RALPH MCTELL (original) (raw)

Ralph McTell was born Ralph May, on December 3, 1944, in Farnborough in Kent. Named after another musical Ralph – his father worked as a gardener for the composer (Ralph) Vaughan Williams – had his head turned by skiffle while he was at school, but opted for a short-lived life in the army instead. He started attending jazz clubs and became a beatnik inspired by writers such as Jack Kerouac and blues musicians like Muddy Waters. Ralph McTell’s debut album Eight Frames A Second was arranged by a pre-Bowie Tony Visconti and produced by a pre-Elton Gus Dudgeon. His second album Spiral Staircase featured an early version of what would become his breakthrough hit Streets of London, which was eventually rerecorded and released in 1974. Ralph McTell continued to release albums and tour but his career took an unusual turn in the early eighties when he composed music for children’s television shows Alphabet Zoo and Tickle On The Tum.

RALPH MCTELL Songs stats

UK No1s

0

UK Top 10s

1

UK Top 40s

2

UK Top 75s

2

Weeks at No1

0

Weeks in the Top 10

6

Weeks in the Top 40

12

Weeks in the Top 75

18

RALPH MCTELL Albums stats

UK No1s

0

UK Top 10s

0

UK Top 40s

3

UK Top 75s

3

Weeks at No1

0

Weeks in the Top 10

0

Weeks in the Top 40

13

Weeks in the Top 75

17

Official Singles Chart

07

Dec

1974

20

Dec

1975

22

Dec

1984

WINNERS
RALPH MCTELL

1. Peak: 99,
2. Weeks: 1

Official Albums Chart

18

Nov

1972

02

Mar

1974

EASY
RALPH McTELL

1. Peak: 31,
2. Weeks: 4

15

Feb

1975

STREETS
RALPH MCTELL

1. Peak: 13,
2. Weeks: 12

Official Singles Sales Chart

06

Dec

2018

Official Singles Downloads Chart

06

Dec

2018

Official Albums Chart Update

29

Sep

2019

Please note, the data displayed for this chart reflects the title's midweek position only, peak positions on this chart also relate to midweek chart positions. Official Albums Chart Update data available on officialcharts.com goes back to October 2014.

Official Scottish Albums Chart

03

Oct

2019

Official Albums Sales Chart

03

Oct

2019

Official Physical Albums Chart

03

Oct

2019

Official Folk Albums Chart

01

Nov

2020

Official Independent Albums Chart

03

Oct

2019

11

Feb

2021

GOLD
RALPH MCTELL

1. Peak: 41,
2. Weeks: 1

The data displayed for this chart goes back to 1997, however we hope to be able to offer deeper historic information at a future point