Who is the other guy that appears in the first part with Harry?

[quicksilver300]

He is Danny Kay to the best of my knowledge

[peterbeense]

The other guy is Danny Kaye

[letmeinyoupig]

what a man ? i love it all, hes the best , and far too handsome.... even now !!

[maxthevid]

an hour so far of pure heaven I can not express the emotion I have experienced listening to your voice Harry Belafonte,

You have been blessed ,and those who hear you recieve a blessing Maxthevid 77+

[gallimuche]

c'est bien danny kaye à coté? is il Danny kaye with him?

[Lucievie]

Oui, il s'agit bien de lui.

Ma-gni-fi-que.

[thewind01]

this cocver version of Ralph McTell was released by Harry Belafont in 1982 on his CBS album "Loving you is where I belong"

[winemeister]

This song has been in my head since I first heard it in the 60's by The Johnsons who had a minor hit with it, but it IS a Ralph McTell song. His first version was quite quick and breezy, he 2nd version by him in the early 70's was slower and more thought provoking, and went to No1.

I met Ralph when in a competition in the late 60's - a nice guy, as gentle as his song. Harry's is a good version too, and what a voice.

[StephanAOTTO1]

Belafonte, along with Poitier, is SHEER ELEGANCE!!

[ordordo]

Nobody but Belafonte can sing so good. He's a classy guy and will always be.

[peterbeense]

Hello Francois

Thank you for the information, so the information I got is incorrect, somebody told me that the Belafonte version was from 1947, but anyway, do you like the version of the captain of the banana boat or do you think the Mc Tell version used to be better?

Did you already know the version before I posted it??

Hope to hear it from you

Micha

[belledecadix]

Micha,

I went to the UK in 1967 / 1968 and it's then that I first heard the song, in a folk club in Cambridge. I asked the singer (a man called Stuart Emms, if I remember correctly) and he told me that it was "the streets of London", from a youg man called Raph Mc Tell. Later, I found the LP... But I'm sure it has been written in the sixties, and by Ralph Pc Tell.

Francois

[belledecadix]

The original is the one sung by the composer, Ralph Mc Tell (UK). You can find some versions on Youtube.

François

[peterbeense]

Hello Francois...

If that's the truth, my information is not correct, because in my information says that the Belafonte version is from 1984 and the Ralph Mc Tell version is recorded in the late 70's.

Maybe he wrote it earlier, please tell me.

I know the Ralph Mc Tell version, but think this one is at least as good as the "original"

Greetings from Micha

[taghioff1]

@belledecadix I remember singing this song by Ralph Mctell at the City University London Folk Club. We liked it so much we sang this song every week.