On this day, 25 Feb 1975, folk singer/songwriter Ralph McTell played Cardiff University with support provided by Gaye and Terry Woods.
An influential figure on the UK folk music scene since the 1960s, McTell had just released his most successful album, entering the UK album chart on 15 February 1975 and remaining there for twelve weeks.
It opens with McTell's hit single, "Streets of London".
The song was McTell's greatest commercial success, reaching No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart, at one point selling 90,000 copies a day and winning him the 1974 Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically and a Silver disc for record sales.
This was kept out of the high position, by a combination of "Lonely This Christmas" of Mud, and "Down Down" of Status Quo, for two weeks.
n March 2020, Ralph McTell agreed to write another verse to the song, inspired by the Coronavirus pandemic gripping the world at the time. The new verse is as follows:
In shop doorways, under bridges, in all our towns and cities
You can glimpse the makeshift bedding from the corner of your eye
Remember what you're seeing barely hides a human being
We're all in this together, brother, sister, you and I.
Ralph also has a Sense of Humour and showed what a great sport he was with the clip on the Button below
