• Songs titled after London, or a location or feature of the city.
• Songs whose lyrics are set in London.

• Songs where London is simply name-checked along with various other cities (such as "New York, London, Paris, Munich", lyrics of "Pop Muzik
  Pop Muzik
  "Pop Muzik" is a 1979 hit song by M, a project by Robin Scott.-Concept and chart performance:Robin Scott describes the genesis of "Pop Muzik" this way:...
  
  " by M
  M (band)
  M was English musician Robin Scott's brief but very successful new wave/synthpop project in the late 1970s and early 1980s. M is most known for the 1979 hit "Pop Muzik", which reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart in May 1979, and #1 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart on 3 November 1979...
  
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• "7.10 from Suburbia" by Jackie Trent
  Jackie Trent
  Jackie Trent is an English singer, songwriter, and actress.-Career:Trent's first stage appearance was as a ten-year-old ingenue in the pantomime Babes In The Wood, but her primary interest was a career in pop music...
  
  
• "13 Chester Street" by The Pretty Things
  The Pretty Things
  The Pretty Things are an English rock and roll band from London, who originally formed in 1963. They took their name from Bo Diddley's 1955 song "Pretty Thing" and, in their early days, were dubbed by the British press the "uglier cousins of the Rolling Stones". Their most commercially successful...
  
  
• "22 Acacia Avenue" by Iron Maiden
  Iron Maiden
  Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...
  
  
• "22 Grand Job
  22 Grand Job
  "22 Grand Job" is a song by English indie rock band The Rakes and is featured on their debut album, Capture/Release. Released on October 31, 2005, it was the fourth single taken from the album and charted in the UK Top 40 at number thirty-nine...
  
  " by The Rakes
  The Rakes
  The Rakes were an English indie rock band from London. They split up in October 2009.-History:The Rakes formed in 2004. Since coming to fame in 2005, they were associated with the British post-punk/art rock scene, a genre shared by bands such as Bloc Party, Maxïmo Park, and The Futureheads...
  
  
• "30 Minutes in London" by Antoine Dufour
  Antoine Dufour
  Antoine Dufour is a French-Canadian acoustic guitarist currently signed to CandyRat Records.-Biography:Dufour started playing guitar at the age of fifteen. He went on to study at the CEGEP in Joliette, where he listened to the music of Leo Kottke, Don Ross, and Michael Hedges at the behest of his...
  
  
• "59 Lyndhurst Grove" by Pulp
  Pulp (band)
  Pulp are an English alternative rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978. Their lineup consists of Jarvis Cocker , Russell Senior , Candida Doyle , Mark Webber , Steve Mackey and Nick Banks ....
  
  
• "71-75 New Oxford Street" by Mr Bloe
• "368" by Jamie T
  Jamie T
  Jamie Alexander Treays , known by his stage name Jamie T, is an English singer/songwriter from Wimbledon, South London.-Early life:Jamie Alexander Treays, was born in Wimbledon, South-West London...
  
  
• "5,6,7,8" by Shut Up And Dance (Hackney, Stoke Newington etc.)

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• "'A' Bomb in Wardour Street" by The Jam
  The Jam
  The Jam were an English punk rock/New Wave/mod revival band active during the late 1970s and early 1980s. They were formed in Woking, Surrey. While they shared the "angry young men" outlook and fast tempos of their punk rock contemporaries, The Jam wore smartly tailored suits rather than ripped...
  
  
• "A13 Trunk Road to the Sea" by Billy Bragg
  Billy Bragg
  Stephen William Bragg , better known as Billy Bragg, is an English alternative rock musician and left-wing activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, and his lyrics mostly deal with political or romantic themes...
  
  (Wapping
  Wapping
  Wapping is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets which forms part of the Docklands to the east of the City of London. It is situated between the north bank of the River Thames and the ancient thoroughfare simply called The Highway...
  
  , Barking
  Barking
  Barking is a suburban town in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, in East London, England. A retail and commercial centre situated in the west of the borough, it lies east of Charing Cross. Barking was in the historic county of Essex until it was absorbed by Greater London. The area is...
  
  , Dagenham
  Dagenham
  Dagenham is a large suburb in East London, forming the eastern part of the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and located east of Charing Cross. It was historically an agrarian village in the county of Essex and remained mostly undeveloped until 1921 when the London County Council began...
  
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• "A London, Allons Donc" by Petula Clark
  Petula Clark
  Petula Clark, CBE is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades.Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II...
  
  
• "Abhainn an t-Sluaigh" (The Crowded River) by Runrig
  Runrig
  Runrig are a Scottish Celtic rock group formed in Skye, in 1973 under the name 'The Run Rig Dance Band'. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included songwriters Rory Macdonald and Calum Macdonald. The current line-up also includes longtime members Malcolm Jones, Iain Bayne, and more...
  
  
• "Absolutely Wrong" by Fred Chester and Tom Clare
  Tom Clare
  Tom Clare was a British music hall singer from the early twentieth century, born in London. He was best known for singing humorous songs which he accompanied on the piano....
  
   ('I'm Bertie Bright of Bond Street')
• "'Ackney Road" by Marie Lloyd
  Marie Lloyd
  Matilda Alice Victoria Wood was an English music hall singer, best known as Marie Lloyd. Her ability to add lewdness to the most innocent of lyrics led to frequent clashes with the guardians of morality...
  
  
• "Across the River Thames" by Elton John
  Elton John
  Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...
  
  
• "Acton Zulus" by Carbon/Silicon
  Carbon/Silicon
  Carbon/Silicon is a punk rock duo consisting of two experienced punk rock musicians: Mick Jones formerly of The Clash and former Generation X and Sigue Sigue Sputnik member Tony James. The band formed around 2002.-Career:...
  
  
• "A Cockney Christmas" by Dick Emery
  Dick Emery
  Richard Gilbert "Dick" Emery was an English comedian and actor. Beginning on radio in the 1950s, an eponymous television series ran from 1963 to 1981. He was the brother of Ann Emery.-Life and career:...
  
  
• "A Day in the Life
  A Day in the Life
  "A Day in the Life" is a song by The Beatles, the final track on the group's 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Credited to Lennon–McCartney, the song comprises distinct segments written independently by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, with orchestral additions...
  
  " by The Beatles
  The Beatles
  The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
  
   ("now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall
  Albert Hall
  Albert P. Hall is an American actor.Born in Brighton, Alabama, Hall graduated from the Columbia University School of the Arts in 1971. That same year he appeared Off-Broadway in The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel and on Broadway in the Melvin Van Peebles musical Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death...
  
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• "A Foggy Day in London Town
  A Foggy Day
  "A Foggy Day" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, introduced by Fred Astaire in the 1937 film A Damsel in Distress...
  
  " by George
  George Gershwin
  George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known...
  
   and Ira Gershwin
  Ira Gershwin
  Ira Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century....
  
  
• "A London" by Petula Clark
  Petula Clark
  Petula Clark, CBE is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades.Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II...
  
  
• "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
  A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (song)
  "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" is a romantic British popular song written in 1939 with lyrics by Eric Maschwitz and music by Manning Sherwin.-Setting:...
  
  " by Eric Maschwitz
  Eric Maschwitz
  Albert Eric Maschwitz OBE , known as Eric Maschwitz and sometimes credited as Holt Marvell, was an English entertainer, writer, broadcaster and broadcasting executive.-Life and work:...
  
  , Manning Sherwin
  Manning Sherwin
  Manning Sherwin was an American composer. Born in Philadelphia, Sherwin attended Columbia University before embarking upon a long career in musical theatre and films....
  
   and Jack Strachey
  Jack Strachey
  Jack Strachey , was an English composer and songwriterBorn John Francis Strachey in London, England on 25 September 1894 he began writing songs in the 1920s for the theatre and the music hall, scoring his first success with songs he had written for Frith Shephard's long running musical revue Lady...
  
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• "A Room In Bloomsbury" by Twiggy and Christopher Gable(from the musical 'The Boyfriend')
• "Addington Shuffle" by the Drug Addix
• "Africa" by Madness
  Madness (band)
  In 1979, the band recorded the Lee Thompson composition "The Prince". The song, like the band's name, paid homage to their idol, Prince Buster. The song was released through 2 Tone Records, the label of The Specials founder Jerry Dammers. The song was a surprise hit, peaking in the UK music charts...
  
  , refers to Holloway
  Holloway
  -Place names:United Kingdom*Holloway, London, inner-city district in the London Borough of Islington**Holloway , originally a mixed population prison, but now a female-only prison...
  
  
• "Aftermath" by R.E.M.
  R.E.M.
  R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry. One of the first popular alternative rock bands, R.E.M. gained early attention due to Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style and Stipe's...
  
  
• "Albert and the 'Eadsman" by Marriott Edgar
  Marriott Edgar
  Marriott Edgar , born George Marriot Edgar in Kirkcudbright, Scotland, was a poet, scriptwriter and comedian best known for writing many of the monologues performed by Stanley Holloway, particularly the 'Albert' series....
  
  
• "Albion
  Albion (song)
  "Albion" is a song by English band Babyshambles. It was released as the third single from Down in Albion on November 28, 2005 in the UK. The single was released in Japan on March 8, 2006 by Reservoir Records/EMI....
  
  " by Babyshambles
  Babyshambles
  Babyshambles are an English indie rock band established in London. The band was formed by Pete Doherty during a hiatus from his former band The Libertines, but Babyshambles has since become his main project . Babyshambles has released two albums, three EPs and a number of singles...
  
   refers to numerous London districts
• "Alicia Quays" by Jamie T
  Jamie T
  Jamie Alexander Treays , known by his stage name Jamie T, is an English singer/songwriter from Wimbledon, South London.-Early life:Jamie Alexander Treays, was born in Wimbledon, South-West London...
  
  
• "All Change on the Bakerloo Line" by The Pyramids
  The Pyramids (band)
  The Pyramids were an American surf group from Long Beach, California, who formed in 1961. In early 1964, they made the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 with their instrumental "Penetration." It proved to be the final major instrumental surf hit....
  
  
• "All the Umbrellas in London" by The Magnetic Fields
  The Magnetic Fields
  The Magnetic Fields is the principal creative outlet of singer-songwriter Stephin Merritt...
  
  
• "All the Girls Love Alice" by Elton John
  Elton John
  Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...
  
   (line "And who could you call your friends down in Soho?")
• "All Souls Avenue" by the Cult
  The Cult
  The Cult are a British rock band that was formed in 1983. They gained a dedicated following in Britain in the mid 1980s as a post-punk band with singles such as "She Sells Sanctuary", before breaking mainstream in the United States in the late 1980s as a hard rock band with singles such as "Love...
  
  
• "American Boy
  American Boy
  "American Boy" is the second single from the album Shine by British R&B singer Estelle and features American rapper Kanye West. The song is her first international single...
  
  " by Estelle
  Estelle (musician)
  Estelle Fanta Swaray commonly known as Estelle, and formerly as Est'elle, is an English R&B singer-songwriter, rapper and record producer.-Early Life:Estelle was born 18 January 1980 in Hammersmith, London, England...
  
  
• "Anarchy In Hackney" by Robb Johnson
  Robb Johnson
  Robb Jenner Johnson is a British musician and songwriter, who has been called "one of the last genuinely political songwriters", and is known for his mix of political satire and wit...
  
  
• "And Her Golden Hair Was Hanging Down Her Back" by Felix McGlennon ('There was once a country maiden came to London for a trip')
• "Always New Depths" by Bloc Party
  Bloc Party
  Bloc Party are a British Indie rock band, composed of Kele Okereke , Russell Lissack , Gordon Moakes , and Matt Tong...
  
   'All the pennies in the Thames will not make it how it was'
• "The Angel, Highbury
  Highbury
  - Early Highbury :The area now known as Islington was part of the larger manor of Tolentone, which is mentioned in the Domesday Book. Tolentone was owned by Ranulf brother of Ilger and included all the areas north and east of Canonbury and Holloway Road. The manor house was situated by what is now...
  
  " by Alan Moore
  Alan Moore
  Alan Oswald Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books, a medium where he has produced a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell...
  
   and Tim Perkins in The Highbury Working- each song about a time of Highbury
• "Angels Over Kilburn" by Hope of the States
  Hope of the States
  Hope of the States were an English post rock-influenced indie band from Chichester.-Members:* Sam Herlihy - vocals, guitar, piano, music boxes, glockenspiels, mellotron, sampler, celeste, harmonium* Michael Hibbert - guitar, harmonica, backing vocals...
  
  
• "Ann Boleyn" (The Bloody Tower) by R. P. Weston
  R. P. Weston
  Robert Patrick Weston was an English songwriter. He was born and died in London. Among other songs, he co-authored , "With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm", a macabre little ditty about the ghost of Anne Boleyn haunting the Tower of London, seeking revenge on Henry VIII for having her...
  
   and Bert Lee
  Bert Lee
  Bert Lee was an English songwriter. He wrote for music hall and the musical stage, often in partnership with R. P. Weston.Lee was born 11 June 1880 in Ravensthorpe, Yorkshire, England....
  
  
• "Anna the Auctioneer" by Noel Coward
  Noël Coward
  Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy...
  
  
• "Any Old Iron
  Any Old Iron
  Any Old Iron, Anthony Burgess's epic updating of the Excalibur legend, was published in 1988.Among the historical figures fictionalized in the novel are Chaim Weizmann, A. J...
  
  ?" by Chas. Collins, E. A. Sheppard and Fred Terry
  Fred Terry
  Fred Terry was an English actor and theatrical manager. After establishing his reputation in London and in the provinces for a decade, he joined the company of Herbert Beerbohm Tree where he remained for four years, meeting his future wife, Julia Neilson...
  
  
• "Apples" by Ian Dury
  Ian Dury
  Ian Robins Dury was an English rock and roll singer, lyricist, bandleader and actor who initially rose to fame during the late 1970s, during the punk and New Wave era of rock music...
  
  
• "'Appy in 'Ampstead" by Albert Ketelbey
  Albert Ketèlbey
  Albert William Ketèlbey , born Ketelbey, was an English composer, conductor and pianist.-Biography:...
  
  
• "April Shower at Kew - an Impression" by Haydn Wood
  Haydn Wood
  Haydn Wood was a 20th century English composer and a respected violinist.-Life:Haydn Wood was born in the Yorkshire town of Slaithwaite on 25 March 1882...
  
  
• "Archway People" by Saint Etienne
  Saint Etienne (band)
  Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists...
  
  
• "Archway Towers" by New Model Army
  New Model Army
  The New Model Army of England was formed in 1645 by the Parliamentarians in the English Civil War, and was disbanded in 1660 after the Restoration...
  
  
• "Argyle Square" by Orphans & Vandals
  Orphans & Vandals
  Orphans & Vandals is an indie rock band based in London. The band was formed by Al Joshua and Raven . Gabi Woo , Quinta and Francesca are the other three band members...
  
  
• "'Arrods Don't Sell 'Em" by Zorro
  Zorro
  Zorro is a fictional character created in 1919 by New York-based pulp writer Johnston McCulley. The character has been featured in numerous books, films, television series, and other media....
  
  
• "Arsenal Boogie" by Highbury Marchers
• "Arsenal We're On Your Side" by the North Bank
• "At the Chime of a City Clock" by Nick Drake
  Nick Drake
  Nicholas Rodney "Nick" Drake was an English singer-songwriter and musician. Though he is best known for his sombre guitar based songs, Drake was also proficient at piano, clarinet and saxophone...
  
  
• "At the Palais de Dance" (from 'A Cockney Suite') by Albert Ketelbey
  Albert Ketèlbey
  Albert William Ketèlbey , born Ketelbey, was an English composer, conductor and pianist.-Biography:...
  
  
• "Autumn In London" by Tony Osborne
  Tony Osborne
  Anthony "Tony" Osborne was an American professional wrestler who wrestled under the name "Tough" Tony Borne.-Professional wrestling career:...
  
  
• "Autumn In London Town" by Norrie Paramor and his Orchestra
• "Autumngirlsoup" by Kirsty MacColl
  Kirsty MacColl
  Kirsty Anna MacColl was an English singer-songwriter.MacColl scored several pop hits from the early 1980s to the early 1990s...
  
  
• "A day on the town" by Madness
  Madness (band)
  In 1979, the band recorded the Lee Thompson composition "The Prince". The song, like the band's name, paid homage to their idol, Prince Buster. The song was released through 2 Tone Records, the label of The Specials founder Jerry Dammers. The song was a surprise hit, peaking in the UK music charts...
  
  
• "If Looks Could Kill" by Garry Johnson (just added to YouTube)

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• "Bad Young Brother" by Derek B
  Derek B
  Derek Boland , better known by his stage name Derek B, was a British rapper. His most commercially successful releases were "Goodgroove" and "Bad Young Brother" in 1988.- Biography :...
  
  
• "The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington" by Anonymous
  Anonymity
  Anonymity is derived from the Greek word ἀνωνυμία, anonymia, meaning "without a name" or "namelessness". In colloquial use, anonymity typically refers to the state of an individual's personal identity, or personally identifiable information, being publicly unknown.There are many reasons why a...
  
  
• "Baker Street
  Baker Street (song)
  "Baker Street" is a ballad written and first recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty. Released as a single in 1978, it reached #1 in Canada, #2 in the US, #3 in the UK, #1 in Australia and #9 in the Netherlands...
  
  " by Gerry Rafferty
  Gerry Rafferty
  Gerald "Gerry" Rafferty was a Scottish singer songwriter best known for his solo hits "Baker Street", "Right Down the Line", "Days Gone Down", "Night Owl", "Get It Right Next Time", and with the band Stealers Wheel, "Stuck in the Middle with You". Rafferty was born into a working-class family in...
  
  
• "Baker Street Muse" by Jethro Tull
  Jethro Tull (band)
  Jethro Tull are a British rock group formed in 1967. Their music is characterised by the vocals, acoustic guitar, and flute playing of Ian Anderson, who has led the band since its founding, and the guitar work of Martin Barre, who has been with the band since 1969.Initially playing blues rock with...
  
  
• "Bakerloo" (I) by King of Woolworths
• "Bakerloo Non-Stop" by Kenny Baker
  Kenny Baker
  Kenneth George "Kenny" Baker is a British actor and musician, best known as the man inside R2-D2 in the popular Star Wars film series.- Career :...
  
  
• "Ballad of Barking Creek" by the Barrow Poets
• "Ballad of Bethnal Green" by Paddy Roberts
  Paddy Roberts (songwriter)
  John Godfrey Owen Roberts was a popular songwriter and singer, having previously been a lawyer and a pilot ....
  
  
• "Ballad of the Woggler's Mooly" by Kenneth Williams
  Kenneth Williams
  Kenneth Charles Williams was an English comic actor and comedian. He was one of the main ensemble in 26 of the Carry On films, and appeared in numerous British television shows, and radio comedies with Tony Hancock and Kenneth Horne.-Life and career:Kenneth Charles Williams was born on 22 February...
  
   ('But the Bow Street Runners caught him, and the judge said "He will swing"')
• "Ballad of Torrens Street" by Killing Miranda
  Killing Miranda
  Killing Miranda were a British based musical group initially playing gothic rock, later introducing more industrial and metal influence into their sound.-History:...
  
  
• "Bands From London Are Shit" by MJ Hibbett
  MJ Hibbett
  Mark John Hibbett is an English guitarist singer-songwriter, often compared to Billy Bragg and Richard Digance.With his band The Validators, Hibbett came to widespread online notice in 2000 with "", an ode to the ZX Spectrum and other home microcomputers of the 1980s...
  
  
• "The Bandstand, Hyde Park" by Haydn Wood
  Haydn Wood
  Haydn Wood was a 20th century English composer and a respected violinist.-Life:Haydn Wood was born in the Yorkshire town of Slaithwaite on 25 March 1882...
  
  
• "Bang Bang Attitude Rap" by Bang The Party
• "Bank Holiday (Appy 'ampstead')" by Albert Ketelbey
  Albert Ketèlbey
  Albert William Ketèlbey , born Ketelbey, was an English composer, conductor and pianist.-Biography:...
  
  
• "Bar Italia
  Bar Italia
  Bar Italia is a coffee shop located on Frith Street in Soho Central London.On January 26, 1926, John Logie Baird gave the first public demonstration of television at 22 Frith Street, the building where Bar Italia is located. The blue plaque above the front door commemorates this event...
  
  " by Pulp
  Pulp (band)
  Pulp are an English alternative rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978. Their lineup consists of Jarvis Cocker , Russell Senior , Candida Doyle , Mark Webber , Steve Mackey and Nick Banks ....
  
  
• "Barbados" by Typically Tropical
  Typically Tropical
  Typically Tropical are a British band. They are best known for the song "Barbados".The band was actually a duo comprising Geraint Wyn Hughes and Jeffrey Calvert, who had met through Hughes' band, Quasar. They wrote and recorded songs at Morgan Studios, where Calvert worked with his father, when...
  
   ('far away from London Town')
• "Barking Park Lane" by Riff Raff
• "Barmy London Army" by Charley Harper
  Charley Harper
  Charley Harper was a Cincinnati-based American Modernist artist. He was best known for his highly stylized wildlife prints, posters and book illustrations....
  
  
• "The Barrow Boy Song" by Art Noel, Frank Walsh
  Frank Walsh
  Francis Henry "Frank" Walsh was the 34th Premier of South Australia, serving from 10 March 1965 to 1 June 1967.-Early life:One of eight children, Walsh was born into an Irish Catholic family in O'Halloran Hill, South Australia...
  
  , Joe Burley and Harry Bull
• "Basing Street" by Nick Lowe
  Nick Lowe
  Nicholas Drain "Nick" Lowe , is an English singer-songwriter, musician and producer.A pivotal figure in UK pub rock, punk rock and new wave, Lowe has recorded a string of well-reviewed solo albums. Along with vocals, Lowe plays guitar, bass guitar, piano and harmonica...
  
  
• "Bathtime in Clerkenwell" by The Real Tuesday Weld
  The Real Tuesday Weld
  The Real Tuesday Weld are a British band, fronted by lead singer and founder Stephen Coates. They are known for producing jazzy cabaret-style music with subtle electronica influences, a style dubbed "antique beat" by Coates. They have six albums, several singles and eps and many tracks on...
  
  
• "Battersea Bardot" by The Pearlfishers
• "Battersea Boys" by Chris Difford
  Chris Difford
  Chris Difford is a singer, musician, songwriter, and record producer....
  
  
• "Battersea Fair" by Chords 5
• "Battersea Rain Dance" by Chris Barber and his Jazzband
• "The Battle of Epping Forest" by Genesis
  Genesis (band)
  Genesis are an English rock band that formed in 1967. The band currently comprises the longest-tenured members Tony Banks , Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins . Past members Peter Gabriel , Steve Hackett and Anthony Phillips , also played major roles in the band in its early years...
  
  , Selling England by the Pound
  Selling England by the Pound
  - Sound and live performance :The piano introduction to "Firth of Fifth" has not been included in a performance since 1974, in a Drury Lane Theatre concert, when Banks misplayed and Collins covered by starting the song from after the intro...
  
  . Although Epping Forest is (just) outside London, the battle was between two East End gangs, and the lyrics reference several London place-names (especially prisons).
• "Battle of Highgate Hill" by the Highgate Children
• "The Bay of Battersea" by George Grossmith
  George Grossmith
  George Grossmith was an English comedian, writer, composer, actor, and singer. His performing career spanned more than four decades...
  
  
• "Bayswater Bedsit" by Teddy Munro
• "Beckton Dumps" by Steve Marriott
  Steve Marriott
  Stephen Peter Marriott , popularly known as Steve Marriott, was an English musician, songwriter, and frontman of several notable rock and roll bands, spanning over two decades...
  
   - Humble Pie
  Humble Pie (band)
  Humble Pie was a rock band from England, finding success both in the UK and the US. They are remembered for songs such as "Black Coffee" "30 Days in the Hole", "I Don't Need No Doctor", and "Natural Born Bugie"...
  
   (Eat It
  Eat It (Humble Pie album)
  Eat It was the seventh album by English rock group Humble Pie, released in 1973. A double album, it reached #13 on the Billboard 200, and #34 in the UK.-Album profile:...
  
  ) album
• "Beefeaters" by Johnny Dankworth
• "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
  Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
  "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" is a song from the 1967 album by The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It was composed by John Lennon...
  
  " by The Beatles
  The Beatles
  The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
  
   (references Bishopsgate
  Bishopsgate
  Bishopsgate is a road and ward in the northeast part of the City of London, extending north from Gracechurch Street to Norton Folgate. It is named after one of the original seven gates in London Wall...
  
   but the song is about a true event in 19th century Rochdale, Lancashire)
• "Belgravia
  Chat and Business
  Chat and Business is the debut album from British post punk / art rock band Ikara Colt. It was released on Fantastic Plastic Records on March 4th 2002 Chat and Business is the debut album from British post punk / art rock band Ikara Colt. It was released on Fantastic Plastic Records on March 4th...
  
  " by Ikara Colt
  Ikara Colt
  Ikara Colt were an English four-piece art rock band, formed by art students at London Guildhall University. They had a five-year career, beginning in 1999 and ending on 17 January 2005...
  
  
• "The Belle of Barking Creek" by Paddy Roberts
  Paddy Roberts (songwriter)
  John Godfrey Owen Roberts was a popular songwriter and singer, having previously been a lawyer and a pilot ....
  
  
• "Belsize Blues" by Al Stewart
  Al Stewart
  Al Stewart is a Scottish singer-songwriter and folk-rock musician.Stewart came to stardom as part of the British folk revival in the 1960s and 1970s, and developed his own unique style of combining folk-rock songs with delicately woven tales of the great characters and events from history.He is...
  
  
• "Bench Number 3, Waterloo Station" by Claude Francois
  Claude François
  Claude François was a French pop singer, songwriter and dancer. He wrote "Comme d'habitude," the original version of "My Way."-Early life:...
  
  
• "Berkeley Mews" by the Kinks
  The Kinks
  The Kinks were an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, North London, by brothers Ray and Dave Davies in 1964. Categorised in the United States as a British Invasion band, The Kinks are recognised as one of the most important and influential rock acts of the era. Their music was influenced by a...
  
  
• "Berlington Bertie" by Vesta Tilley
  Vesta Tilley
  Matilda Alice Powles , was an English male impersonator. At the age of 11, she adopted the stage name Vesta Tilley becoming the most famous and well paid music hall male impersonator of her day...
  
  
• "Berlington Bertie from Bow" by Ella Shields
  Ella Shields
  Ella Shields was a music hall singer and male-impersonator. Her famous signature song, "Burlington Bertie from Bow", written by her manager and first husband, William Hargreaves, was an immediate hit. Though American-born, Ella achieved her greatest success in England.-Biography:Ella Shields was...
  
  
• "Bertha from Balham" by Noel Coward
  Noël Coward
  Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy...
  
  
• "Best Days" by Blur
  Blur (band)
  Blur is an English alternative rock band. Formed in London in 1989 as Seymour, the group consists of singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Blur's debut album Leisure incorporated the sounds of Madchester and shoegazing...
  
  
• "Les Bicyclettes de Belsize
  Les Bicyclettes de Belsize
  Les Bicyclettes de Belsize is a 1968 British musical short film starring Judy Huxtable and Anthony May. It was directed by Douglas Hickox....
  
  " by Engelbert Humperdinck
  Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)
  Engelbert Humperdinck is a British pop singer, best known for his hits including "Release Me " and "After the Lovin'" as well as "The Last Waltz" .-Early life:...
  
  
• "Big Ben" by Frank Weir
  Frank Weir
  Frank Weir was a British orchestra leader and jazz musician. He reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart in 1954 with Vera Lynn and the song "My Son, My Son", and with positive reviews in Variety, Cash Box and Billboard....
  
  
• "Big Ben Blues" by David Owen Norris
  David Owen Norris
  -Life:Norris was born in 1953. He studied music at Keble College, Oxford where he was organ scholar; he is now an Honorary Fellow of the college. After leaving Oxford, he studied composition, and worked at the Royal Opera House as a repetiteur...
  
  
• "Big Ben Boogie" by Winifred Atwell
  Winifred Atwell
  Una Winifred Atwell Una Winifred Atwell Una Winifred Atwell (27 February or April 1910 or 1914There is some uncertainty over her date and year of birth. Many sources suggest 27 February 1914, but there is a strong suggestion that her birthday was 27 April. Most sources give her year of birth as...
  
  
• "Big Ben Twist" by Fats and the Chessmen
• "Big Black Smoke" by The Kinks
  The Kinks
  The Kinks were an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, North London, by brothers Ray and Dave Davies in 1964. Categorised in the United States as a British Invasion band, The Kinks are recognised as one of the most important and influential rock acts of the era. Their music was influenced by a...
  
  
• "Big Jump At Picket's Lock" by Eddie Kidd
• "Billy Bentley" by Kilburn and the High Roads
  Kilburn and the High Roads
  Kilburn and the High Roads were a British rock and roll band formed by Ian Dury in 1970, and was the first band formed by Dury. The band released two studio albums and had one compilation, and separated in 1977 when Dury left to form the more prominent band The Blockheads.- History :Dury formed...
  
  
• "Bingo" by Madness
  Madness (band)
  In 1979, the band recorded the Lee Thompson composition "The Prince". The song, like the band's name, paid homage to their idol, Prince Buster. The song was released through 2 Tone Records, the label of The Specials founder Jerry Dammers. The song was a surprise hit, peaking in the UK music charts...
  
  
• "Birdman of EC1" by Saint Etienne
  Saint Etienne (band)
  Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists...
  
  
• "Birds
  Birds (Kate Nash song)
  "Birds" was released as the debut double A-side single by singer–songwriter Kate Nash. It was released with the track "Caroline's a Victim" with Moshi Moshi Records, then on her debut album Made of Bricks ....
  
  " by Kate Nash
  Kate Nash
  Kate Marie Nash is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. She had a UK no. 2 hit "Foundations" in 2007, followed by the platinum selling UK number 1 album Made of Bricks. She was named Best Female Artist at the 2008 BRIT Awards....
  
  
• "Bitter Fingers" by Elton John
  Elton John
  Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...
  
    (about the Denmark Street
  Denmark Street
  Denmark Street is a short narrow road in central London, notable for its connections with British popular music, and is known as the British Tin Pan Alley. The road connects Charing Cross Road at its western end with St Giles High Street at its eastern end. Denmark Street is in the London Borough...
  
   music publishing trade)
• "Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos" by Public Enemy ('Bass for your face London')
• "Black Boy Lane" by Babyshambles
  Babyshambles
  Babyshambles are an English indie rock band established in London. The band was formed by Pete Doherty during a hiatus from his former band The Libertines, but Babyshambles has since become his main project . Babyshambles has released two albums, three EPs and a number of singles...
  
  
• "The Black Grunger of Hounslow" by Kenneth Williams
  Kenneth Williams
  Kenneth Charles Williams was an English comic actor and comedian. He was one of the main ensemble in 26 of the Carry On films, and appeared in numerous British television shows, and radio comedies with Tony Hancock and Kenneth Horne.-Life and career:Kenneth Charles Williams was born on 22 February...
  
  
• "Blackwall Reach" by Saint Etienne
  Saint Etienne (band)
  Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists...
  
  
• "Blessed" by Simon and Garfunkel
  Simon and Garfunkel
  Simon & Garfunkel are an American duo consisting of singer-songwriter Paul Simon and singer Art Garfunkel. They formed the group Tom & Jerry in 1957 and had their first success with the minor hit "Hey, Schoolgirl". As Simon & Garfunkel, the duo rose to fame in 1965, largely on the strength of the...
  
  
• "Blind Eye" by Hunters & Collectors
  Hunters & Collectors
  Hunters & Collectors were an Australian rock music band formed in Melbourne in 1981, fronted by singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Seymour, they developed a blend of pub rock and art-funk...
  
  
• "Blue Chelsea Tuesday" by Billy Lawrie
• "Blue Day
  Blue Day (Suggs song)
  "Blue Day" was a single released by the English singer Suggs, in collaboration with the players of football team Chelsea, in 1997. It reached number 22 in the UK Singles Chart....
  
  " by Suggs and Chelsea FC
  Suggs (singer)
  Graham McPherson , better known as Suggs, is an English singer, actor, former radio DJ, TV personality, and most famous as the frontman of the band Madness.-Early life:...
  
  
• "Blue For Waterloo" by Humphrey Lyttleton and his Band
• "Blue Is The Colour
  Blue Is the Colour
  Blue Is the Colour, released October 1996, is The Beautiful South's fifth original album following the two singles "Pretenders to the Throne" and "Dream a Little Dream", which never featured on any album until the release of the second greatest hits Solid Bronze in 2001...
  
  " by Chelsea FC ('Chelsea')
• "Blue Jeans" by Blur
  Blur (band)
  Blur is an English alternative rock band. Formed in London in 1989 as Seymour, the group consists of singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Blur's debut album Leisure incorporated the sounds of Madchester and shoegazing...
  
   mentions Portobello Road
  Portobello Road
  Portobello Road is a street in the Notting Hill district of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in west London, England. It runs almost the length of Notting Hill from south to north, roughly parallel with Ladbroke Grove. On Saturdays it is home to Portobello Road Market, one of London's...
  
  
• "Blue Piccadilly" by The Feeling
  The Feeling
  The Feeling are a BRIT award-nominated English pop band from West Sussex and London. The band categorise their music as "pop".Following a limited release of their first single "Fill My Little World" in late 2005, the band entered the UK Singles Chart at #7 with their first full release "Sewn" in...
  
  
• "Blue Room In Archway" by The Boo Radleys
  The Boo Radleys
  -Studio albums:-Compilation albums:-Extended plays:-Singles:-External links:* * * * * * by Laurent Orseau * *...
  
  
• "Blue Skies Over Battersea" by Martin Ansell
• "Bo Street Runner" by the Bo Street Runners
• "Bollywood to Battersea" by Babyshambles
  Babyshambles
  Babyshambles are an English indie rock band established in London. The band was formed by Pete Doherty during a hiatus from his former band The Libertines, but Babyshambles has since become his main project . Babyshambles has released two albums, three EPs and a number of singles...
  
  
• "Bond Street" by Burt Bacharach
  Burt Bacharach
  Burt F. Bacharach is an American pianist, composer and music producer. He is known for his popular hit songs and compositions from the mid-1950s through the 1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David. Many of their hits were produced specifically for, and performed by, Dionne Warwick...
  
  
• "Bond Street PM" by Mood Mosaic
• "The Bond Street Beau" by F. W. Green and Alfred Lee
• "Boppin' At The Hardrock" by Rock Island Line
• "Born Slippy
  Born Slippy
  "Born Slippy" is a single by Underworld originally released in 1995, which has never appeared on an album by the group. The track is instrumental and features no lyrics. It is often confused with the more popular vocal track, "Born Slippy .NUXX", because of the similar name. However, they are...
  
  " by Underworld
  Underworld
  The Underworld is a region which is thought to be under the surface of the earth in some religions and in mythologies. It could be a place where the souls of the recently departed go, and in some traditions it is identified with Hell or the realm of death...
  
  
• "Born to Be a Dancer" by Kaiser Chiefs
  Kaiser Chiefs
  Kaiser Chiefs are an English indie rock band from Leeds who formed in 1996. They were named after the South African football club Kaizer Chiefs....
  
  
• "Bow E3" by Wiley
  Wiley (rapper)
  Richard Kylea Cowie , better known by his stage name Wiley is a prolific British music producer, MC and recording artist, and rapper with roots from Trinidad...
  
  
• "The Boy From Chelsea" by Truly Smith
• "The Boy I Love Is up in the Gallery" by George Ware ('Johnny is a tradesman and he works in the Borough')
• "The Boy Looked at Johnny" by The Libertines
  The Libertines
  The Libertines were an English rock band, formed in London in 1997 by frontmen Carl Barât and Pete Doherty . The band, centred on the song-writing partnership of Barat and Doherty, also included John Hassall and Gary Powell for most of its recording career...
  
  
• "The Boys from Highbury" by Arsenal First Team Squad
• "Breakfast At The Ace" by the Rapiers (about the famous 'Ace' Cafe in North London)
• "Bright Red Bus To Piccadilly" by the Dinkees
• "Bright Young People" by Noel Coward
  Noël Coward
  Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy...
  
   ('We casually strive to keep London alive from Chelsea to Bloomsbury Square')
• "Bring Back The Routemaster" by Rukaiya Russell
  Rukaiya Russell
  Rukaiya Russell is a British musician and producer, specialising in house music and the genre known as UK Funky. In 2008 she released the track "Bring Back The Routemaster" on Ruru Records. Her music has been featured on BBC 1Xtra....
  
  

• "British Grenadiers" - traditional march
• "Brixton" by Mike Carver
• "Brixton" by The Straps
  The Straps
  The Straps are an English streetpunk band, formed in 1978 in Battersea, South London. Jim Walker was a drummer for the band in the early 1980s. Other members included Andi Sexgang, and Simon and Jonathan Werner from The Pack, who later became Theatre of Hate....
  
  
• "Brixton" by UK Subs
  UK Subs
  The U.K. Subs are an English punk rock band, among the earliest in the first wave of British punk. Formed in 1976, the mainstay of the band has been vocalist Charlie Harper, originally a singer in Britain's R&B scene. They were also one of the first street punk bands.-Career:The U.K...
  
  
• "Brixton Boo-Ga-Loo" by Ossie and the Sweet Boys
• "Brixton Briefcase" by Chase and Status
• "Brixton Cat Big And Fat"" by Dice the Boss
• "Brixton Fight" by Pamadice
• "Brixton Is Free" by Joe the Boss
• "Brixton, Lewisham" by Tony Tomas
• "Brixton Pum Pum Wrecker" by Pama Dice
• "Brixton Reggae Festival" by The Setters
• "Brixton Rocket" by the Rudies
• "Brixton Walkabout" by Bob Manton
• "Brompton Oratory" by Nick Cave
  Nick Cave
  Nicholas Edward "Nick" Cave is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, and occasional film actor.He is best known for his work as a frontman of the critically acclaimed rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, established in 1984, a group known for its eclectic influences and...
  
   and the Bad Seeds
• "Brook Street Suite" by Gustav Holst
  Gustav Holst
  Gustav Theodore Holst was an English composer. He is most famous for his orchestral suite The Planets....
  
  
• "Bubbles" by the Cockney Rejects ('West Ham')
• "Buckingham Palace" by A. A. Milne
  A. A. Milne
  Alan Alexander Milne was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various children's poems. Milne was a noted writer, primarily as a playwright, before the huge success of Pooh overshadowed all his previous work.-Biography:A. A...
  
  
• "Buckingham Palace" by Dillinger
  Dillinger
  -Films:*Dillinger , a film made about the life of the gangster John Dillinger*Dillinger , a film made about the life of the gangster John Dillinger*Dillinger , a film made about the life of the gangster John Dillinger...
  
  
• "Buk-In-Hamm Palace" by Peter Tosh
  Peter Tosh
  Peter Tosh, born Winston Hubert McIntosh , was a Jamaican reggae musician who was a core member of the band The Wailers , and who afterward had a successful solo career as well as being a promoter of Rastafari.Peter Tosh was born in Grange Hill, Jamaica, an illegitimate child to a mother too young...
  
  
• "Burberry Blue Eyes" by Razorlight
  Razorlight
  Razorlight are a UK based indie rock band formed in 2002. They are primarily known in the UK, having topped the charts with the 2006 single "America" and its parent self-titled album, their second...
  
  
• "Burning The Boats" by Madness
  Madness (band)
  In 1979, the band recorded the Lee Thompson composition "The Prince". The song, like the band's name, paid homage to their idol, Prince Buster. The song was released through 2 Tone Records, the label of The Specials founder Jerry Dammers. The song was a surprise hit, peaking in the UK music charts...
  
   ( "The Government have announced that London Bridge
  London Bridge
  London Bridge is a bridge over the River Thames, connecting the City of London and Southwark, in central London. Situated between Cannon Street Railway Bridge and Tower Bridge, it forms the western end of the Pool of London...
  
   is to be sold...")
• "Busdriver" by Kitto
  Kitto
  Kitto may refer to:* Frank Kitto , Australian high court justice* H. D. F. Kitto , British classical Greek scholar* John Kitto , British Bible scholar* Stanislav Kitto , Estonian professional footballer...
  
   about taking the 73 bus from Euston to Stoke Newington
• "The Burchells of Battersea Rise" by Noel Coward
  Noël Coward
  Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy...
  
  
• "Burlington Bertie from Bow
  Burlington Bertie
  "Burlington Bertie" is a music hall song composed by Harry B. Norris in 1900 and sung by Vesta Tilley. It concerns an aristocratic young idler who pursues a life of leisure in the West End of London....
  
  " by Ella Shields
  Ella Shields
  Ella Shields was a music hall singer and male-impersonator. Her famous signature song, "Burlington Bertie from Bow", written by her manager and first husband, William Hargreaves, was an immediate hit. Though American-born, Ella achieved her greatest success in England.-Biography:Ella Shields was...
  
  
• "Bus Driver's Prayer
  Bus Driver's Prayer
  The Bus Driver's Prayer, also known as the Busman's Lord's Prayer, was a parody of the Lord's Prayer that takes the bus driver around Greater London . The words are apocryphal and have been around since 1960 at least...
  
  " by Ian Dury
  Ian Dury
  Ian Robins Dury was an English rock and roll singer, lyricist, bandleader and actor who initially rose to fame during the late 1970s, during the punk and New Wave era of rock music...
  
   (traditional)
• "Bus' It (Time To Get Busy )" by Blapps Posse
• "Business Girls" by Madeleine Dring
  Madeleine Dring
  Madeleine Winefride Isabelle Dring was an English composer and actress.-Life:Madeleine Dring was born into a musical family. Growing up in Raleigh Road, Harringay, she showed talent at an early age and took lessons in the junior division of the Royal College of Music beginning on her tenth birthday...
  
  
• "By Piccadilly Station I Sat Down and Wept" by Tracey Thorn
  Tracey Thorn
  Tracey Anne Thorn is an English pop singer and songwriter. She is best known as being one half of the duo Everything but the Girl, which is currently on extended hiatus.-Personal life:...
  
  
• "By The Sea" by Suede
  Suede (band)
  Suede are an English alternative rock band from London, formed in 1989. The group's most prominent early line-up featured singer Brett Anderson, guitarist Bernard Butler, bass player Mat Osman and drummer Simon Gilbert. By 1992, Suede were hailed as "The Best New Band in Britain", and attracted...
  
  

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• "Camberwell Skies" by Basement Jaxx
  Basement Jaxx
  Basement Jaxx are a British electronic dance music duo from London, England consisting of Felix Buxton born 1971 and Simon Ratcliffe born 1 December 1969. They first rose to popularity in the late 1990s...
  
  
• "Camden Town" by Suggs
  Suggs (singer)
  Graham McPherson , better known as Suggs, is an English singer, actor, former radio DJ, TV personality, and most famous as the frontman of the band Madness.-Early life:...
  
  
• "Camden Town Rain" by Mary Lou Lord
  Mary Lou Lord
  Mary Lou Lord is an indie folk musician, busker and recording artist.-Biography:Mary Lou Lord first gained notice playing acoustic guitar and singing in and around Boston's subway stations Lord became friends with...
  
  
• "The Camera Eye" by Rush
  Rush (band)
  Rush is a Canadian rock band formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario. The band is composed of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart...
  
   (which is also in the NYC list)
• "Can't Stop The Pirates" by Dica & Ben Intellect(about 'Hackney, East London')
• "Capital Radio" by The Clash
  The Clash
  The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...
  
  
• "Carnaby Street" by Booker T. & The MG's
• "Carnaby Street" by The Jam
  The Jam
  The Jam were an English punk rock/New Wave/mod revival band active during the late 1970s and early 1980s. They were formed in Woking, Surrey. While they shared the "angry young men" outlook and fast tempos of their punk rock contemporaries, The Jam wore smartly tailored suits rather than ripped...
  
  
• "Carnaby St. Hussars" by Little Singers Of St Peter
• "Casualty" by Visage
  Visage
  Visage are a British New Wave rock band. Formed in 1978, the band became closely linked to the burgeoning New Romantic fashion movement of the early 1980s, and are best known for their 1980 hit "Fade to Grey".-New Wave years :...
  
   (references The Tube)
• "Carrion
  Carrion/Apologies to Insect Life
  "Carrion"/"Apologies to Insect Life" was a double a-side release by British Sea Power. Both songs feature on their debut album, The Decline of British Sea Power, and this was the first single to be issued after its release. The single received rave reviews and was the band's first Top 40 hit...
  
  " by British Sea Power
  British Sea Power
  British Sea Power are an indie rock band based in Brighton, England, although three of the band members originally come from Kendal in Cumbria. Critics have likened their sound to a variety of groups, from The Cure and Joy Division to the Pixies and Arcade Fire. The band are famed for their live...
  
  
• "Caxton Hall Swing" by Louis Bellson and his Big Band
• "Cemeteries of London
  Cemeteries of London
  "Cemeteries of London" is a song by English alternative 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....
  
  " by Coldplay
  Coldplay
  Coldplay are a British alternative rock band formed in 1996 by lead vocalist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London. After they formed Pectoralz, Guy Berryman joined the group as a bassist and they changed their name to Starfish. Will Champion joined as a...
  
  
• "Chalk Farm to Camberwell Green" by Lionel Monckton
  Lionel Monckton
  Lionel John Alexander Monckton was an English writer and composer of musical theatre. He was Britain's most popular musical theatre composer of the early years of the 20th century.-Early life:...
  
  
• "Champagne Charlie" by Alfred Lee ('From Coffee and from Supper Rooms, from Poplar to Pall Mall')
• "Changing of the Guard" by The Marquis of Kensington
• "Chant No 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)" by Spandau Ballet
  Spandau Ballet
  Spandau Ballet are a British band formed in London in the late 1970s. Initially inspired by, and an integral part of, the New Romantic fashion, their music has featured a mixture of funk, jazz, soul and synthpop. They were one of the most successful bands of the 1980s, achieving ten Top Ten singles...
  
   ('Greek Street. Le Beat Route')
• "Chapel Street Market 9AM" by Sabres of Paradise
• "Charlotte Street" by Lloyd Cole
  Lloyd Cole
  Lloyd Cole is an English singer and songwriter, known for his role as lead singer of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions from 1984 to 1989, and for his subsequent solo work.-Early life:...
  
   and the Commotions
• "The Charlton Song" by the Gonads
• "Charlton Boys" by the Gonads
• "Charlton Tel's Stag Weekend" by the Gonads
• "Chase Side Shoot-Up" by Brian Bennett (Chase Side is in Enfield)
• "Cheam" by the Exits
• "Chelsea" by Mike & Bernie Winters
  Mike & Bernie Winters
  Mike & Bernie Winters were English brothers who formed a comedy double act, consisting of Mike Winters, born Michael Weinstein and Bernie Winters, born Bernie Weinstein...
  
  
• "Chelsea" by Stamford Bridge
• "Chelsea 1977" by the Maniacs
• "Chelsea Bridge" jazz standard by Billy Strayhorn
  Billy Strayhorn
  William Thomas "Billy" Strayhorn was an American composer, pianist and arranger, best known for his successful collaboration with bandleader and composer Duke Ellington lasting nearly three decades. His compositions include "Chelsea Bridge", "Take the "A" Train" and "Lush Life".-Early...
  
  
• "Chelsea Bun" by Nigel Hopkins
• "Chelsea Dagger" by The Fratellis
  The Fratellis
  The Fratellis were an indie rock band from Glasgow, Scotland. The band consisted of lead vocalist and guitarist Jon Fratelli , bass guitarist Barry Fratelli , and drummer and backing vocalist Mince Fratelli .The band released 2 albums during their career, Costello Music in 2006 and Here We Stand in...
  
  
• "Chelsea Girl" by Ride
  Ride (band)
  Ride were a British alternative rock band that formed in 1988 in Oxford, England, consisting of Andy Bell, Mark Gardener, Laurence "Loz" Colbert, and Steve Queralt. The band were initially part of the "shoegazing" scene. Following the break-up of the band in 1996, members moved on to various other...
  
  
• "Chelsea Girl" by Simple Minds
  Simple Minds
  Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band who achieved worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. The band produced a handful of critically acclaimed albums in the early 1980s and best known for their #1 US, Canada and Netherlands hit single "Don't You ", from the soundtrack of the...
  
  
• "Chelsea Guitar" by Blueboy
  Blueboy (band)
  Blueboy were an indie pop band formed in Reading, Berkshire who were signed to Sarah Records and later Shinkansen Recordings. Core members Keith Girdler and Paul Stewart also recorded as Arabesque and Beaumont.-History:...
  
  
• "Chelsea Kids" by Heavy Metal Kids
  Heavy Metal Kids
  The Heavy Metal Kids are a British hard rock band, formed in 1972 in London. The band's former frontman Gary Holton and their core founding member Dave Dee are both deceased.-Early years:...
  
  
• "Chelsea Monday" by Marillion
  Marillion
  Marillion are a British rock band, formed in Aylesbury, England in 1979. Their recorded studio output comprises sixteen albums generally regarded in two distinct eras, delineated by the departure of original vocalist & frontman Fish in late 1988, and the subsequent arrival of replacement Steve...
  
  
• "Chelsea Nightclub" by The Members
  The Members
  The Members are a British punk band that originated in Camberley, England. Their best known recording is "The Sound of the Suburbs" .-Career:...
  
  
• "Chelsea Reach" by John Ireland
  John Ireland
  John Ireland may refer to:* John Ireland , Anglican priest and philanthropist* John Ireland , American politician...
  
   (from 'Three London Pieces')
• "Chelsea Set" by the Musicians
• "The Chelsea Walk" by Ocean Colour Scene
  Ocean Colour Scene
  Ocean Colour Scene are an English Britpop band formed in Moseley, Birmingham in 1989. They have had five Top 10 albums and six Top 10 singles to date.-Early days :...
  
  
• "A Child's London - Six Pieces for Piano" (I) by Richard Edward Wilson
  Richard Edward Wilson
  Richard Edward Wilson is an American composer of orchestral, operatic, instrumental, and chamber music. Wilson was born in Cleveland, Ohio, where he was at a young age drawn to the concerts of George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra...
  
  
• "Christmas Time In London Town" by Nina & Frederik
  Nina & Frederik
  Nina and Frederik were a Danish popular singing duo of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Their repertoire consisted of a blend of folk music, calypsos and standards...
  
  
• "Christopher Robin At Buckingham Palace" (Children's Song)
• "Circle Line" by Carmel
  Carmel (singer)
  Carmel is a British female singer, her eponymous band Carmel uniting bassist Jim Parris, and drummer Gerry Darby.-Biography of Carmel McCourt:...
  
  
• "Cities" by Talking Heads
  Talking Heads
  Talking Heads were an American New Wave and avant-garde band formed in 1975 in New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison...
  
  
• "The City" by Ed Sheeran
  Ed Sheeran
  Edward Christopher "Ed" Sheeran is an English singer-songwriter who is currently signed to Asylum / Atlantic Records. Sheeran broke through commercially in June 2011, when his debut single "The A Team" debuted at number 3 on the UK chart.-Early life:Sheeran was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire to...
  
  
• "City of Blinding Lights
  City of Blinding Lights
  "City of Blinding Lights" is a song by the rock band U2. It is the fifth track on their 2004 album How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb and was released as the album's fourth single on 6 June 2005. The song was a top ten hit in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and several other countries...
  
  " by U2
  U2
  U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...
  
  
• "City of London" by the Mekons
• "Clark Gable" by The Postal Service
  The Postal Service
  The Postal Service is an American electronic indie pop band composed of vocalist Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie and producer Jimmy Tamborello of Dntel and Headset.-Background:...
  
  
• "Clerkenwell Polka" by Madness
  Madness (band)
  In 1979, the band recorded the Lee Thompson composition "The Prince". The song, like the band's name, paid homage to their idol, Prince Buster. The song was released through 2 Tone Records, the label of The Specials founder Jerry Dammers. The song was a surprise hit, peaking in the UK music charts...
  
  
• "Clubland" by Elvis Costello
  Elvis Costello
  Elvis Costello , born Declan Patrick MacManus, is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader...
  
  
• "The Co-Communists" by Noel Coward
  Noël Coward
  Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy...
  
  
• "Cockaigne (in London Town)" by Edward Elgar
  Edward Elgar
  Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet OM, GCVO was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, concertos...
  
  
• "Cockfosters" by Pablo Gargano
• "The Cockney Amorist" by John Betjeman
  John Betjeman
  Sir John Betjeman, CBE was an English poet, writer and broadcaster who described himself in Who's Who as a "poet and hack".He was a founding member of the Victorian Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architecture...
  
  
• "Cockney Kids are Innocent" by Sham 69
  Sham 69
  Sham 69 is an English punk band that formed in Hersham in 1976.Although not as commercially successful as many of their contemporaries, albeit with a greater number of chart entries, Sham 69 has been a huge musical and lyrical influence on the Oi! and streetpunk genres. The band allegedly derived...
  
  
• "A Cockney's Life For Me" by George Grossmith
  George Grossmith
  George Grossmith was an English comedian, writer, composer, actor, and singer. His performing career spanned more than four decades...
  
  
• "The Cockney Lover (Lambeth Walk)" by Albert Ketelbey
  Albert Ketèlbey
  Albert William Ketèlbey , born Ketelbey, was an English composer, conductor and pianist.-Biography:...
  
  
• "Cockney Rhythm" by Rebel MC
• "The Cockney Tragedian" by Ed Jones
• "Cockney Translation" by Smiley Culture
  Smiley Culture
  David Victor Emmanuel , better known as Smiley Culture, was a British reggae singer and deejay known for his 'fast chat' style. During a relatively brief period of fame and success, he produced two of the most critically acclaimed reggae singles of the 1980s...
  
  
• "Cold Kilburn Rain" by Nick Saloman
• "Columbia" by Oasis
  Oasis (band)
  Oasis were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991. Originally known as The Rain, the group was formed by Liam Gallagher , Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs , Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan and Tony McCarroll , who were soon joined by Liam's older brother Noel Gallagher...
  
   (about the Columbia hotel in London)
• "Come Back to Camden" by Morrissey
  Morrissey
  Steven Patrick Morrissey , known as Morrissey, is an English singer and lyricist. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the alternative rock band The Smiths. The band was highly successful in the United Kingdom but broke up in 1987, and Morrissey began a solo career,...
  
  
• "Coming To America" by the System
  The System
  The System can refer to:* Any system* Any system of government, law, or bureaucracy: political system. The phrase in this usage can carry negative connotations.* Systema, a Russian martial art...
  
   ('Hyde Park')
• "Common People
  Common People
  "Common People" is a song by English alternative rock band Pulp. It was released as a single in 1995, reaching number two on the UK singles chart. It also appears on the band's 1995 album Different Class. The song is about those who were perceived by the songwriter as wanting to be "like common...
  
  " by Pulp
  Pulp (band)
  Pulp are an English alternative rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978. Their lineup consists of Jarvis Cocker , Russell Senior , Candida Doyle , Mark Webber , Steve Mackey and Nick Banks ....
  
  
• "Contact London" by Lab 4
• "Control" by DJ Cue Tips & MC Dashy D (Trafalgar Square, the Hippodrome nightclub etc.)
• "Conversation Off Floral Street" by the Zombies
  The Zombies
  The Zombies are an English rock band, formed in 1961 in St Albans and led by Rod Argent, on piano and keyboards, and vocalist Colin Blunstone. The group scored a UK and US hit in 1964 with "She's Not There"...
  
  
• "Cooksferry Queen" by Richard Thompson
• "Cool For Cats
  Cool For Cats (song)
  "Cool for Cats" was the second single released from Squeeze's Cool for Cats album. It featured a comparatively rare lead vocal performance from Squeeze lyricist Chris Difford, one of only two occasions he sang lead on a Squeeze single A-side...
  
  " by Squeeze (Heathrow,Wandsworth (prison), etc.)
• "Cooperman (Sooper) Cooperman" - The Almost Legendary "Funky" Lol Ross, about a Leyton Orient
  Leyton Orient F.C.
  Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63...
  
   player, begins, 'There's a man at Brisbane Road...'
• "Coster Joe" by Edward Kent ('On Sunday, strolling out at Kew')
• "The Coster's Serenade" by Albert Chevalier
  Albert Chevalier
  Albert Onesime Britannicus Gwathveoyd Louis Chevalier was an English comedian and actor.-Early life:Albert Chevalier was born in the Royal Crescent, in London's Notting Hill...
  
   and John Crook
  John Crook
  John Hurrell Crook, BSc, PhD, DSc , was a British ethologist who filled a pivotal role in British primatology....
  
   ('Down at the Welsh 'Arp, which is 'Endon way')
• "Cosy Cafe" by Saint Etienne
  Saint Etienne (band)
  Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists...
  
   (about a cafe in Lee Valley, East London)
• "The Council Schools Are Good Enough for Me" by Percy Morris
  Percy Morris
  Percy Morris CBE JP was a British railway clerk, trade unionist and politician who became Mayor of Swansea and represented the town in Parliament...
  
   and Malcolm Ives
• "Country Living" by Jethro Tull]]
• "Crushed Bones" by [[Why? (American band) by Benny Hill
  Benny Hill
  Benny Hill was an English comedian and actor, notable for his long-running television programme The Benny Hill Show.-Early life:...
  
   (references Teddington)
• "England Swings" by Roger Miller
  Roger Miller
  Roger Dean Miller was an American singer, songwriter, musician and actor, best known for his honky tonk-influenced novelty songs...
  
   (mentions Bobbies, Westminster Abbey, and Big Ben)
• "Euston Station" by Barbara Ruskin
• "Euston Station" by The Oyster Band
• "Every Little Movement" by Karl Hoschna
  Karl Hoschna
  Karl Hoschna was a Tin Pan Alley-era composer most noted for his songs "Cuddle up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine", "Every Little Movement" and "Yama Yama Man", and for a string of successful Broadway musicals....
  
   and Otto Harbach
  Otto Harbach
  Otto Abels Harbach, born Otto Abels Hauerbach was an American lyricist and librettist of about 50 musical comedies...
  
   ('Up to the West End, right in the Best End, straight from the country came Miss Maudie Brown')
• "Everybody Salsa" by Modern Romance
  Modern Romance (band)
  Modern Romance were a British pop music band that found popularity in the early 1980s. Formed in 1980 by previous members of an earlier punk rock band, The Leyton Buzzards, the band enjoyed a string of UK chart hits before they broke up in 1985...
  
   ('Now this ain't Puerto Rico, this is London E18')
• "Everything Eventually" by Appleton
  Appleton (music duo)
  Appleton were a Canadian musical duo comprising Natalie Appleton and her sister Nicole. The sisters were perhaps best known as members of the girl group All Saints.-Biography:...
  
   ('Let's go fly a kite on Primrose Hill
  Primrose Hill
  Primrose Hill is a hill of located on the north side of Regent's Park in London, England, and also the name for the surrounding district. The hill has a clear view of central London to the south-east, as well as Belsize Park and Hampstead to the north...
  
  '/'In the city feeling pretty')
• "Everything's Changed(Since You've Been To London)" by Kingmaker
  Kingmaker
  Kingmaker is a term originally applied to the activities of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick — "Warwick the Kingmaker" — during the Wars of the Roses in England. The term has come to be applied more generally to a person or group that has great influence in a royal or political succession,...
  
  
• "Experience" by Alan Moore
  Alan Moore
  Alan Oswald Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books, a medium where he has produced a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell...
  
   and Tim Perkins in Angel Passage - Blake
  William Blake
  William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age...
  
  's life in London
• "Eyeless In Holloway" by Johnny Flynn
  Johnny Flynn
  Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit are an English folk rock band signed to Transgressive Records. They are fronted by Johnny Flynn , an actor, poet and songwriter who cites W.B. Yeats and Shakespeare among his influences...
  
  

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• "Fair Maid of Islington" (traditional) At the time of the song Islington was a village outside London
• "Fair Maid of London Town" - composer unknown
• "The Fairy Dancer" by Edward Kent ('One night I chanced to call at a West End Music Hall')
• "Fake Plastic Trees
  Fake Plastic Trees
  "Fake Plastic Trees" is a song by the British alternative rock band Radiohead, from their second album The Bends . It was the third single to be released from that album in the UK, but in the US, it was released as the band's first single from the album...
  
  " by Radiohead
  Radiohead
  Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...
  
   (About Canary Wharf
  Canary Wharf
  Canary Wharf is a major business district located in London, United Kingdom. It is one of London's two main financial centres, alongside the traditional City of London, and contains many of the UK's tallest buildings, including the second-tallest , One Canada Square...
  
  )
• "A Fallen Star" by Albert Chevalier
  Albert Chevalier
  Albert Onesime Britannicus Gwathveoyd Louis Chevalier was an English comedian and actor.-Early life:Albert Chevalier was born in the Royal Crescent, in London's Notting Hill...
  
   and Alfred H. West ('Thirty years ago I was a fav'rite at the Vic')
• "Fallin" by Adam and the Ants ('at the Screen on the Green')
• "The False-hearted Lass of Limehouse" - composer unknown
• "Fans" by Kings of Leon
  Kings of Leon
  Kings of Leon is an American rock band that originated in Albion, Oklahoma but formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 1999. The band is composed of brothers Anthony Caleb Followill , Ivan Nathan Followill and Michael Jared Followill Kings of Leon is an American rock band that originated in Albion,...
  
  
• "Fare Dodgers Liberation Front" by The Visitors
  The Visitors (band)
  The Visitors were an Australian rock band formed in 1978 after the breakup of popular punk band Radio Birdman. The songs were written by Deniz Tek but unlike many other Tek bands, Tek did not sing vocals in The Visitors. Instead the vocals were sung by long time friend of the band Mark Sisto...
  
  ,2001
• "Far Flung Wastes of Harringay" by Tasmin Grey
• "Feed the Birds" from Mary Poppins
  Mary Poppins
  Mary Poppins is a series of children's books written by P. L. Travers and originally illustrated by Mary Shepard. The books centre on a magical English nanny, Mary Poppins. She is blown by the East wind to Number Seventeen Cherry Tree Lane, London and into the Banks' household to care for their...
  
  
• "Feltham Is Singing Out" by Hard-Fi
  HARD-Fi
  Hard-Fi are an English indie rock band formed in Staines, Surrey in 2003. The band's members are Richard Archer , Ross Phillips , Kai Stephens and Steve Kemp .They achieved chart success with their third single, "Hard to Beat" and then followed by other successful singles such as...
  
  
• "Fifty Two Stations" by Robyn Hitchcock
  Robyn Hitchcock
  Robyn Rowan Hitchcock is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. While primarily a vocalist and guitarist, he also plays harmonica, piano and bass guitar....
  
  , refers to the Northern Line
  Northern Line
  The Northern line is a London Underground line. It is coloured black on the Tube map.For most of its length it is a deep-level tube line. The line carries 206,734,000 passengers per year. This is the highest number of any line on the London Underground system, but the Northern line is unique in...
  
  
• "Finchley Central" by The New Vaudeville Band
  The New Vaudeville Band
  The New Vaudeville Band was a group created by songwriter Geoff Stephens in 1966 to record his novelty composition "Winchester Cathedral", a song inspired by the dance bands of the 1920s and a Rudy Vallee megaphone style vocal...
  
  
• "Fings Ain't What They Used to Be" by Lionel Bart
  Lionel Bart
  Lionel Bart was a writer and composer of British pop music and musicals, best known for creating the book, music and lyrics for Oliver!-Early life:...
  
  
• "Finsbury Park" by Sex Pistols
  Sex Pistols
  The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975. They were responsible for initiating the punk movement in the United Kingdom and inspiring many later punk and alternative rock musicians...
  
  
• "Fire Of London" by Grace
• "First Night Back in London" by The Clash
  The Clash
  The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...
  
  
• "Fleet Street" by Rico's Combo
  Rico's Combo
  Rico's Combo were a studio band, that recorded on the Planetone label in the early 1960s.-History:The group, led by the Jamaican trombonist Rico Rodriguez, recorded some ska records for the Planetone record label in the early 1960s...
  
  
• "Fleet Street Lightning" by Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen
• "Flightpath Estate" by Sabres of Paradise
• "Flirting on the Ice" by W. C. Mulaly - skating in Regent's Park
• "Flugel In Carnaby Street" by Spencer Mason Orchestra
• "A Foggy Day in London Town
  A Foggy Day
  "A Foggy Day" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, introduced by Fred Astaire in the 1937 film A Damsel in Distress...
  
  " by George
  George Gershwin
  George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known...
  
   and Ira Gershwin
  Ira Gershwin
  Ira Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century....
  
  
• "Following in Farver's Footsteps" by E. W. Rogers ('My mother caught me out one evening, up the West End on the spree')
• "Fool on the Hill
  The Fool on the Hill
  "The Fool on the Hill" is a song by The Beatles. It was written and sung by Paul McCartney and recorded in 1967...
  
  " by The Beatles
  The Beatles
  The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
  
   - about an experience that Paul McCartney
  Paul McCartney
  Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
  
   had on Primrose Hill
  Primrose Hill
  Primrose Hill is a hill of located on the north side of Regent's Park in London, England, and also the name for the surrounding district. The hill has a clear view of central London to the south-east, as well as Belsize Park and Hampstead to the north...
  
  
• "For the Girl" by The Fratellis
  The Fratellis
  The Fratellis were an indie rock band from Glasgow, Scotland. The band consisted of lead vocalist and guitarist Jon Fratelli , bass guitarist Barry Fratelli , and drummer and backing vocalist Mince Fratelli .The band released 2 albums during their career, Costello Music in 2006 and Here We Stand in...
  
  
• "For Tomorrow
  For Tomorrow
  "For Tomorrow" is a song by English alternative rock band Blur. It is the lead track to their second album, Modern Life Is Rubbish . Released 19 April 1993 as the first single from the album, "For Tomorrow" charted at number 28 in the UK Singles Chart...
  
  " by Blur
  Blur (band)
  Blur is an English alternative rock band. Formed in London in 1989 as Seymour, the group consists of singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Blur's debut album Leisure incorporated the sounds of Madchester and shoegazing...
  
  
• "Four Skinny Indie Kids" by Half Man Half Biscuit
  Half Man Half Biscuit
  Half Man Half Biscuit, often "HMHB", are an English rock band from Birkenhead, Merseyside, active since the mid-1980s, known for satirical, sardonic, and sometimes surreal songs. The group comprises Nigel Blackwell , Neil Crossley , Ken Hancock , and Carl Henry...
  
  
• "Fourteen Hour Technicolour Dream" by The Syn
  The Syn
  The Syn are an English band that were active from 1965 to 1967, and then reunited as a progressive rock band in 2004. Chris Welch, in his book, Close to the Edge: The Story of Yes wrote, "The Syn were very similar to Yes in fact...
  
   about Allie Pallie, 1967
• "Forty Fahsend Fevvers on a Frush" by The Billy Cotton
  Billy Cotton
  William Edward Cotton , better known as Billy Cotton, was a British band leader and entertainer, one of the few whose orchestras survived the dance band era. Today, he is mainly remembered as a 1950s and 1960s radio and television personality, although his musical talent emerged as early as the 1920s...
  
   Band
• "France" by The Libertines
• "From Meadow to Mayfair" [I] by Eric Coates
  Eric Coates
  Eric Coates was an English composer of light music and a viola player.-Life:Eric was born in Hucknall in Nottinghamshire to William Harrison Coates , a surgeon, and his wife, Mary Jane Gwynne, hailing from Usk in Monmouthshire...
  
  
• "From Wimbledon With Love" by The Wombles
  The Wombles
  The Wombles are fictional pointy-nosed, furry creatures that live in burrows, where they help the environment by collecting and recycling rubbish in useful and ingenious ways. Wombles were created by author Elisabeth Beresford, originally appearing in a series of children's novels from 1968...
  
  
• "Fug On A Bus" by Monkeyrush
  Monkeyrush
  Monkeyrush are a British indie rock punk band from Bromley in South-East London. Their musical style is inspired and influenced by a number of 70s and early 80s pop, rock, ska and punk acts, including David Bowie, The Clash, Blondie and Ian Dury....
  
  
• "Fulham Stomp" by Fulham Football Team
• "Funky Bayswater" by the Squires
• "Funky London Childhood" by Marc Bolan
  Marc Bolan
  Marc Bolan was an English singer-songwriter, guitarist and poet. He is best known as the founder, frontman, lead singer & guitarist for T. Rex, but also a successful solo artist...
  
   and T.Rex
• "Funky Nassau" by Beginning of the End
  Beginning of the End
  Beginning of the End is a 1957 American science fiction film directed by Bert I. Gordon and starring Peter Graves and Peggie Castle. The film is about an agricultural scientist who has successfully grown gigantic vegetables using radiation...
  
   (references London Town)
• "Funny" by Harry Talbot ('I often stroll down Oxford Street to pass an hour away')

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• "Galang" by M.I.A.
  M.I.A. (artist)
  Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam , better known by her stage name M.I.A. , is an English singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, painter and director of Sri Lankan Tamil descent. Her compositions combine elements of hip hop, electronica, dance, alternative and world music. M.I.A...
  
   - "London Calling, Speak the slang now"
• "Gasoline Alley" by Rod Stewart
  Rod Stewart
  Roderick David "Rod" Stewart, CBE is a British singer-songwriter and musician, born and raised in North London, England and currently residing in Epping. He is of Scottish and English ancestry....
  
  
• "(Get a) Grip (on Yourself)" by The Stranglers
  The Stranglers
  The Stranglers are an English punk/rock music group.Scoring some 23 UK top 40 singles and 17 UK top 40 albums to date in a career spanning five decades, the Stranglers are the longest-surviving and most "continuously successful" band to have originated in the UK punk scene of the mid to late 1970s...
  
  
• "Get Me To The Church On Time" by Alan Jay Lerner
  Alan Jay Lerner
  Alan Jay Lerner was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre for both the stage and on film...
  
   - "London is waking, daylight is breaking"
• "Get out of London" by Interferon
• "Get outta London" by Aztec Camera
  Aztec Camera
  Aztec Camera were a Scottish New Wave band from the Glasgow suburb of East Kilbride, formed in 1980 and centered around teenage singer-songwriter, Roddy Frame. Their album Love was among the nominations for Best British Album at the 1989 BRIT Awards....
  
  
• "Geoffrey Ingram" by Television Personalities
• "Gerrard Street" by Guardian Angel
  Guardian angel
  A guardian angel is an angel assigned to protect and guide a particular person or group. Belief in guardian angels can be traced throughout all antiquity...
  
  
• "Gertcha" by Chas and Dave
  Chas and Dave
  Chas & Dave are an English pop rock duo, most notable as creators and performers of a musical style labelled "rockney", which mixes "pub singalong, music-hall humour, boogie-woogie piano and pre-Beatles rock 'n' roll"...
  
  
• "The Ghosts of Cable Street" by The Men They Couldn't Hang
  The Men They Couldn't Hang
  The Men They Couldn't Hang are a British folk punk group. The original group consisted of Stefan Cush , Paul Simmonds , Philip "Swill" Odgers , Jon Odgers and Shanne Bradley .- Controversy and success:Their first single, "The Green Fields...
  
  
• "Gilbert Street" by Sweet Thursday
  Sweet Thursday (band)
  Sweet Thursday was a short-lived late-1960s English rock band.The group included famed session keyboard player Nicky Hopkins, who had worked with The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Jeff Beck, and many others; folk guitarist, singer, and past session man Alun Davies ; and singer, guitarist, composer...
  
  
• "Girl From Chelsea" by Fred Lloyd
• "Girl from London" by Blue Cheer
  Blue Cheer
  Blue Cheer was an American psychedelic blues-rock band that initially performed and recorded in the late 1960s and early 1970s and was sporadically active until 2009...
  
  
• "The Girl in the Khaki Dress" by J. P. Harrington and George Le Brunn ('Pa's got a house at Regent's Park')
• "Girl VI" by Saint Etienne
  Saint Etienne (band)
  Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists...
  
  
• "Give My Regards to Leicester Square" by Victoria Monks
• "GLC" by the Members
  The Members
  The Members are a British punk band that originated in Camberley, England. Their best known recording is "The Sound of the Suburbs" .-Career:...
  
  
• "GLC" by Menace
• "Gloucester Road" by Special Needs (or The Needs
  The Needs
  Special Needs are a five-piece alternative rock group formed in London, England in 1998, disbanded in 2005 and reformed in 2011...
  
  )
• "Go Ahead London" by KCF Productions
• "Going Back To London" by Don Partridge
  Don Partridge
  Donald Eric Partridge was an English singer and songwriter, known as the "king of the buskers". He performed from the early 1960s as a busker and one-man band, and achieved unexpected commercial success in the UK in the late 1960s with the songs "Rosie" and "Blue Eyes".-Life and musical career:Don...
  
  
• "Golden Square" [I] by Alan Moore
  Alan Moore
  Alan Oswald Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books, a medium where he has produced a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell...
  
   and Tim Perkins in Angel Passage
• "Goldhawk Road" by Dustin's Bar Mitzvah
  Dustin's Bar Mitzvah
  Dustin's Bar Mitzvah are an English four piece band from Acton, London. They are signed to Hungy Kid Records in the United Kingdom and Vinyl Junkie records in Japan. Dustin's Bar Mitzvah have achieved greater success in Japan, issuing a collection of demos entitled Dial M For Mitzvah and entering...
  
  
• "Good Groove" by Derek B
  Derek B
  Derek Boland , better known by his stage name Derek B, was a British rapper. His most commercially successful releases were "Goodgroove" and "Bad Young Brother" in 1988.- Biography :...
  
  
• "Good Life" by One Republic
• "Goodbye London" by Luke Jackson
• "Good Old Arsenal" by Arsenal FC
• "Goodbye Piccadilly" by Abednego and the Piccadilly Street Choir
• "Goodbye Piccadilly" by The Times
  The Times
  The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
  
  
• "Graftin'" by Dizzee Rascal
  Dizzee Rascal
  Dylan Kwabena Mills , better known by his stage name Dizzee Rascal, is a Ghanaian British rapper, songwriter and record producer. His music is a blend of garage, hip hop, grime, ragga, pop and electronic music, with eclectic samples and more exotic styles...
  
   'sky looks grey in London city/ we stay graftin' cos we're gritty'
• "The Greater London Radio" by Hefner
  Hefner (band)
  Hefner were a British indie rock and "urban folk" band formed in east London in 1995. They were active from about 1996 until 2002; since then they have played together only once, for a tribute to the DJ John Peel, who was a strong supporter of theirs....
  
  
• "Greatest Cockney Christmas" by the Gonads
• "Greatest Cockney Rip-Off" by Cockney Rejects
  Cockney Rejects
  Cockney Rejects are an English punk rock band that formed in the East End of London in 1978. Their 1980 song "Oi, Oi, Oi" was the inspiration for the name of the Oi! music genre...
  
  
• "Green Fields
  Green Fields
  -Chart positions:...
  
  " by The Good, the Bad & the Queen
• "Green London - for violin, violincello and piano" (I) by Katharine Lovell
• "Green Street Green" by New Vaudevile Band
• "Greenwich Chorus" by Peter Howell
  Peter Howell
  Peter Howell is a musician and composer. He is best known for his work on Doctor Who as a member of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop....
  
  
• "Greetings from Shitsville" by The Wildhearts
  The Wildhearts
  The Wildhearts are a British rock group originally formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The band's sound is a mixture of hard rock and melodic pop music, often described in the music press as combining influences as diverse as The Beatles and 1980s-era Metallica...
  
  
• "Grief Came Riding" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
  Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
  Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are an Australian alternative rock band, formed in Melbourne in 1983. The band is fronted by Nick Cave and has featured international personnel throughout their career.-Formation and early releases :...
  
  
• "Groveley Road" by Saint Etienne
  Saint Etienne (band)
  Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists...
  
  
• "The Grunwick Affair" by Dennis Bovell
  Dennis Bovell
  Dennis Bovell is a reggae guitarist, bass player and record producer. He was a member of the British reggae band Matumbi, and released dub-reggae records under his own name as well as the pseudonym 'Blackbeard'....
  
  (about Grunwick industrial dispute in North London)
• "The Guinea Guest" by Edward Kent ('I was sent to Portman Square')
• "Guns of Brixton" by The Clash
  The Clash
  The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...
  
  

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• "Hackney (Suffer Little Children)" by Creaming Jesus
  Creaming Jesus
  -Origins:Creaming Jesus were a London based UK band influenced by gothic rock, punk and thrash metal.Formed in 1987, their original line up was Andy Lil Tally Roy Lindy and Paul , their original sound was a wall of percussive noise Slayer type thrash metal guitars and screamed vocals.Lil left...
  
  
• "Hairdresser on Fire" by Morrissey
  Morrissey
  Steven Patrick Morrissey , known as Morrissey, is an English singer and lyricist. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the alternative rock band The Smiths. The band was highly successful in the United Kingdom but broke up in 1987, and Morrissey began a solo career,...
  
  
• "Half A Person" by The Smiths
  The Smiths
  The Smiths were an English alternative rock band, formed in Manchester in 1982. Based on the song writing partnership of Morrissey and Johnny Marr , the band also included Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce...
  
  
• "Hammersmith Hustle" by Flyover
• "Hampstead" by Adam and the Ants
• "Hampstead Girl" by The Dream Academy
  The Dream Academy
  The Dream Academy was a folk rock band from England, comprising singer/guitarist Nick Laird-Clowes; multi-instrumentalist Kate St John; plus keyboardist Gilbert Gabriel. They are most noted for their hit single, "Life in a Northern Town".-History:Laird-Clowes and Gabriel met each other in the late...
  
  
• "Hampsteah Heath on an August Bank Holiday Sunday" by Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Ralph Vaughan Williams OM was an English composer of symphonies, chamber music, opera, choral music, and film scores. He was also a collector of English folk music and song: this activity both influenced his editorial approach to the English Hymnal, beginning in 1904, in which he included many...
  
  (from 'Symphony No 2 A London Symphony')
• "Hampstead Incident" by Donovan
  Donovan
  Donovan Donovan Donovan (born Donovan Philips Leitch (born 10 May 1946) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist. Emerging from the British folk scene, he developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelia, and world music...
  
  
• "Hampstead Way" by Linda Lewis
  Linda Lewis
  Linda Lewis is an English vocalist, songwriter and Guitarist. Lewis is the oldest of six children two of whom also had singing careers...
  
  
• "Hanging Around" by The Stranglers
  The Stranglers
  The Stranglers are an English punk/rock music group.Scoring some 23 UK top 40 singles and 17 UK top 40 albums to date in a career spanning five decades, the Stranglers are the longest-surviving and most "continuously successful" band to have originated in the UK punk scene of the mid to late 1970s...
  
  
• "Harmony Hall" by Edward Kent ('Haydn Bach of three Hyde Park')
• "Harriet Walk" by Great And Lady Soul
  Great and Lady Soul
  Great and Lady Soul was the name of a six-piece pop band from Widnes, Cheshire, England. Formed in 1985, the band eventually signed to Virgin Records in 1988, releasing two singles on seven-inch and twelve-inch vinyl formats...
  
  
• "Harrow Road" by Big Audio Dynamite
  Big Audio Dynamite
  Big Audio Dynamite are a British musical group formed in 1984 by the ex-guitarist and singer of the Clash, Mick Jones. The group are noted for their effective mixture of varied musical styles, incorporating elements of punk rock, dance music, hip hop, reggae, and funk...
  
  
• "Harlesden" by Brinkman
• "Harlesden High Street" by Graham
• "Has It Come To This?
  Has It Come to This?
  "Has It Come to This?" is a song released in 2001 by UK rapper The Streets. It was the first single from his 2002 debut album Original Pirate Material. The beat samples heavily Double 99's RIP Groove, credited often as the first UK garage song to become successful...
  
  " The Streets
  The Streets
  The Streets were a British rap/garage project from Birmingham, United Kingdom, led by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Mike Skinner and has included a myriad of other contributors most notably drummer Johnny Drum Machine, vocalist Kevin Mark Trail and the Italian-American beatmaker Leroy.The...
  
  
• "Hat-trick" by Alan Moore
  Alan Moore
  Alan Oswald Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books, a medium where he has produced a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell...
  
   and Tim Perkins in The Highbury Working- each song about a time of Highbury
• "Hayes And Harlington Blues" by JDS Band
• "Heart of the City" by Nick Lowe
  Nick Lowe
  Nicholas Drain "Nick" Lowe , is an English singer-songwriter, musician and producer.A pivotal figure in UK pub rock, punk rock and new wave, Lowe has recorded a string of well-reviewed solo albums. Along with vocals, Lowe plays guitar, bass guitar, piano and harmonica...
  
  
• "Heathrow" by Level 42
  Level 42
  Level 42 are an English pop rock and jazz-funk band who had a number of worldwide and UK hits during the 1980s and 1990s.The band gained fame for their high-calibre musicianship—in particular that of Mark King, whose percussive slap-bass guitar technique provided the driving groove of many of the...
  
  
• "Heaven" by Alan Moore
  Alan Moore
  Alan Oswald Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books, a medium where he has produced a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell...
  
   and Tim Perkins in Angel Passage - Blake
  William Blake
  William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age...
  
  's life in London
• "Hell" by Alan Moore
  Alan Moore
  Alan Oswald Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books, a medium where he has produced a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell...
  
   and Tim Perkins in Angel Passage - Blake
  William Blake
  William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age...
  
  's life in London
• "Hello London" by Scarling.
  Scarling.
  Scarling. is an American alternative rock band from Los Angeles, whose core members are Jessicka and Christian Hejnal-Addams. The band formed in 2002. They have released two albums, Sweet Heart Dealer and So Long, Scarecrow.-Name:...
  
  
• "He's On The Phone
  He's on the Phone
  "He's on the Phone" is a song by British pop group Saint Etienne in collaboration with French singer-songwriter Étienne Daho. A fast-paced Eurodance track, it is one of Saint Etienne's biggest hits, reaching #11 on the UK Singles Chart...
  
  " by Saint Etienne
  Saint Etienne (band)
  Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists...
  
  
• "He That The Reason Would Know" by Thomas Middleton
  Thomas Middleton
  Thomas Middleton was an English Jacobean playwright and poet. Middleton stands with John Fletcher and Ben Jonson as among the most successful and prolific of playwrights who wrote their best plays during the Jacobean period. He was one of the few Renaissance dramatists to achieve equal success in...
  
   and William Rowley
  William Rowley
  William Rowley was an English Jacobean dramatist, best known for works written in collaboration with more successful writers. His date of birth is estimated to have been c. 1585; he was buried on 11 February 1626...
  
   ('These three were buried near Marybone [Marylebone] Park' - from A Fair Quarrel, 1614)
• "Hey Young London" by Bananarama
  Bananarama
  Bananarama are an English female pop duo who have had success on the pop and dance charts since 1982. Rather than relying on a two part harmony, the duo generally sings in unison, as do their background vocalists. Although there have been line-up changes, the group enjoyed their most popular...
  
  
• "Highgate Road Incident" by Saint Etienne
  Saint Etienne (band)
  Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists...
  
  
• "High Street Part Pedestrianised" by Billy Jenkins
  Billy Jenkins
  Billy Jenkins is an English blues guitarist, composer, and bandleader.Initially Jenkins became famous as a member of Burlesque, then as part of Trimmer & Jenkins. A short period he followed as a member of Ginger Baker's Nutters. For several years, he ran Wood Wharf Studios...
  
   (from Still Sounds Like Bromley)
• "Highlife Picadilly" by African Messengers
• "Hilly Fields" by Nick Nicely
  Nick Nicely
  nick nicely is a British musician. His music can be categorized as psychedelic rock.nicely was born in 1959 in Greenland during a transatlantic stopover by his parents, but he grew up in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, as Nickolas Laurien...
  
  , about an area of south London, near Ladywell
• "Hobart Paving" by Saint Etienne
  Saint Etienne (band)
  Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists...
  
  
• "The Hobnailed Boots That Farver Wore" by Billy Williams
  Billy Williams (music hall performer)
  Richard Isaac Banks , who changed his name to Billy Williams after leaving his birthplace of Australia, was one of the most recorded popular entertainers of his and indeed of all time. His recordings sold in their thousands long after his early death in 1915...
  
   ('On Lord Mayor's Day, just to shout hooray, farver went and how he sauced 'em')
• "Hold Tight London" by The Chemical Brothers
  The Chemical Brothers
  The Chemical Brothers are a British electronic music duo comprising Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons. Originating in Manchester in 1991, along with The Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, The Crystal Method, and fellow acts, they were pioneers at bringing the big beat genre to the forefront of pop culture.- Background...
  
  
• "Holloway Boulevard" by The Popes
• "Holloway Girl" by Marillion
  Marillion
  Marillion are a British rock band, formed in Aylesbury, England in 1979. Their recorded studio output comprises sixteen albums generally regarded in two distinct eras, delineated by the departure of original vocalist & frontman Fish in late 1988, and the subsequent arrival of replacement Steve...
  
  
• "Holloway Jail" by The Kinks
  The Kinks
  The Kinks were an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, North London, by brothers Ray and Dave Davies in 1964. Categorised in the United States as a British Invasion band, The Kinks are recognised as one of the most important and influential rock acts of the era. Their music was influenced by a...
  
  
• "Hollywood (Down on your Luck)" by Thin Lizzy
  Thin Lizzy
  Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band formed in Dublin in 1969. Two of the founding members, drummer Brian Downey and bass guitarist/vocalist Phil Lynott met while still in school. Lynott assumed the role of frontman and led them throughout their recording career of thirteen studio albums...
  
  
• "Home For a Rest
  Home For a Rest
  "Home for a Rest" is a song by Canadian folk rock band Spirit of the West, from their 1990 album Save This House. Although never officially released as a single, it is the band's most famous song and is considered a classic of Canadian music....
  
  " by Spirit of the West
  Spirit of the West
  Spirit of the West are a Canadian folk rock band, who were popular on the Canadian folk music scene in the 1980s before evolving a blend of hard rock, Britpop, and Celtic folk influences which made them one of Canada's most successful alternative rock acts in the 1990s.-Early years:The band began...
  
  
• "Hometown Glory
  Hometown Glory
  "Hometown Glory" is the first single from Adele's debut album 19, released on 22 October 2007 in the United Kingdom. In 2008, the song was re-released as her fourth single...
  
  " by Adele
  Adele (singer)
  Adele Laurie Blue Adkins , known professionally as Adele, is an English singer-songwriter. She was the first recipient of the Brit Awards Critics' Choice and was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2008 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2008...
  
  
• Hong Kong Garden
  Hong Kong Garden (song)
  "Hong Kong Garden" is the debut single released by British band Siouxsie and the Banshees. It was produced by their manager Nils Stevenson and sound-engineer Steve Lillywhite. Issued in the UK by Polydor Records in 1978, the single quickly hit number seven in the UK singles chart.The song is now...
  
   by Siouxsie and the Banshees (Note: the song was inspired by and named after a Chinese restaurant in Chislehurst
  Chislehurst
  Chislehurst is a suburban district in south-east London, England, and an electoral ward of the London Borough of Bromley. It is south-east of Charing Cross.-Toponymy:...
  
  , London)
• "The Honour of a London Prentice" - composer unknown
• "Hooky Street" (Shepherds Bush etc from 'Only Fools And Horses')
• "Hoover Factory" by Elvis Costello
  Elvis Costello
  Elvis Costello , born Declan Patrick MacManus, is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader...
  
  
• "Horse Guards, Whitehall" by Haydn Wood
  Haydn Wood
  Haydn Wood was a 20th century English composer and a respected violinist.-Life:Haydn Wood was born in the Yorkshire town of Slaithwaite on 25 March 1882...
  
   (from 'London Landmarks Suite)
• "Hotel Columbia" by Jesse Malin
  Jesse Malin
  Jesse Malin is a rock musician. He has played with Heart Attack and D Generation. He is currently a solo recording artist.-Biography:...
  
  
• "House of Bamboo" by Earl Grant/Andy Williams(Soho)
• "How's Life in London" by London Posse
  London Posse
  London Posse was one of the earliest groups in the British hip hop scene. It was formed by Sipho the Human Beatbox, along with Rodney P, Bionic and DJ Biznezz. They formed for a tour of the US to support Mick Jones' new group, Big Audio Dynamite...
  
  
• "Hunting for Witches
  Hunting for Witches
  "Hunting for Witches" is a song by Bloc Party, and it is the third single of their second studio album A Weekend in the City -Content:...
  
  " Bloc Party
  Bloc Party
  Bloc Party are a British Indie rock band, composed of Kele Okereke , Russell Lissack , Gordon Moakes , and Matt Tong...
  
   (Mentions the "30 bus"
  London Buses route 30
  London Buses route 30 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to First Capital.-History:Route 30 commenced operation on 8 May 1911 between Kings Cross and Fulham Cross...
  
  )
• "Hyde Park" Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
  Duke Ellington
  Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions...
  
  
• "Hyde Park" by I Marc 4
• "Hype Talk" Dizzee Rascal
  Dizzee Rascal
  Dylan Kwabena Mills , better known by his stage name Dizzee Rascal, is a Ghanaian British rapper, songwriter and record producer. His music is a blend of garage, hip hop, grime, ragga, pop and electronic music, with eclectic samples and more exotic styles...
  
  

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• "I Am What I Am (Battersea Tramp)" by Bill & Buster
• "Ice Cold In Fulham" by the Tigers
  The Tigers (band)
  The Tigers was a four piece rock band from Wellington, New Zealand.The band was formed in 1980, and quickly developed an enviable live reputation, securing performance slots including the Sweetwaters Music Festival while touring the North Island of New Zealand between 1980 and 1981.The single Heart...
  
  
• "Idiot Child" by Madness
  Madness (band)
  In 1979, the band recorded the Lee Thompson composition "The Prince". The song, like the band's name, paid homage to their idol, Prince Buster. The song was released through 2 Tone Records, the label of The Specials founder Jerry Dammers. The song was a surprise hit, peaking in the UK music charts...
  
   ("Spunky little kid from North West Five")
• "I'd Never Know" by Noel Coward
  Noël Coward
  Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy...
  
   ('Why is the Springtime giving London this lovely glow?')
• "The Idol of the Day" by The Great Vance and Alfred Lee ('St. James's I've my chambers in')
• "I Don't Want to Go to Chelsea" by Elvis Costello
  Elvis Costello
  Elvis Costello , born Declan Patrick MacManus, is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader...
  
  
• "I Feel Good All Over" by Bang The Party("I wanna dedicate this to London, young turned on London" from the London Acid House scene)
• "If I Can't Get to London" by David Craig Simpson
• "If I Could" by David Essex
  David Essex
  David Essex OBE is an English musician, singer-songwriter and actor. Since the 1970s, Essex has attained nineteen Top 40 singles in the UK , and sixteen Top 40 albums...
  
   ('Canning Town' etc.)
• "If Looks Could Kill" by Garry Johnson
• "If It Wasn't for the Houses in Between" by Edgar Bateman and George Le Brunn, 1894, sung by Gus Elen
  Gus Elen
  Ernest Augustus Elen was an English music hall singer and comedian. He achieved success from 1891, performing cockney songs including Arf a Pint of Ale, It's a Great Big Shame, Down the Road and If It Wasn't for the 'Ouses in Between in a career lasting over thirty years.Born in Pimlico, London,...
  
   ('With a ladder and some glasses you can see to Hackney Marshes')
• "I'm Alright Jack" by Tom Robinson Band
  Tom Robinson Band
  Tom Robinson Band were a British rock band, established in 1976 by singer, songwriter and bassist Tom Robinson...
  
  (Hampstead)
• "I Like London" by Lionel Monckton
  Lionel Monckton
  Lionel John Alexander Monckton was an English writer and composer of musical theatre. He was Britain's most popular musical theatre composer of the early years of the 20th century.-Early life:...
  
   and Arthur Wimperis
  Arthur Wimperis
  Arthur Harold Wimperis was an English illustrator, playwright, lyricist and Academy Award-winning screenwriter....
  
   (from The Arcadians, 1909)
• "I Like London in the Rain" by Blossom Dearie
  Blossom Dearie
  Blossom Dearie was an American jazz singer and pianist, often performing in the bebop genre and remembered for her girlish voice.-Early career:...
  
  
• "I Live in Camberwell" by Basement Jaxx
  Basement Jaxx
  Basement Jaxx are a British electronic dance music duo from London, England consisting of Felix Buxton born 1971 and Simon Ratcliffe born 1 December 1969. They first rose to popularity in the late 1990s...
  
  
• "I Live in Trafalgar Square" by Clarence Wainwright Murphy
  Clarence Wainwright Murphy
  Clarence Wainwright Murphy, also known as Charles William Murphy, C.W. Murphy and C. Murphy, was a prolific British composer of music hall and musical theatre tunes, perhaps best known for the song "Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly?" with lyrics by Will Letters...
  
  
• "I Love London" by Crystal Fighters
  Crystal Fighters
  Crystal Fighters are a British electronic band with Spanish influences who formed in London, UK in 2007. Their debut album Star of Love was released on 4 October 2010.-Formation and early years:...
  
  
• "I Love London" by Lorraine Bowen
  Lorraine Bowen
  Lorraine Bowen is an English singer, songwriter and musician. Born in Cheltenham, Bowen was brought up in Chelmsford, Essex....
  
  
• "I Luv U
  I Luv U (Dizzee Rascal song)
  "I Luv U" is the debut single by British rapper Dizzee Rascal and the lead single from his debut album Boy in da Corner. The single became Dizzee Rascal's first top forty hit, peaking at number twenty-nine and spending three weeks inside the top seventy-five...
  
  " by Dizzee Rascal
  Dizzee Rascal
  Dylan Kwabena Mills , better known by his stage name Dizzee Rascal, is a Ghanaian British rapper, songwriter and record producer. His music is a blend of garage, hip hop, grime, ragga, pop and electronic music, with eclectic samples and more exotic styles...
  
  
• "I'm Going to Get Lit Up When the Lights Go Up in London" by Hubert Gregg
  Hubert Gregg
  Hubert Gregg was a BBC broadcaster, writer and stage actor. At the end of his life he was probably best known for the BBC Radio 2 'oldies' shows A Square Deal and Thanks For The Memory...
  
   - end of the WW2 blackout
• "I'm Old Fashioned" by Noel Coward
  Noël Coward
  Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy...
  
   and Johnny Mercer
  Johnny Mercer
  John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer was an American lyricist, songwriter and singer. He is best known as a lyricist, but he also composed music. He was also a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as those written by others...
  
   ('Those nightingales in Berkeley Square')
• "I'm One Of The Whitehall Warriors" by Phil Park
• "I'm the Face" by The High Numbers
• "I'm Riffin'(English Rasta)" by MC Duke
  MC Duke
  MC Duke was a British rapper from the East End of London, who recorded with DJ Leader 1. He was one of the pioneers of the early British hardcore sound and later went on to record as IC3.-Biography:...
  
  
• "I'm Trying to Make London My Home" by Sonny Boy Williamson
  Sonny Boy Williamson II
  Willie "Sonny Boy" Williamson was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter, from Mississippi. He is acknowledged as one of the most charismatic and influential blues musicians, with considerable prowess on the harmonica and highly creative songwriting skills...
  
  
• "In London So Fair" (traditional)
• "Innocence" by Alan Moore
  Alan Moore
  Alan Oswald Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books, a medium where he has produced a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell...
  
   and Tim Perkins in Angel Passage about William Blake's life in London http://web.archive.org/web/20041124170141/http://www.nthposition.com/angelpassage.php]
• "In Old Kent Road" by Arthur Seldon
  Arthur Seldon
  Dr Arthur Seldon CBE was joint founder president, with Ralph Harris, of the Institute of Economic Affairs, where he directed academic affairs for 30 years....
  
  
• "Interlude - London Massive" by Aphrodite
  Aphrodite (artist)
  Aphrodite also known as A Zone or DJ Aphro, is a UK jungle and drum and bass DJ/producer commonly referred to as the "Godfather of Jungle", who works along with Micky Finn on their joint Urban Takeover label...
  
  
• "In the Strand" by E. W. Mackney
• "Isabel Makes Love Upon National Monuments" by Jake Thackray
  Jake Thackray
  John Philip "Jake" Thackray , was an English singer-songwriter, poet and journalist. Best known in the late 1960s and early 1970s for his topical comedy songs performed on British television, his work ranged from satirical to bawdy to sentimental to pastoral, with a strong emphasis on storytelling,...
  
   ('With style and enthusiasm and anyone at all, Isabel makes love in the Royal Albert Hall')
• "Isle of Clerkenwell" by Harry H Corbett
• "Itchycoo Park
  Itchycoo Park
  "Itchycoo Park" is a psychedelic pop song written by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane, first recorded by their group, the Small Faces. The song reached number three in the UK Singles Chart, 1967.-Song profile:...
  
  " by the Small Faces about Little Ilford Park
  Itchycoo Park
  "Itchycoo Park" is a psychedelic pop song written by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane, first recorded by their group, the Small Faces. The song reached number three in the UK Singles Chart, 1967.-Song profile:...
  
  
• "It Ain't Necessarily Bird Avenue" by Spanky and Our Gang
  Spanky and Our Gang
  Spanky and Our Gang was an American 1960s folk-rock band led by Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane. The band derives its name from Hal Roach's popular Our Gang comedies of the 1930s...
  
  
• "It Could Be You" by Blur
• "It Gets Me Talked About" by Albert Chevalier
  Albert Chevalier
  Albert Onesime Britannicus Gwathveoyd Louis Chevalier was an English comedian and actor.-Early life:Albert Chevalier was born in the Royal Crescent, in London's Notting Hill...
  
   and Alfred H. West ('Playin' 'ind legs of the helephant in East End pantomime')
• "It's Fun Finding Out About London" by Billie Anthony
  Billie Anthony
  Billie Anthony was a Scottish female singer. She is best known for her Top 10 hit version of "This Ole House", which despite chart competition from other versions of the same song, reached #4 in the UK chart....
  
  
• "It's a Great Big Shame" by Gus Elen
  Gus Elen
  Ernest Augustus Elen was an English music hall singer and comedian. He achieved success from 1891, performing cockney songs including Arf a Pint of Ale, It's a Great Big Shame, Down the Road and If It Wasn't for the 'Ouses in Between in a career lasting over thirty years.Born in Pimlico, London,...
  
  
• "It's a Jolly Fine Game Played Slow!" by J.P. Harrington and George Le Brunn ('We just hired a cab and drove through St. James's Park')
• "It's a London Thing" by Scott Garcia 1997 Scott Garcia
• "It's a London Thing" by Mark Williams 2005
• "It's a London Thing" by S.A.S.
• "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" by Jack Judge
  Jack Judge
  Jack Judge was a song-writer and music-hall entertainer best remembered for writing the song It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary.- Life :...
  
   and Harry Williams
• "It's Lovely To Be Back In London" by Judy Garland
  Judy Garland
  Judy Garland was an American actress and singer. Through a career that spanned 45 of her 47 years and for her renowned contralto voice, she attained international stardom as an actress in musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist and on the concert stage...
  
  
• "It's Only Me" by Noel Coward
  Noël Coward
  Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy...
  
   ('Once I knew a kid, she used to live down Poplar way')
• "It Takes a Very Strong Imagination" by Edward Kent ('I trots her to the Opera or the Drury pantomime')
• "I've Never Lost My Last Train Yet" by George Le Brunn and George Rollit ('And I've joined with one and all in a Covent Garden ball')
• "Ivor" by Anonymous
  Anonymous work
  Anonymous works are works, such as art or literature, that have an anonymous, undisclosed, or unknown creator or author. In the United States it is legally defined as "a work on the copies or phonorecords of which no natural person is identified as author."...
  
   ('They yanked our sport, under police escort, to the London Bow Street sessions' - Ivor Novello was jailed for misuse of petrol coupons during World War Two)
• "I Was Born and Raised in Croxley Green" by Wilf Weston
• "I Was There (At the Coronation)" by Young Tiger
  Young Tiger
  George Browne , better known as the Young Tiger, was a Trinidadian calypso musician.Born Edric Browne in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, where his childhood was imbued with the African traditions of Shango and Spiritual Baptist Shouting, he assumed the name George E. Browne in homage to the...
  
  

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• "Jack Talking" by Dave Stewart
  David A. Stewart
  David Allan Stewart , often known as Dave Stewart, is an English musician, songwriter and record producer, best known for his work with Eurythmics. He is usually credited as David A. Stewart, to avoid confusion with other musicians named "Dave Stewart".-Early life:Stewart was born in Sunderland,...
  
   and The Spiritual Cowboys
• "Jacob Street 7AM" by Sabres of Paradise
• "Jazzie's Groove" by Soul II Soul
  Soul II Soul
  Soul II Soul are a British group that was created in London in 1988. They are best known for their 1989 UK chart-topper and U.S. Top 5 hit, "Back to Life ".-Career:...
  
  
• "Jeffrey Goes to Leicester Square" by Jethro Tull
  Jethro Tull (band)
  Jethro Tull are a British rock group formed in 1967. Their music is characterised by the vocals, acoustic guitar, and flute playing of Ian Anderson, who has led the band since its founding, and the guitar work of Martin Barre, who has been with the band since 1969.Initially playing blues rock with...
  
  
• "Jill of Primrose Hill" by Paul Nash
• "Johnny The Horse
  Johnny the Horse
  "Johnny The Horse" is a single by British band Madness from their 1999 album Wonderful. The song struggled to make an impact in the charts after the success of "Lovestruck", and peaked at #44 in the UK Singles Chart....
  
  " by Madness
  Madness (band)
  In 1979, the band recorded the Lee Thompson composition "The Prince". The song, like the band's name, paid homage to their idol, Prince Buster. The song was released through 2 Tone Records, the label of The Specials founder Jerry Dammers. The song was a surprise hit, peaking in the UK music charts...
  
   ("To Regent's Park
  Regent's Park
  Regent's Park is one of the Royal Parks of London. It is in the north-western part of central London, partly in the City of Westminster and partly in the London Borough of Camden...
  
   at Sunset")
• "Joyful Noise" by Donald Swann
  Donald Swann
  Donald Ibrahím Swann was a British composer, musician and entertainer. He is best known to the general public for his partnership of writing and performing comic songs with Michael Flanders .-Life:...
  
  
• "John Willie, Come On" by George Formby, Sr.
  George Formby, Sr.
  George Formby , born James Booth, was an English comedian and musician. He was a star in Edwardian music halls, singing and clowning in a sardonic style that influenced the young Charlie Chaplin. Formby was plagued by ill-health and suffered from tuberculosis, but despite this was one of the...
  
   ('We went in Madame Tussaud's waxwork show and it were grand')
• "Johnny Come Lately" by Steve Earle
  Steve Earle
  Stephen Fain "Steve" Earle is an American singer-songwriter known for his rock and Texas Country as well as his political views. He is also a producer, author, a political activist, and an actor, and has written and directed a play....
  
   (from Copperhead Road
  Copperhead Road
  Copperhead Road is an American country music/country rock album released in 1988 by Steve Earle. Often referred to as Earle's first "rock record", Earle himself calls it the world's first blend of heavy metal and bluegrass, while in their January 26, 1989 review of the album Rolling Stone suggested...
  
  )
• "Juggernaut On The M25" by Pablo Gargano
• "Junkie Doll" by Mark Knopfler
  Mark Knopfler
  Mark Freuder Knopfler, OBE is a Scottish-born British guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer and film score composer. He is best known as the lead guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the British rock band Dire Straits, which he co-founded in 1977...
  
   (From Sailing to Philadelphia album; he mentions both Turnpike Lane and Turnham Green)
• "Just For Money" by Paul Hardcastle
  Paul Hardcastle
  Paul Hardcastle is an English composer and musician, specialising in the synthesizer.-Discography:In the early 1980s, Hardcastle played the keyboards on several singles on the Oval record label by the dance music groups Direct Drive and First Light, before going solo.He achieved some acclaim for...
  
   ("the (Wormwood)Scrubs" etc.)
• "Just For You London" by Bodysnatch
• "Just Keep Rockin'" by Double Trouble and the Rebel MC

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• "Kayleigh" by Marillion
  Marillion
  Marillion are a British rock band, formed in Aylesbury, England in 1979. Their recorded studio output comprises sixteen albums generally regarded in two distinct eras, delineated by the departure of original vocalist & frontman Fish in late 1988, and the subsequent arrival of replacement Steve...
  
   (Belsize Park)
• "Kensal Sunrise" by Cayenne
  Cayenne
  Cayenne is the capital of French Guiana, an overseas region and department of France located in South America. The city stands on a former island at the mouth of the Cayenne River on the Atlantic coast. The city's motto is "Ferit Aurum Industria" which means "Work brings wealth"...
  
  
• "Kensington Gardens" by Robert Ganthony
• "Kensington High Street" by Dead Sea Fruit
• "Kentish Town Waltz" by Imelda May
  Imelda May
  Imelda Mary Higham, Clabby , known as Imelda May, is an Irish vocalist and musician. She began her career in music at 15 and released her debut album in 2005. She also plays the bodhrán and guitar...
  
  
• "Kew Gardens" by Ralph McTell
  Ralph McTell
  Ralph McTell is an English singer-songwriter and acoustic guitar player who has been an influential figure on the UK folk music scene since the 1960s....
  
  
• "The Kilburn High Road" by Flogging Molly
  Flogging Molly
  Flogging Molly is a seven-piece Irish-descendant band from Los Angeles, California, that is currently signed to their own record label, Borstal Beat Records.-Early years:...
  
  
• "King George Street" by Squeeze(King George Street is in Greenwich, South London)
• "King of Birds" by R.E.M.
  R.E.M.
  R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry. One of the first popular alternative rock bands, R.E.M. gained early attention due to Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style and Stipe's...
  
   (refers to Trafalgar Square
  Trafalgar Square
  Trafalgar Square is a public space and tourist attraction in central London, England, United Kingdom. At its centre is Nelson's Column, which is guarded by four lion statues at its base. There are a number of statues and sculptures in the square, with one plinth displaying changing pieces of...
  
  )
• "Kings of London" by Arsenal 1978 Squad
• "King's Cross
  King's Cross (song)
  "King's Cross" is a Pet Shop Boys song, written by Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant and is a track on their 1987 album Actually. It was covered and released as a single in 2007 by Tracey Thorn.-Pet Shop Boys version and the King's Cross Fire:...
  
  " by Pet Shop Boys
  Pet Shop Boys
  Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasional guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards....
  
  
• "King's Cross Climax" by Kenny Graham's Afro Cubists
• "A Knife for the Girls" by The Long Blondes
  The Long Blondes
  The Long Blondes were a five-piece English indie rock band formed in Sheffield, United Kingdom in 2003 by Dorian Cox , Reenie Hollis , Emma Chaplin , Kate Jackson and Screech Louder .After several critically...
  
  
• "Knightsbridge March" by Eric Coates
  Eric Coates
  Eric Coates was an English composer of light music and a viola player.-Life:Eric was born in Hucknall in Nottinghamshire to William Harrison Coates , a surgeon, and his wife, Mary Jane Gwynne, hailing from Usk in Monmouthshire...
  
   (from 'London Suite')
• "Knocked 'Em In The Old Kent Rd" by Albert Chevalier
  Albert Chevalier
  Albert Onesime Britannicus Gwathveoyd Louis Chevalier was an English comedian and actor.-Early life:Albert Chevalier was born in the Royal Crescent, in London's Notting Hill...
  
  

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• "Mack The Knife" by Bertolt Brecht
  Bertolt Brecht
  Bertolt Brecht was a German poet, playwright, and theatre director.An influential theatre practitioner of the 20th century, Brecht made equally significant contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter particularly through the seismic impact of the tours undertaken by the...
  
   and Kurt Weill
  Kurt Weill
  Kurt Julian Weill was a German-Jewish composer, active from the 1920s, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht...
  
   (John Willett's translation references the Strand, Embankment and Soho)
• "Mad Not Mad" by Madness
  Madness (band)
  In 1979, the band recorded the Lee Thompson composition "The Prince". The song, like the band's name, paid homage to their idol, Prince Buster. The song was released through 2 Tone Records, the label of The Specials founder Jerry Dammers. The song was a surprise hit, peaking in the UK music charts...
  
   ("Dancing over Big Ben
• "A Maid in Bedlam
  Bethlem Royal Hospital
  The Bethlem Royal Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located in London, United Kingdom and part of the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. Although no longer based at its original location, it is recognised as the world's first and oldest institution to specialise in mental illnesses....
  
  " {traditional}
• "Maids of Bond Street" by David Bowie
  David Bowie
  David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
  
  
• "Maid of Primrose Hill" by Anonymous
  Anonymous work
  Anonymous works are works, such as art or literature, that have an anonymous, undisclosed, or unknown creator or author. In the United States it is legally defined as "a work on the copies or phonorecords of which no natural person is identified as author."...
  
   (18th century)
• "Maid of Tottenham" (traditional) At the time Tottenham was a village outside of London
• "Man I Hate Your Band" by Little Man Tate
  Little Man Tate (band)
  Little Man Tate were a four-piece indie rock band from Sheffield, England who formed in 2005. They broke up in 2009. The band quickly began attracting interest from several record labels and in March 2006 signed to V2 Records, later parting ways in November 2007...
  
  
• "Man Out of Time" by Elvis Costello
  Elvis Costello
  Elvis Costello , born Declan Patrick MacManus, is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader...
  
   (references Knightsbridge
  Knightsbridge
  Knightsbridge is a road which gives its name to an exclusive district lying to the west of central London. The road runs along the south side of Hyde Park, west from Hyde Park Corner, spanning the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea...
  
   and Traitor's Gate)
• "Marcie Dreams of Deptford" by Saint Etienne
  Saint Etienne (band)
  Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists...
  
  
• "Marybone [Marylebone] Fair" by G. Smart
• "Mario's Cafe" by Saint Etienne
  Saint Etienne (band)
  Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists...
  
   (a cafe in Kentish town)
• "The Masher King of Piccadilly" by Richard Corney Grain
  Richard Corney Grain
  Richard Corney Grain , known by his stage name Corney Grain, was an entertainer and songwriter of the late Victorian era.-Biography:...
  
  
• "Mash It Up Harry" by Ian Dury
  Ian Dury
  Ian Robins Dury was an English rock and roll singer, lyricist, bandleader and actor who initially rose to fame during the late 1970s, during the punk and New Wave era of rock music...
  
  (Wembley, Wembley Way, Harold Hill etc.)
• "The Masquerade" by I. Oakman ('None but the great can conveniently go to the Grand Masquerade most superb at Soho')
• "Maudie Golightly" by Noel Coward
  Noël Coward
  Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy...
  
   ('Though she had a flat in Albemarle Street')
• "Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner, (That I Love London So)" by Hubert Gregg
  Hubert Gregg
  Hubert Gregg was a BBC broadcaster, writer and stage actor. At the end of his life he was probably best known for the BBC Radio 2 'oldies' shows A Square Deal and Thanks For The Memory...
  
  
• "Mayfair" by Eric Coates
  Eric Coates
  Eric Coates was an English composer of light music and a viola player.-Life:Eric was born in Hucknall in Nottinghamshire to William Harrison Coates , a surgeon, and his wife, Mary Jane Gwynne, hailing from Usk in Monmouthshire...
  
   (from 'London Again Suite')
• "Mayfair" by Nick Drake
  Nick Drake
  Nicholas Rodney "Nick" Drake was an English singer-songwriter and musician. Though he is best known for his sombre guitar based songs, Drake was also proficient at piano, clarinet and saxophone...
  
  
• "Mayfair" by the Quireboys
  The Quireboys
  The Quireboys are an English hard rock band formed in 1984 in London, England, with strong ties to Newcastle. When the band formed they were originally known as The Queerboys and later as the London Quireboys in the United States....
  
  
• "Me, Certainly Me" by A.D. River and James Moody
  James Moody (saxophonist)
  James Moody was an American jazz saxophone and flute player. He was best known for his hit "Moody's Mood for Love," an improvisation based on "I'm in the Mood for Love"; in performance, he often improvised vocals for the tune.-Biography:James Moody was born in Savannah, Georgia...
  
   ('I came up to London and walked down the Strand')
• "Meet Me in Battersea Park" by Petula Clark
  Petula Clark
  Petula Clark, CBE is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades.Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II...
  
  
• "Memories Of 3rd Base" by Skream
  Skream
  Skream is a dubstep producer based in Croydon. One of dubstep's first and most prominent producers, he has played an important role in the genre's development. His debut album Skream! was released in 2006, and was followed up by Outside the Box in 2010...
  
   (about the 3rd Base nightclub in central London)
• "Memory of a Free Festival" by David Bowie
  David Bowie
  David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
  
   (about a festival in South London)
• "Men About Town" by Noel Coward
  Noël Coward
  Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy...
  
   ('As we stroll down Piccadilly in the bright morning air')
• "Mercy I Cry City" by The Incredible String Band - the reference to the "choky tube" make clear it's about London
• "The Merry Hostess" - composer unknown ('A lovely hostess fine that lives in London city')
• "A Merry Jest of John Tomson" - composer unknown ('If I but go to Islington')
• "Metroland" by Mark Knopfler
  Mark Knopfler
  Mark Freuder Knopfler, OBE is a Scottish-born British guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer and film score composer. He is best known as the lead guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the British rock band Dire Straits, which he co-founded in 1977...
  
  
• "Midnight in Chelsea
  Midnight in Chelsea
  "Midnight in Chelsea" is a song by American Rock singer Jon Bon Jovi, released as the first single from his second solo album Destination Anywhere in 1997. The song was Bon Jovi's highest-charting solo single in the UK, reaching #4 on the UK Singles Chart...
  
  " by Jon Bon Jovi
  Jon Bon Jovi
  Jon Bon Jovi is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor, best known as the founder, occasional rhythm guitarist, and lead singer of rock band Bon Jovi, which was named after him...
  
   (about the Chelsea neighbourhood
  Chelsea, London
  Chelsea is an area of West London, England, bounded to the south by the River Thames, where its frontage runs from Chelsea Bridge along the Chelsea Embankment, Cheyne Walk, Lots Road and Chelsea Harbour. Its eastern boundary was once defined by the River Westbourne, which is now in a pipe above...
  
   – lyrics include "I've seen a lone Sloane Ranger
  Sloane Ranger
  The term Sloane Ranger refers to a stereotype in the UK of young, upper class or upper-middle-class women, or men who share distinctive and common lifestyle traits...
  
   drive/Seems her chauffeur took a dive/And sold her secrets to The Sun
  The Sun (newspaper)
  The Sun is a daily national tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and owned by News Corporation. Sister editions are published in Glasgow and Dublin...
  
  ")
• "Mile End" by Pulp
  Pulp (band)
  Pulp are an English alternative rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978. Their lineup consists of Jarvis Cocker , Russell Senior , Candida Doyle , Mark Webber , Steve Mackey and Nick Banks ....
  
  
• "Mile End Boulevard" by Position Normal
• "Milk Bottle Symphony" by Saint Etienne
  Saint Etienne (band)
  Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists...
  
  (about Turnpike House tower block, Goswell Road, Islington)
• "Mill Hill Self Hate Club" by Edward Ball
• "Millwall" by Millwall FC
• "Mincing Lane" by Mike Mercado
• "Missing You" by Jimmy McCarthy
  Jimmy McCarthy
  James "Jimmy" MacCarthy is a singer/songwriter born in Macroom, County Cork, Ireland.- Early life and career :Jimmy MacCarthy was born in 1953 to Ted and Betty MacCarthy . He has 11 siblings. The family had a business distributing newspapers and magazines all over Munster. However the family soon...
  
   - made popular by Christy Moore
  Christy Moore
  Christopher Andrew "Christy" Moore is a popular Irish folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is well known as one of the founding members of Planxty and Moving Hearts...
  
  , about the Irish emigrant homeless in London
• "Mission From Hell" by Madness
  Madness (band)
  In 1979, the band recorded the Lee Thompson composition "The Prince". The song, like the band's name, paid homage to their idol, Prince Buster. The song was released through 2 Tone Records, the label of The Specials founder Jerry Dammers. The song was a surprise hit, peaking in the UK music charts...
  
   (references to Number 10 Downing Street)
• "Misty Morning Albert Bridge" by The Pogues
  The Pogues
  The Pogues are a Celtic punk band, formed in 1982 and fronted by Shane MacGowan. The band reached international prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. MacGowan left the band in 1991 due to drinking problems but the band continued first with Joe Strummer and then with Spider Stacy on vocals before...
  
  
• "Nice Man Jack (Mitre Square)" by John Miles
  John Miles (musician)
  John Miles is an English rock music vocalist, songwriter, guitarist and keyboard player, best known for his 1976 Top 3 UK hit single, "Music".-Career:...
  
  
• "Modern Art" by Art Brut
  Art Brut (band)
  Art Brut are a Berlin-based English and German indie rock band. Their debut album, Bang Bang Rock & Roll, was released on 30 May 2005, with its follow up, It's a Bit Complicated, released on 25 June 2007...
  
   ("so I'm in the Tate
  Tate Modern
  Tate Modern is a modern art gallery located in London, England. It is Britain's national gallery of international modern art and forms part of the Tate group . It is the most-visited modern art gallery in the world, with around 4.7 million visitors per year...
  
   and I'm looking at a Hockney
  David Hockney
  David Hockney, CH, RA, is an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer, who is based in Bridlington, Yorkshire and Kensington, London....
  
  ")
• "Moon Over Archway" by Cath Carroll
  Cath Carroll
  Cath Carroll is a British musician and music journalist.-Career:Carroll was raised in Swansea, then Manchester. She played guitar in post-punk band Property of... in 1978, which also included former Warsaw drummer Tony Tabac. In 1979 she formed the band Glass Animals with her friend Liz Naylor...
  
  
• "Moonhop In London" by Hot Rod All-Stars
• "Morden
  Morden (Good Shoes song)
  "Morden" is a single by Good Shoes.It was only released on 7" vinyl perhaps to cater the growing number of indie fans choosing vinyl over digital sound, and the...
  
  " by Good Shoes
  Good Shoes
  Good Shoes are a four-piece English indie pop band, hailing from Morden, London.-Biography:Good Shoes was formed by lead singer Rhys Jones and guitarist Steve Leach who often wrote and played music together as a hobby. Rhys and Steve appeared as a two piece under the Good Shoes name for a friend's...
  
  
• "Mouse In A Hole" by Heavy Stereo
  Heavy Stereo
  Heavy Stereo was a British rock band, who were active in the early to mid 1990s. There were known for having had a 1970s glam rock styled sound, and for their album, Deja Voodoo...
  
  
• "Mornington Crescent" by Belle & Sebastian
  Belle & Sebastian
  Belle and Sebastian are an indie pop band formed in Glasgow in January 1996. Belle and Sebastian are often compared with influential indie bands such as The Smiths, as well as classic acts such as Love, Bob Dylan and Nick Drake. The name Belle & Sebastian comes from Belle et Sébastien, a 1965...
  
  
• "Mother Goose" by Jethro Tull
  Jethro Tull (band)
  Jethro Tull are a British rock group formed in 1967. Their music is characterised by the vocals, acoustic guitar, and flute playing of Ian Anderson, who has led the band since its founding, and the guitar work of Martin Barre, who has been with the band since 1969.Initially playing blues rock with...
  
  
• "The Mountains of Mourne" by Don McLean
  Don McLean
  Donald "Don" McLean is an American singer-songwriter. He is most famous for the 1971 album American Pie, containing the renowned songs "American Pie" and "Vincent".-Musical roots:...
  
  
• "The Mountains of Mourne" by William Percy French
  William Percy French
  Percy French was one of Ireland's foremost songwriters and entertainers in his day. In more recent times, he has become recognised for his watercolour paintings as well.-Life:French was born at Cloonyquin...
  
  
• "Move On Now" by Hard-Fi
  HARD-Fi
  Hard-Fi are an English indie rock band formed in Staines, Surrey in 2003. The band's members are Richard Archer , Ross Phillips , Kai Stephens and Steve Kemp .They achieved chart success with their third single, "Hard to Beat" and then followed by other successful singles such as...
  
   (References Heathrow Airport)
• "Mr Brown Of London Town" by Reginald Arkell & Noel Gay
• "Mr Speaker (Gets the Word)" by Madness
  Madness (band)
  In 1979, the band recorded the Lee Thompson composition "The Prince". The song, like the band's name, paid homage to their idol, Prince Buster. The song was released through 2 Tone Records, the label of The Specials founder Jerry Dammers. The song was a surprise hit, peaking in the UK music charts...
  
   (about Speaker's Corner; "Making space from Colney Hatch Lane")
• "Much Too Much" by Les Incompétents
  Les Incompétents
  Les Incompétents were an indie-rock band from west London. They met with negligible mainstream success, but supported, amongst others, Mystery Jets, Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, and Babyshambles.-History:...
  
  
• "Mudchute Song" by Con Maloney
• "Museum" by Donovan
  Donovan
  Donovan Donovan Donovan (born Donovan Philips Leitch (born 10 May 1946) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist. Emerging from the British folk scene, he developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelia, and world music...
  
   and Herman's Hermits
  Herman's Hermits
  Herman's Hermits are an English beat band, formed in Manchester in 1963 as Herman & The Hermits. The group's record producer, Mickie Most , emphasized a simple, non-threatening, clean-cut image, although the band originally played R&B numbers...
  
   ("meet me under the whale in the Natural History Museum
  Natural History Museum
  The Natural History Museum is one of three large museums on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London, England . Its main frontage is on Cromwell Road...
  
  ")
• "Musical Address to the Town" by Thomas Lowe
  Tom Lowe (performer)
  Thomas Peter "Tom" Lowe is an English-born singer and actor.-Personal life:Tom Lowe was born in Stockport, England to his parents, Peter and Margaret Lowe...
  
   (reopening of Marylebone Gardens in 1763)
• "Muswell Hillbillies" by The Kinks
  The Kinks
  The Kinks were an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, North London, by brothers Ray and Dave Davies in 1964. Categorised in the United States as a British Invasion band, The Kinks are recognised as one of the most important and influential rock acts of the era. Their music was influenced by a...
  
  
• "My Gal from London Town" by Fred Godfrey
  Fred Godfrey
  Fred Godfrey was the pen name of Llewellyn Williams, a World War II songwriter...
  
   and Billy Williams
  Billy Williams (music hall performer)
  Richard Isaac Banks , who changed his name to Billy Williams after leaving his birthplace of Australia, was one of the most recorded popular entertainers of his and indeed of all time. His recordings sold in their thousands long after his early death in 1915...
  
  
• "My Kitten Went to London" by Kid 606
• "My London" by Chuck Stevens
  Chuck Stevens
  Charles Augustus Stevens, Jr. is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Browns in parts of three seasons . Listed at 6' 1", 180 lb., Stevens was a switch-hitter and threw left-handed...
  
  
• "My London Country Lane" by Alec Hurley (i.e. Drury Lane)
• "My Love Went to London" by John Wallowitch
• "My Lucy Liza from Bermondsey" by Medley Barrett
• "My Old Man" by Ian Dury
  Ian Dury
  Ian Robins Dury was an English rock and roll singer, lyricist, bandleader and actor who initially rose to fame during the late 1970s, during the punk and New Wave era of rock music...
  
  (Victoria, Heathrow etc.)
• "My Old Man's a Dustman" by Lonnie Donegan
  Lonnie Donegan
  Anthony James "Lonnie" Donegan MBE was a skiffle musician, with more than 20 UK Top 30 hits to his name. He is known as the "King of Skiffle" and is often cited as a large influence on the generation of British musicians who became famous in the 1960s...
  
  , features Cockney rhyming slang
  Cockney rhyming slang
  Rhyming slang is a form of phrase construction in the English language and is especially prevalent in dialectal British English from the East End of London; hence the alternative name, Cockney rhyming slang...
  
  
• "My Old Man (Said Follow the Van)" by Marie Lloyd
  Marie Lloyd
  Matilda Alice Victoria Wood was an English music hall singer, best known as Marie Lloyd. Her ability to add lewdness to the most innocent of lyrics led to frequent clashes with the guardians of morality...
  
  , written by Charles Collins and Fred W Leigh
• "My Tom of Bedlam
  Bethlem Royal Hospital
  The Bethlem Royal Hospital is a psychiatric hospital located in London, United Kingdom and part of the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. Although no longer based at its original location, it is recognised as the world's first and oldest institution to specialise in mental illnesses....
  
  " by Bedlam Boys
• "M1" by Ted Taylor Four (the M1 starts in London)
• "M4 Movements" by London Groove (the M4 starts in London)
• "M25" by DJ Choci

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• "Nan I Am London" by Wiley
  Wiley (rapper)
  Richard Kylea Cowie , better known by his stage name Wiley is a prolific British music producer, MC and recording artist, and rapper with roots from Trinidad...
  
  
• "Narcissist" by The Libertines
  The Libertines
  The Libertines were an English rock band, formed in London in 1997 by frontmen Carl Barât and Pete Doherty . The band, centred on the song-writing partnership of Barat and Doherty, also included John Hassall and Gary Powell for most of its recording career...
  
  
• "Neasden" by Willie Rushton
  Willie Rushton
  William George Rushton, commonly known as Willie Rushton was an English cartoonist, satirist, comedian, actor and performer who co-founded the Private Eye satirical magazine.- School and army :William George Rushton was born 18 August 1937 in the family home at Scarsdale Villas,...
  
  
• "Neasden Melody" by Jungle Jim
  Jungle Jim
  Jungle Jim is the fictional hero of a series of jungle adventures in various media. The series began in 1934 as an American newspaper comic strip chronicling the adventures of Asia-based hunter Jim Bradley, who was nicknamed Jungle Jim...
  
  
• "Nelson's Column" by Haydn Wood
  Haydn Wood
  Haydn Wood was a 20th century English composer and a respected violinist.-Life:Haydn Wood was born in the Yorkshire town of Slaithwaite on 25 March 1882...
  
  (from 'London Landmarks Suite)
• "Never See London Again" by Lincoln
  Lincoln (band)
  Lincoln was an American alternative rock band consisting of four members: Chris Temple , Gonzalo Martinez De La Cotera , Danny Weinkauf , and Dan Miller . They were based in New York City...
  
  
• "Never Try The Hippodrome" by DJ Phantasy(the Hippodrome was a London nightclub in the 80s)
• "Next Plane to London" by Rose Garden
  The Rose Garden (band)
  The Rose Garden was an American folk rock musical group from Los Angeles, California which was active in 1967 and 1968.The members were Diana DeRose on lead vocals and acoustic guitar, John Noreen on 12-string guitar and backup vocal, James Groshong on lead vocal and guitar, William Fleming on bass...
  
  
• "New Amsterdam" by Elvis Costello
  Elvis Costello
  Elvis Costello , born Declan Patrick MacManus, is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader...
  
   (Rotherhithe)
• "New Crass Massahkah" by Linton Kwesi Johnson
  Linton Kwesi Johnson
  Linton Kwesi Johnson is a UK-based dub poet. He became the second living poet, and the only black poet, to be published in the Penguin Classics series. His poetry involves the recitation of his own verse in Jamaican Patois over dub-reggae, usually written in collaboration with renowned British...
  
  
• "New Cross" By Part Chimp
  Part Chimp
  Part Chimp is a band from Camberwell in London that were formed by Tim Cedar, Jon Hamilton and Nick Prior in 2000. Current line-up is Tim , Jon , Joe McLaughlin and Iain Hinchliffe ....
  
  
• "New Thing From London Town" by Sharpe and Numan
• "New Tunbridge Wells at Islington" by John Lockman
  John Lockman
  -Life:Born in humble circumstances, he was an autodidact scholar who learnt to speak French by frequenting Slaughter's Coffee House. He had enough acquaintance with Alexander Pope that he could dedicate to him in 1734 his translation of Charles Porée's Oration...
  
  
• "Newgate Hornpipe" (traditional folk tune)
• "Nice One Cyril" by the Cockerel Chorus ('Tottenham the pride of North London')
• "Night Bus To Dalston" by Bad Manners
  Bad Manners
  Bad Manners are an English 2 Tone ska band. They quickly became the novelty favourites of the UK pop scene through their bald outsized frontman's on-stage antics, earning early exposure through their Top of The Pops exploits and an appearance in the live film documentary, Dance Craze.They were at...
  
  
• "Night Flight To London" by Sol Raye
  Sol Raye
  Neville Marshall-Corbin was a Guyanese cabaret singer, composer and recording artist who moved to England in the 1960s and originally studied acting, performing with the English Stage Company. He was born in Christianburg, Guyana....
  
  
• "The Night I Appeared as Macbeth" ('They made me a present of Mornington Crescent, they threw it a brick at a time') by William Hargreaves
  William Hargreaves
  William Hargreaves was an English composer, mainly of songs for the music hall. His most famous composition was Burlington Bertie From Bow in 1916 but he also wrote Delaney's Donkey, I Know Where the Flies Go , PC 49, We All Went Marching Home Again, They Built Piccadilly For Me and Give My...
  
  
• "Night Terror" by Laura Marling
  Laura Marling
  Laura Beatrice Marling is an English folk musician from Eversley, Hampshire.Initially prominent within the London folk scene, she has also toured with a number of well-known indie artists in the UK. Her debut album Alas, I Cannot Swim and her second album I Speak Because I Can were nominated for...
  
   ('I woke up on a bench on Shepherds Bush Green')
• "Night Train To Surbiton" by Norman and the Invaders
• "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
  A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (song)
  "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" is a romantic British popular song written in 1939 with lyrics by Eric Maschwitz and music by Manning Sherwin.-Setting:...
  
  " by Eric Maschwitz
  Eric Maschwitz
  Albert Eric Maschwitz OBE , known as Eric Maschwitz and sometimes credited as Holt Marvell, was an English entertainer, writer, broadcaster and broadcasting executive.-Life and work:...
  
   and Manning Sherwin
  Manning Sherwin
  Manning Sherwin was an American composer. Born in Philadelphia, Sherwin attended Columbia University before embarking upon a long career in musical theatre and films....
  
   sung by Vera Lynn
  Vera Lynn
  Dame Vera Lynn, DBE is an English singer-songwriter and actress whose musical recordings and performances were enormously popular during World War II. During the war she toured Egypt, India and Burma, giving outdoor concerts for the troops...
  
  
• "Nine out of Ten" by Caetano Veloso
  Caetano Veloso
  Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso , better known as Caetano Veloso, is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist. Veloso first became known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicalismo which encompassed theatre, poetry and music in the 1960s,...
  
   (Walk down Portobello Road...)
• "No.1 With A Bullet" by Alan Moore
  Alan Moore
  Alan Oswald Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books, a medium where he has produced a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell...
  
   and Tim Perkins in The Highbury Working- each song about a time of Highbury
• "Nodnol" by the Spectrum
• "Non-Stop London" by Johnny Dankworth
• "North London" by Wiley
  Wiley (rapper)
  Richard Kylea Cowie , better known by his stage name Wiley is a prolific British music producer, MC and recording artist, and rapper with roots from Trinidad...
  
  
• "North London Boy" by Incognito
  Incognito (band)
  Incognito is a British band, as well as one of the members of the United Kingdom's acid jazz movement. Their debut album, Jazz Funk, was released in 1981, with thirteen more albums following, the last of which, Transatlantic RPM, was released in 2010....
  
  
• "North London Trash" by Razorlight
  Razorlight
  Razorlight are a UK based indie rock band formed in 2002. They are primarily known in the UK, having topped the charts with the 2006 single "America" and its parent self-titled album, their second...
  
  
• "No More" by Noel Coward
  Noël Coward
  Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy...
  
   ('No more binges at the Piccadilly; Cafe Royal and Ritz, goodbye')
• "No Place Like London" by Stephen Sondheim
  Stephen Sondheim
  Stephen Joshua Sondheim is an American composer and lyricist for stage and film. He is the winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, multiple Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and the Laurence Olivier Award...
  
  
• "No Trees In Brixton Prison" by Bob Manton
• "North Weezie" by BMD A slang term for the area of northwest London
  London
  London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
  
   in particular the neighbourhoods with the famous NW10 postal code
• "North West Three" by Fatboy Slim
  Fatboy Slim
  Norman Quentin Cook better known by his former stage name Fatboy Slim, is a British DJ, electronic dance music musician, and record producer. He is a pioneer of the big beat genre that achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s...
  
  
• "Northern Line" by Jamie T
  Jamie T
  Jamie Alexander Treays , known by his stage name Jamie T, is an English singer/songwriter from Wimbledon, South London.-Early life:Jamie Alexander Treays, was born in Wimbledon, South-West London...
  
  
• "Northern Line" by Yeti
  Yeti (band)
  Yeti are an English rock band, founded in 2004 by John Hassall, of The Libertines. Hassall met Brendan Kersey, Andrew Deian and Mark Underwood through mutual friends, and the line-up was completed when drummer Graham Blacow responded to a classified advertisement...
  
  
• "Not Dark Yet" by Bob Dylan
  Bob Dylan
  Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
  
   ('Well I been to London, and I been to gay Paree')
• "Nothing Can Save Us London" by Starpower
• "Notting Hill" by Trevor Jones
  Trevor Jones (composer)
  Trevor Alfred Charles Jones is a South African orchestral film score composer. Although not especially well known outside the film world, he has composed for numerous films and his music has been critically acclaimed for both its depth and emotion.-Career:At the age of five, Jones already had...
  
  
• "Notting Hill Eviction Blues" by Ram John Holder
  Ram John Holder
  Ram John Holder is a British actor. He began his performing career as a folk singer in New York. In 1962 he came to London and worked with Pearl Connor's Negro Theatre Workshop initially as a musician, and later as an actor...
  
  
• "Notting Hill Gate" by Quintessence
• "Now You're Down In London" by Me & Him
• "NW3" by The Pogues
• "NW5" by Madness
  Madness (band)
  In 1979, the band recorded the Lee Thompson composition "The Prince". The song, like the band's name, paid homage to their idol, Prince Buster. The song was released through 2 Tone Records, the label of The Specials founder Jerry Dammers. The song was a surprise hit, peaking in the UK music charts...
  
  
• "NW10" by JC Carroll
  JC Carroll
  Jean-marie Carroll is an English composer, songwriter and musician of French-Irish extraction. After playing in various school bands, JC's first taste of serious music was a 1974 chance meeting in the Three Mariners in Bagshot, Surrey with pub rock pioneer and 1970s icon Graham Parker...
  
  
• "NyLon Woman" By Holestar

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• "The Oak and the Ash" (North Country Maid) (traditional)
• "Ode in Honour of the London Military Association" by O'Brien
  O'Brien
  The O'Brien dynasty are a royal and noble house founded in the 10th century by Brian Boru of the Dál gCais or Dalcassians. After becoming King of Munster, through conquest he established himself as High King of Ireland...
  
  
• "The Official Arsenal March" by Highbury Marchers
• "Oh! 'Ampstead" by Albert Chevalier
  Albert Chevalier
  Albert Onesime Britannicus Gwathveoyd Louis Chevalier was an English comedian and actor.-Early life:Albert Chevalier was born in the Royal Crescent, in London's Notting Hill...
  
   and John Crook
  John Crook
  John Hurrell Crook, BSc, PhD, DSc , was a British ethologist who filled a pivotal role in British primatology....
  
   ('The day you spent at 'Ampstead 'Eath you never will forget')
• "Oh Baby Won't Come Back Home To Croydon Where Everyone Beedle's And Bo's" by Brian Auger
  Brian Auger
  Brian Auger is a jazz and rock keyboardist, who has specialized in playing the Hammond organ.A jazz pianist, bandleader, session musician and Hammond B3 player, Auger has played or toured with artists such as Rod Stewart, Tony Williams, Jimi Hendrix, Sonny Boy Williamson, Led Zeppelin, Eric Burdon...
  
  * "Oh! Mr. Porter" by George LeBrunn ('Came up to see wond'rous sights of famous London Town')
• "Old Compton Street Blues" by Al Stewart
  Al Stewart
  Al Stewart is a Scottish singer-songwriter and folk-rock musician.Stewart came to stardom as part of the British folk revival in the 1960s and 1970s, and developed his own unique style of combining folk-rock songs with delicately woven tales of the great characters and events from history.He is...
  
  
• "The Old Main Drag" by The Pogues
  The Pogues
  The Pogues are a Celtic punk band, formed in 1982 and fronted by Shane MacGowan. The band reached international prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. MacGowan left the band in 1991 due to drinking problems but the band continued first with Joe Strummer and then with Spider Stacy on vocals before...
  
  
• "Old Father Thames (Keep Rolling Along)" by Raymond Wallace
• "Old Portobello Road" by Babs Nielsen
• "Old River Thames" by Automatics
  Automatics
  Automatics are an English punk rock and New Wave band that was formed by Dave Philp in 1976 after a brief stint as the singer with The Boys.-History:...
  
  
• "Old Smokey" by Linda Lewis
  Linda Lewis
  Linda Lewis is an English vocalist, songwriter and Guitarist. Lewis is the oldest of six children two of whom also had singing careers...
  
  
• "Old Whitehall Number" by Sadie's Expression
• "Oliver's Army
  Oliver's Army
  "Oliver's Army" is a song written by Elvis Costello, originally performed by Elvis Costello and the Attractions and appearing on the album Armed Forces in 1979. It remains his most successful single, spending four weeks at Nº2 in the UK singles chart....
  
  " by Elvis Costello
  Elvis Costello
  Elvis Costello , born Declan Patrick MacManus, is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader...
  
  
• "On a Mission" by The Rakes
  The Rakes
  The Rakes were an English indie rock band from London. They split up in October 2009.-History:The Rakes formed in 2004. Since coming to fame in 2005, they were associated with the British post-punk/art rock scene, a genre shared by bands such as Bloc Party, Maxïmo Park, and The Futureheads...
  
  
• "On Bagnigge Wells" by Thomas Chapman and George Kirshaw - Bagnigge Wells was an 18th century spa in the King's Cross area
• "On London Bridge" by Jo Stafford
  Jo Stafford
  Jo Elizabeth Stafford was an American singer of traditional pop music and jazz standards and occasional actress whose career ran from the late 1930s to the early 1960s...
  
  
• "On Primrose Hill" by Suzanne Chawner
• "On the Day We Went to See the Coronation" by Gwen Lewis (Coronation of Elizabeth II, 1953)
• "On the Steps of Old St Pauls" by Billy Cotton
  Billy Cotton
  William Edward Cotton , better known as Billy Cotton, was a British band leader and entertainer, one of the few whose orchestras survived the dance band era. Today, he is mainly remembered as a 1950s and 1960s radio and television personality, although his musical talent emerged as early as the 1920s...
  
  
• "(One Afternoon On)Carnaby Street" by Tapestry
  Tapestry
  Tapestry is a form of textile art, traditionally woven on a vertical loom, however it can also be woven on a floor loom as well. It is composed of two sets of interlaced threads, those running parallel to the length and those parallel to the width ; the warp threads are set up under tension on a...
  
  
• "One For John Gee" by Jethro Tull
  Jethro Tull (band)
  Jethro Tull are a British rock group formed in 1967. Their music is characterised by the vocals, acoustic guitar, and flute playing of Ian Anderson, who has led the band since its founding, and the guitar work of Martin Barre, who has been with the band since 1969.Initially playing blues rock with...
  
   - John Gee being manager of London's Marquee Club.
• "One Hundred Punks Rule" by Generation X
  Generation X (band)
  Generation X was a British punk rock band, formed on 21 November 1976 by Billy Idol, Tony James and John Towe.-History:...
  
  
• "One Man Band" by Leo Sayer
  Leo Sayer
  Leo Sayer is a British singer-songwriter, musician, and entertainer whose singing career has spanned four decades. Sayer became a naturalised Australian citizen in 2009. Sayer was a top singles and album act on both sides of the Atlantic in the 1970s...
  
   ('Everyone knows you in Ladbroke Grove')
• "The Only Living Boy in New Cross" by Carter USM
  Carter USM
  Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine is a British indie rock band formed in 1988 by singer Jim "Jim Bob" Morrison and guitarist Les "Fruitbat" Carter. They made their name with a distinctive style of power pop, fusing samples, sequenced basses and drum machines with rock 'n' roll guitars and...
  
  
• "Open Wimbledon" by Lance Lumsden and the Calypso Raqueteers
• "Operation Blade" by Public Domain
  Public domain
  Works are in the public domain if the intellectual property rights have expired, if the intellectual property rights are forfeited, or if they are not covered by intellectual property rights at all...
  
   ('Bass in the place London')
• "Opium Nights" by Alan Moore
  Alan Moore
  Alan Oswald Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books, a medium where he has produced a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell...
  
   and Tim Perkins in The Highbury Working- each song about a time of Highbury
• "Oranges and Lemons" (Bells of St. Clements) (traditional)
• "An Ordinary Copper" by Jeff Darnell and Jack Warner
  Jack Warner
  Jack Leonard "J. L." Warner , born Jacob Warner in London, Ontario, was a Canadian American film executive who was the president and driving force behind the Warner Bros. Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California...
  
   ('I'm an ordinary copper who's patrolling his beat, around Dock Green')
• "Original London Style" by London Posse
  London Posse
  London Posse was one of the earliest groups in the British hip hop scene. It was formed by Sipho the Human Beatbox, along with Rodney P, Bionic and DJ Biznezz. They formed for a tour of the US to support Mick Jones' new group, Big Audio Dynamite...
  
  
• "Orion" by Jethro Tull
  Jethro Tull (band)
  Jethro Tull are a British rock group formed in 1967. Their music is characterised by the vocals, acoustic guitar, and flute playing of Ian Anderson, who has led the band since its founding, and the guitar work of Martin Barre, who has been with the band since 1969.Initially playing blues rock with...
  
   ('darkest Chelsea')
• "Ossie's Dream (Spurs on our Their Way To Wembley)" by Chas & Dave
• "Over The Flats" by T Rex
• "Oxford Street" by Everything But The Girl
  Everything but the Girl
  Everything but the Girl was a two-person English band, formed in Hull during 1981, consisting of lead singer and occasional guitarist Tracey Thorn and guitarist, keyboardist, and singer Ben Watt . They are currently inactive although vocalist Tracey Thorn hinted that they may reform someday...
  
  
• "Oxford Street in the Blackout" by David Heavenor
• "Oxford Street March" by Eric Coates
  Eric Coates
  Eric Coates was an English composer of light music and a viola player.-Life:Eric was born in Hucknall in Nottinghamshire to William Harrison Coates , a surgeon, and his wife, Mary Jane Gwynne, hailing from Usk in Monmouthshire...
  
  
• "Oxford St, W1" by Television Personalities
• "One Night in Hackney" by Dynamo City

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• "P.25 London" by The Black Crowes
  The Black Crowes
  The Black Crowes are an American rock band formed in 1989. Their discography includes nine studio albums, four live albums and several charting singles. The band was signed to Def American Recordings in 1989 by producer George Drakoulias and released their debut album, Shake Your Money Maker, the...
  
  
• "Paddington Bear" by Bernard Cribbins
  Bernard Cribbins
  Bernard Cribbins, OBE is an English character actor, voice-over artist and musical comedian with a career spanning over half a century who came to prominence in films in the 1960s, has been in work consistently since his professional debut in the mid 1950s, and as of 2010 is still an active...
  
  
• "Painter Man" by The Creation
  The Creation (band)
  The Creation were an English rock band, formed in 1966. The most popular Creation song was "Painter Man", which made the Top 40 in the UK Singles Chart in late 1966, and reached #8 in the German chart in April 1967. It was later covered by Boney M in 1979, and reached the #10 position in the UK...
  
  
• "Panic" by The Smiths
  The Smiths
  The Smiths were an English alternative rock band, formed in Manchester in 1982. Based on the song writing partnership of Morrissey and Johnny Marr , the band also included Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce...
  
  
• "Parkeskine" by Saint Etienne
  Saint Etienne (band)
  Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists...
  
  
• "Parliament Hill" by Saint Etienne
  Saint Etienne (band)
  Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists...
  
  
• "Part Time Punks" by Television Personalities
• "Parties In Chelsea" by Television Personalities
• "Party in Paris" by UK Subs
  UK Subs
  The U.K. Subs are an English punk rock band, among the earliest in the first wave of British punk. Formed in 1976, the mainstay of the band has been vocalist Charlie Harper, originally a singer in Britain's R&B scene. They were also one of the first street punk bands.-Career:The U.K...
  
   ('meanwhile back in London', etc.)
• "Pentonville" by Babyshambles
  Babyshambles
  Babyshambles are an English indie rock band established in London. The band was formed by Pete Doherty during a hiatus from his former band The Libertines, but Babyshambles has since become his main project . Babyshambles has released two albums, three EPs and a number of singles...
  
  
• "Pentonville Blues" by Glide & Swerve featuring Boy George
  Boy George
  Boy George is a British singer-songwriter who was part of the English New Romantic movement which emerged in the early 1980s. He helped give androgyny an international stage with the success of Culture Club during the 1980s. His music is often classified as blue-eyed soul, which is influenced by...
  
  
• "Pepper's Ghost" by Alan Moore
  Alan Moore
  Alan Oswald Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books, a medium where he has produced a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell...
  
   and Tim Perkins in The Highbury Working- each song about a time of Highbury
• "Peter the Painter" by Ian Dury
  Ian Dury
  Ian Robins Dury was an English rock and roll singer, lyricist, bandleader and actor who initially rose to fame during the late 1970s, during the punk and New Wave era of rock music...
  
  
• "Petticoat Lane" by Stanley Holloway
  Stanley Holloway
  Stanley Augustus Holloway, OBE was an English stage and film actor, comedian, singer, poet and monologist. He was famous for his comic and character roles on stage and screen, especially that of Alfred P. Doolittle in My Fair Lady...
  
  ]
• "Petticoat Lane (On A Saturday Ain't So Nice) by Lionel Bart
  Lionel Bart
  Lionel Bart was a writer and composer of British pop music and musicals, best known for creating the book, music and lyrics for Oliver!-Early life:...
  
  
• "Piccadilly" by David Rose and his Orchestra
• "Piccadilly" by Squeeze
• "The Piccadilly Baronet" by Ronald Bagnall
• "Piccadilly Circus" by Bo Jangle
• "Piccadilly Circus" by Pernilla Wahlgren
  Pernilla Wahlgren
  Pernilla Nina Elisabeth Wahlgren is a Swedish singer, actress and presenter. In 2004, she received the Ulla Billquist award.-Family:...
  
  
• "Piccadilly Circus" by Frank Boeijen
  Frank Boeijen
  Frank Boeijen is a Dutch singer and guitarist. His best known songs are Kronenburg Park about a prostitute, Zwart Wit about the racial murder of Kerwin Duinmeijer in Amsterdam and Twee gezichten about a split personality...
  
   (in Dutch
  Dutch language
  Dutch is a West Germanic language and the native language of the majority of the population of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Suriname, the three member states of the Dutch Language Union. Most speakers live in the European Union, where it is a first language for about 23 million and a second...
  
  )
• "Piccadilly Circus" by I Marc 4
• "Piccadilly Circus" by Stiff Little Fingers
  Stiff Little Fingers
  Stiff Little Fingers are a punk rock band from Belfast, Northern Ireland. They formed in 1977, at the height of the Troubles. They started out as a schoolboy band called Highway Star , doing rock covers, until they discovered punk. They split up after six years and four albums, although they...
  
  
• "Piccadilly Folks" by Lord Kitchener
  Lord Kitchener (calypsonian)
  Aldwyn Roberts , better known by the stage name Lord Kitchener , was one of the most internationally famous calypsonians. He was the son of a blacksmith, Stephen, and homemaker, Albertha.-Life:...
  
  
• "Piccadilly Line" by Jim Dale
  Jim Dale
  Jim Dale, MBE is an English actor, voice artist, singer and songwriter. He is best known in the United Kingdom for his many appearances in the Carry On series of films and in the US for narrating the Harry Potter audiobook series, for which he received two Grammy Awards, and the ABC series Pushing...
  
  
• "Piccadilly Palare" by Morrissey
  Morrissey
  Steven Patrick Morrissey , known as Morrissey, is an English singer and lyricist. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the alternative rock band The Smiths. The band was highly successful in the United Kingdom but broke up in 1987, and Morrissey began a solo career,...
  
  
• "Piccadilly Rag" by Joe 'Fingers' Carr
• "Piccadilly Rock" by Bill Haley & His Comets
  Bill Haley & His Comets
  Bill Haley & His Comets was an American rock and roll band that was founded in 1952 and continued until Haley's death in 1981. The band, also known by the names Bill Haley and The Comets and Bill Haley's Comets , was the earliest group of white musicians to bring rock and roll to the attention of...
  
  
• "Piccadilly Sidetracks" by The Enemy
  The Enemy (UK punk band)
  The Enemy are a punk rock band from Derby, England, who formed in 1980, releasing two albums.-History:The Enemy formed in early 1980 in their local youth club, with several changes of personnel before they stabilized the following year as Mark Woodhouse , Steve "Mez" Mellors , Steve O'Donnell , and...
  
  
• "Piccadilly Third Stop" by Eric Winston Orchestra
• "The Piccadilly Trail" by The Style Council
  The Style Council
  The Style Council were an English band, formed in 1983 by the ex-The Jam singer and guitarist Paul Weller, with keyboardist Mick Talbot. The permanent line-up grew to include drummer Steve White and Weller's then-wife, vocalist Dee C. Lee. Other artists such as Tracie Young and Tracey Thorn also...
  
  
• "The Piccadilly Trot" by George Arthurs and Worton Davis
• "Pie and Mash" by the Gonads
• "Pigeon Song" by Patrick Wolf
  Patrick Wolf
  Patrick Wolf is an English-Irish singer-songwriter from South London. Patrick utilises a wide variety of instruments in his music, most commonly the ukulele, piano and viola...
  
  
• "Pimlico" by David Devant & His Spirit Wife
  David Devant & His Spirit Wife
  David Devant and His Spirit Wife are an indie/art rock band from Brighton, England. They are named after the English magician and early film exhibitor, David Devant .-History:David Devant and His Spirit Wife formed in Brighton in the early 1990s...
  
  
• "Pimlico" by Spencer's Washboard Kings
• "Pinball" by Brian Prothero
• "Pinball Wizard
  Pinball Wizard
  "Pinball Wizard" is a song written by Pete Townshend and performed by the English rock band The Who, and featured on their 1969 rock opera album Tommy. The original recording was released as a single in 1969 and reached No. 4 in the UK charts and No. 19 on the U.S...
  
  " by The Who
  The Who
  The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...
  
  
• "Pissed Up in SE 1" Aphex Twin
  Aphex Twin
  Richard David James , best known under the pseudonym Aphex Twin, is an Irish-born electronic musician and composer described as "the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music"...
  
  
• "Places" by Fountains of Wayne
  Fountains of Wayne
  Fountains of Wayne is an American power pop band that formed in New York City in 1996. The band consists of members Chris Collingwood, Adam Schlesinger, Jody Porter and Brian Young.-Early years:...
  
  
• "Plaistow Patricia" by Ian Dury
  Ian Dury
  Ian Robins Dury was an English rock and roll singer, lyricist, bandleader and actor who initially rose to fame during the late 1970s, during the punk and New Wave era of rock music...
  
  
• "Plaistow Flex Out" by Squarepusher
  Squarepusher
  Squarepusher is the performing pseudonym of Tom Jenkinson, an English electronic music artist signed to Warp Records. He specialises in the electronic music genres of drum and bass and acid, with a significant jazz and musique concrète influence....
  
  
• "Plastic Surgery" by Adam and the Ants ('gonna take you down to Harley Street')
• "Play with Fire" by The Rolling Stones
  The Rolling Stones
  The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
  
  
• "The Pleasures of Spring Gardens, Vauxhall" by William Boyce
• "A Poem on the Underground Wall" by Simon and Garfunkel
• "Police And Youth In The Grove"/"Ladbroke Dub" by Harris Have Sound Will Travel/Lucky Allstars
• "Polly Perkins of Paddington Green" by Harry Clifton
  Harry Clifton
  Harry Clifton is an Irish poet. He was born in Dublin, but has lived in Africa and Asia, as well as more recently in continental Europe...
  
  
• "Pop" by Edward Kent ('It was at a ball in Poplar')
• "Pop Goes the Weasel" - traditional ('Up and down the City Road, in and out the Eagle')
• "Portobello Belle" by Dire Straits
  Dire Straits
  Dire Straits were a British rock band active from 1977 to 1995, composed of Mark Knopfler , his younger brother David Knopfler , John Illsley , and Pick Withers .Dire Straits' sound drew from a variety of musical influences, including jazz, folk, blues, and came closest...
  
  
• "Portobello Cafe" by Ballistic Brothers
  Ballistic Brothers
  Ballistic Brothers were a British based band comprising Ashley Beedle, Rocky & Diesel and David Hill . Specialising in a kind of jazz-influenced funky electronica music, the band released two full length studio albums in the mid-1990s....
  
  
• "Portobello Road" from Bedknobs and Broomsticks
  Bedknobs and Broomsticks
  Bedknobs and Broomsticks is a 1971 musical film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution Company which combines live action and animation and was released in North America on December 13, 1971...
  
  
• "Portobello Road" by Cat Stevens
  Cat Stevens
  Yusuf Islam , commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator, philanthropist, and prominent convert to Islam....
  
  
• "Portobello Road" by the Spectrum
• "Posin' At The Roundhouse" by Television Personalities
• "Postcard From London" by Ray Davies
  Ray Davies
  Ray Davies, CBE is an English rock musician. He is best known as lead singer and songwriter for the Kinks, which he led with his younger brother, Dave...
  
  
• "Powis Square" by Ry Cooder
  Ry Cooder
  Ryland Peter "Ry" Cooder is an American guitarist, singer and composer. He is known for his slide guitar work, his interest in roots music from the United States, and, more recently, his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries.His solo work has been eclectic, encompassing...
  
  
• "The Prettiest Star (Gloucester Road)" by David Bowie
  David Bowie
  David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
  
  
• "Pretty Polly Perkins of Paddington Green" - originally a music hall song
• "Primrose Hill" (I - piano duet) by Albert Durante
• "Primrose Hill" by Beverley Martyn
  Beverley Martyn
  Beverley Martyn is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist.While still a student, she was picked to front The Levee Breakers, a jug band who played the folk circuit in South East England...
  
  
• "Primrose Hill" by Kathe Green
  Kathe Green
  Kathe Green is a Californian actress, model and singer. She is the daughter of Johnny Green.-Career:Kathe Green appeared in Blake Edwards´ The Party and then dubbed all of Mark Lester's singing voice in Oliver!. She signed to Deram Records and used a line of poetry bestowed on her by close friend...
  
  
• "Primrose Hill" by Loudon Wainwright III
  Loudon Wainwright III
  Loudon Snowden Wainwright III is a Grammy Award-winning American songwriter, folk singer, humorist, and actor. He is the father of musicians Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright and Lucy Wainwright Roche, brother of Sloan Wainwright, and the former husband of the late folk singer Kate McGarrigle.To...
  
  
• "Primrose Hill" by Madness
  Madness (band)
  In 1979, the band recorded the Lee Thompson composition "The Prince". The song, like the band's name, paid homage to their idol, Prince Buster. The song was released through 2 Tone Records, the label of The Specials founder Jerry Dammers. The song was a surprise hit, peaking in the UK music charts...
  
  
• "Primrose Hill" by Pat Kenny
  Pat Kenny
  Patrick "Pat" Kenny is an Irish broadcaster and former disc jockey and continuity announcer. He is employed by Raidió Teilifís Éireann and is their highest paid presenter. He presents Today with Pat Kenny on RTÉ Radio 1 each weekday morning between 10:00 and midday...
  
   and Mirsad
  Mirsad
  Mirsad is a given name for males. People named Mirsad include:* Mirsad Baljić, Yugoslav footballer* Mirsad Bektašević, Swedish Islamist* Mirsad Bešlija, Bosnian footballer* Mirsad Fazlagić, Bosnian footballer* Mirsad Hibić, Bosnian footballer...
  
  
• "Primrose Hill" by Peggy Seeger
  Peggy Seeger
  Margaret "Peggy" Seeger is an American folksinger. She is also well known in Britain, where she lived for more than 30 years with her husband, singer and songwriter Ewan MacColl.- The first American period :...
  
  
• "Primrose Hill" by Ray Russell
  Ray Russell
  Ray Russell was an American writer of short stories, novels, and screenplays. In 1991 he received the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement....
  
  
• "Primrose Hill" (I) by Saint Etienne
  Saint Etienne (band)
  Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists...
  
  
• "A Prince In A Pauper's Grave" by Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine
• "Princely Wooing of the Fair Maid of London" - composer unknown
• "Products" by Sway DaSafo
  Sway DaSafo
  Derek Andrew Safo is a Ghanaian British musician who uses the stage names Sway DaSafo or Sway. He is signed to Akon's Konvict Muzik record label and he is also a producer, establishing DCypha Productions.-Childhood:...
  
   feat. El Rae
• "Pudding Mill Lane" by Saint Etienne
  Saint Etienne (band)
  Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists...
  
  
• "Pulled Along by Love" by The Mutton Birds
  The Mutton Birds
  The Mutton Birds was a band from New Zealand formed in 1991 by Don McGlashan, Ross Burge, and David Long.-History:All three members came into the band with experience: McGlashan came from Blam Blam Blam and The Front Lawn, guitarist Long had played in the Six Volts and Burge had played in the...
  
   - trains on the Northern Line
• "Pump Up London" by Mr Lee
• "Puttin' on The Ritz" by Irving Berlin
  Irving Berlin
  Irving Berlin was an American composer and lyricist of Jewish heritage, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history.His first hit song, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", became world famous...
  
  
• "Queen of Old Compton Street" by Fruit
  Fruit
  In broad terms, a fruit is a structure of a plant that contains its seeds.The term has different meanings dependent on context. In non-technical usage, such as food preparation, fruit normally means the fleshy seed-associated structures of certain plants that are sweet and edible in the raw state,...
  
  
• "Quite Au Fait" by Strake Shenton and Alfred Lee ('I'm called the fav'rite of West-end')

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• "Railway Hotel" by Mike Batt
  Mike Batt
  Michael Philip "Mike" Batt is a British songwriter, musician, producer and Deputy Chairman of the British Phonographic Industry...
  
  
• "Rain Fall Down" by The Rolling Stones
  The Rolling Stones
  The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
  
  
• "Raining in London" by Isaac Hayes
  Isaac Hayes
  Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. was an American songwriter, musician, singer and actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the...
  
  
• "A Rainy Day in London" by Paris
  Paris
  Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
  
  
• "Rainy Day in London" by the Peddlers
  The Peddlers
  The Peddlers were a British pop trio of the 1960s and 1970s.-History:The Peddlers formed in Manchester in April 1964, as a trio of Trevor Morais , Tab Martin and Roy Phillips The Peddlers were a British pop trio of the 1960s and 1970s.-History:The Peddlers formed in Manchester in April 1964, as a...
  
  
• "Rainy Night in Soho
  Rainy Night in Soho
  "Rainy Night in Soho" is a song by The Pogues. Originally included on their Poguetry in Motion EP, a different version can be found on an expanded edition of the group's 1985 release, Rum, Sodomy and the Lash. The song is commonly performed at Pogues concerts and has been included in their recent...
  
  " by The Pogues
  The Pogues
  The Pogues are a Celtic punk band, formed in 1982 and fronted by Shane MacGowan. The band reached international prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. MacGowan left the band in 1991 due to drinking problems but the band continued first with Joe Strummer and then with Spider Stacy on vocals before...
  
  
• "A Ramble In St James's Park" Michael Nyman
  Michael Nyman
  Michael Laurence Nyman, CBE is an English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist, known for the many film scores he wrote during his lengthy collaboration with the filmmaker Peter Greenaway, and his multi-platinum soundtrack album to Jane Campion's The Piano...
  
  
• "Rayner's Lane" by Real People
  Real People
  Real People is an NBC reality television series that aired from 1979 to 1984, on Wednesday and then Sunday nights. Its initial episodes aired live in the Eastern and Central Time Zones.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• "Real Estate" by Blak Twang
  Blak Twang
  Blak Twang who also uses the pseudonyms of Taipanic and Tony Rotton, is a British rapper who grew up in Deptford, Lewisham, South East London...
  
  (mentions SE8, Tanner's Hill, Stockwell Park Estate, Stonebridge, Broadwater Farm, Baskerville residents, New Cross)
• "Reasons To Be Cheerful Part 3" by Ian Dury
  Ian Dury
  Ian Robins Dury was an English rock and roll singer, lyricist, bandleader and actor who initially rose to fame during the late 1970s, during the punk and New Wave era of rock music...
  
  
• "Red For Piccadilly" by Humphrey Lyttleton and his Band
• "Red London" by Sham 69
  Sham 69
  Sham 69 is an English punk band that formed in Hersham in 1976.Although not as commercially successful as many of their contemporaries, albeit with a greater number of chart entries, Sham 69 has been a huge musical and lyrical influence on the Oi! and streetpunk genres. The band allegedly derived...
  
  
• "Red Skies Over Wembley" by Serious Drinking
  Serious Drinking
  Serious Drinking were a humorous punk rock band from Norwich, England whose lyrical themes often covered football and drinking.-History:The band formed in February 1981, taking their name from a Sounds headline to an interview with The Cockney Rejects, with most members having met at the University...
  
  
• "Regent Street" by I Marc 4
• "Regent's Canal" by Nancy Bush and Alfred Ralston
• "Regent's Park" (I - quick march) by Cyril Johnson
• "Regent's Park" (I) by Neotropic - Riz Maslen
• "Regent's Park" by Sonic Magpie
• "Regent's Park in Blue" by Dan Melchior
  Dan Melchior
  Dan Melchior is a singer/songwriter/guitarist who grew up in Shepperton, Surrey, , England and is often labeled a 'garage rock' musician....
  
  
• "Reggie" by Charles Vivian and Fred Stanton ('At Richmond on Sundays you'll see me no doubt')
• "Remembering Petticoat Lane" by John Williams
  John Williams
  John Towner Williams is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. In a career spanning almost six decades, he has composed some of the most recognizable film scores in the history of motion pictures, including the Star Wars saga, Jaws, Superman, the Indiana Jones films, E.T...
  
   (an instrumental from the Jurassic Park film score)
• "Remote Control" by The Clash
  The Clash
  The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...
  
  
• "Renee" by Small Faces
• "Rendezvous 6:02" by UK
  UK (band)
  U.K. were a short-lived British progressive rock supergroup active from 1977 until 1980.The band was composed of Singer/Bassist John Wetton, formerly of King Crimson, Bryan Ferry's band and Uriah Heep, Keyboardist/Electric Violinist Eddie Jobson, formerly of Curved Air, Roxy Music and Frank Zappa's...
  
  
• "Respect Me" by Dizzee Rascal
  Dizzee Rascal
  Dylan Kwabena Mills , better known by his stage name Dizzee Rascal, is a Ghanaian British rapper, songwriter and record producer. His music is a blend of garage, hip hop, grime, ragga, pop and electronic music, with eclectic samples and more exotic styles...
  
   (reference to "Holly Street" in E8)
• "Retreat" by The Rakes
  The Rakes
  The Rakes were an English indie rock band from London. They split up in October 2009.-History:The Rakes formed in 2004. Since coming to fame in 2005, they were associated with the British post-punk/art rock scene, a genre shared by bands such as Bloc Party, Maxïmo Park, and The Futureheads...
  
  
• "Rhyme" by William Walton
  William Walton
  Sir William Turner Walton OM was an English composer. During a sixty-year career, he wrote music in several classical genres and styles, from film scores to opera...
  
  
• "Rich Girl
  Rich Girl (Gwen Stefani song)
  "Rich Girl" is a song by American recording artist Gwen Stefani from her debut solo album, Love. Angel. Music. Baby. . Produced by Dr. Dre, the track features rapper Eve, and is a remake of Louchie Lou & Michie One's 1993 song of the same name, which was in turn an adaptation of the Fiddler on the...
  
  " by Gwen Stefani
  Gwen Stefani
  Gwen Renée Stefani is an American singer-songwriter and fashion designer. Stefani is the lead vocalist for the rock and ska band No Doubt. Stefani recorded her first solo album Love. Angel. Music. Baby. in 2004. The album was inspired by music of the 1980s, and was a success with sales of over...
  
   ft Eve ('Please book me first class to my fancy house in London Town')
• "Rich Ah Gettin Richer" by Rebel MC (references Tottenham 3, London massive etc.)
• "Richmond" by The Faces
  Faces (band)
  Faces are an English rock band formed in 1969 by members of the Small Faces after Steve Marriott left that group to form Humble Pie...
  
  
• "Richmond" bt Pinpoint
• "Riot In A Notting Hill" by the Pioneers
  The Pioneers (band)
  The Pioneers are a Jamaican reggae vocal trio, whose main period of success was in the 1960s. The trio has had different line-ups, and still occasionally performs.-Founding and early years: 1962-1967:...
  
  
• "Riots Over London" by 400 Blows
• "River of Butterflies" by Kitto
  Kitto
  Kitto may refer to:* Frank Kitto , Australian high court justice* H. D. F. Kitto , British classical Greek scholar* John Kitto , British Bible scholar* Stanislav Kitto , Estonian professional footballer...
  
   (lyrics Andrew McDonald) mentions taking from overground to underland the Piccadilly Line as an escape from London via Heathrow
• "The Road To Hell" by Chris Rea
  Chris Rea
  Chris Rea is an English singer-songwriter, recognisable for his distinctive, husky voice and slide guitar playing. The British Hit Singles & Albums stated that Rea was "one of the most popular UK singer-songwriters of the late 1980s. He was already a major European star by the time he finally...
  
   (not strictly London, but about the M25 motorway
  M25 motorway
  The M25 motorway, or London Orbital, is a orbital motorway that almost encircles Greater London, England, in the United Kingdom. The motorway was first mooted early in the 20th century. A few sections, based on the now abandoned London Ringways plan, were constructed in the early 1970s and it ...
  
   around London)
• "Rock 'N' Roll Lies" by Razorlight
  Razorlight
  Razorlight are a UK based indie rock band formed in 2002. They are primarily known in the UK, having topped the charts with the 2006 single "America" and its parent self-titled album, their second...
  
  
• "Rockin' At The 2 I's" by Wee Willie Harris
  Wee Willie Harris
  Wee Willie Harris is a British rock and roll singer. He is best known for his energetic stage shows and TV performances since the 1950s, when he was known as "Britain's wild man of rock 'n' roll".-Life and career:Working a job as a pudding mixer at Peek Freans' London bakery, Harris turned...
  
  
• "Rockin' At The Roundhouse" by Bert Weedon
  Bert Weedon
  Herbert Maurice William 'Bert' Weedon OBE is an English guitarist and composer whose style of guitar playing was popular and influential during the 1950s and 1960s. He was born in Burges Road, East Ham, Essex, now Greater London....
  
  
• "Romford Girls" by Riff Raff
• "A Room in Bloomsbury" by Sandy Wilson
  Sandy Wilson
  Sandy Wilson is an English composer and lyricist, best known for his musical The Boy Friend .-Biography:Wilson was born Alexander Galbraith Wilson in Sale, Greater Manchester, and was educated at Harrow School and Oriel College, Oxford. During the war he served in the Royal Ordnance Corps in Great...
  
  
• "Rossmore Road (NW1)" by Barry Andrews
  Barry Andrews (musician)
  Barry Andrews is a vocalist and keyboardist. He is a former member of the bands XTC and League of Gentlemen with Robert Fripp, and was co-founder of Shriekback. He has collaborated with Brian Eno on several projects, most recently guesting on keyboards for the 2005 album Another Day On Earth...
  
  
• "Round Here" By George Michael
• "Round the Marble Arch" by Ralph Butler
  Ralph Butler
  Ralph T. Butler was a British songwriter, responsible for the lyrics of many popular songs of the 1930s and later, mostly with comic or novelty elements.He was active as a songwriter from the late 1920s until the mid-1950s...
  
   and Noel Gay
  Noel Gay
  Noel Gay was born Reginald Moxon Armitage. He also used the name Stanley Hill professionally. He was a successful British composer of popular music of the 1930s and 1940s whose output comprised 45 songs as well as the music for 28 films and 26 London shows...
  
  
• "Rough in Hackney" by Overlord X
  Overlord X
  Overlord X was one of the earliest British hip hop artists to receive national acclaim in the UK, with his most well known song still being his second single release, "14 Days in May" about Edward Earl Johnson. He worked with DJ Sir Preme T as well as other members of the "X Posse"...
  
  
• "The Rover
  The Rover (song)
  "The Rover" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin from their 1975 album Physical Graffiti.The song was originally meant to be an acoustic piece, being written at Bron-Yr-Aur in 1970 and then recorded at Stargroves during the Houses of the Holy sessions in 1972...
  
  " by Led Zeppelin
  Led Zeppelin
  Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
  
    ("I've been to London...")
• "Rowbottom Square" by Barry Mason
  Barry Mason
  John Barry Mason is an English songwriter, originally from the village of Coppull, near Chorley in Lancashire....
  
  
• "Ruby Soho" by Rancid
  Rancid (band)
  Rancid is an American punk rock band formed in Berkeley, California in 1991. Founded by Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman, both of whom previously played in the ska punk band Operation Ivy, Rancid is credited—along with Green Day and The Offspring—for reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the...
  
  
• "Rudie Can't Fail" by The Clash
  The Clash
  The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...
  
   (Mentions the "19 bus"
  London Buses route 19
  London Buses route 19 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Arriva London.-History:...
  
  )
• "Run" by Kasia Stankiewicz

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• "Sad Mona Lisa" by Television Personalities
• "St James Infirmary Blues" (famous Blues/Jazz song based on English folk song with St James hospital having been in London)
• "St James Park in Spring" by Haydn Wood
  Haydn Wood
  Haydn Wood was a 20th century English composer and a respected violinist.-Life:Haydn Wood was born in the Yorkshire town of Slaithwaite on 25 March 1882...
  
  
• "St Pauls Suite" by Gustav Holst
  Gustav Holst
  Gustav Theodore Holst was an English composer. He is most famous for his orchestral suite The Planets....
  
  
• "Sal and Methuselam" by F.C. Sansom, probably 1866, sung by William H. Lingard
• "Sale of the Century
  Sale of the Century
  Sale of the Century is a television game show format that has been screened in several countries in various incarnations since 1969. The show found its biggest success in Australia, where it aired weeknights from 1980 to 2001...
  
  " by Sleeper
  Sleeper (band)
  Sleeper were a British Britpop band in the 1990s fronted by Louise Wener. The band had eight UK Top 40 hit singles and three UK Top 10 albums. Their music was also featured in the soundtrack of Trainspotting.-Career:...
  
  
• "Sam Hall" (composer unknown) performed by W.G. Ross ('I goes up Holborn Hill in a cart')
• "Sam's Town
  Sam's Town
  -Band:*Brandon Flowers – lead vocals, keyboards, bass *Dave Keuning – guitar, background vocals*Mark Stoermer – bass, background vocals, guitar *Ronnie Vannucci – drums, percussion-Additional musicians:...
  
  " by The Killers
• "Santa Ain't Commin Down to Brixton Town" by Jackie Robinson
  Jackie Robinson (musician)
  Jackie Robinson is a Jamaican singer, best known as the lead vocalist with The Pioneers, but who has also recorded solo material both under his own name, and under the pseudonym Harry Hippy.-Biography:...
  
  
• "Satellite" by Sex Pistols
  Sex Pistols
  The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975. They were responsible for initiating the punk movement in the United Kingdom and inspiring many later punk and alternative rock musicians...
  
  
• "Saturday Gigs" by Mott the Hoople
  Mott the Hoople
  Mott the Hoople were a British rock band with strong R&B roots, popular in the glam rock era of the early to mid 1970s. They are popularly known for the song "All the Young Dudes", written for them by David Bowie and appearing on their 1972 album of the same name.-The early years:Mott The Hoople...
  
  
• "Saturday In The Kings Road" by Harry Robinson and his Orchestra
• "Saturday Night Beneath the Plastic Palm Trees" by The Leyton Buzzards
  Leyton Buzzards
  The Leyton Buzzards aka The Buzzards were a British rock band, active between 1976 and 1980, best known for their minor hit single, "Saturday Night ".-Career:...
  
   ('I discovered heaven in the Seven Sisters Road
  Seven Sisters Road
  Seven Sisters Road is a road in north London, England which runs within the boroughs of Islington, Hackney and Haringey. It is an extension of Camden Road, running from Holloway Road at the Nags Head crossroads then on to another crossroads with Blackstock Road and Stroud Green Road...
  
   also 'Crews from Balham
  Balham, London
  Balham is a neighbourhood of south London, England, and is part of the London Borough of Wandsworth and the London Borough of Lambeth.-History:...
  
   and Golders Green and loads of places I've never been'...)
• "Saturday Nite" by Earth, Wind & Fire
  Earth, Wind & Fire
  Earth, Wind & Fire is an American soul and R&B band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1969 by Verdine and Maurice White. Also known as EWF, the band has won six Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards. They have been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Vocal Group Hall of...
  
  
• "Save Piccadilly" by Abednego and the Piccadilly Street Choir
• "Save The World, Get The Girl by The King Blues
  The King Blues
  The King Blues are a punk band from London, England, credited for fusing ska and folk together with influences from punk rock and hardcore punk. Tariq Ali described the band's sounds as 'rough, radical music that should unsettle the rulers of this country. A new generation of musicians are...
  
  
• "Scarlet Begonias" by Grateful Dead
  Grateful Dead
  The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock, and for live performances of long...
  
   (As I was walking 'round Grosvenor Square...)
• "SE18" by The Visitors
  The Visitors (band)
  The Visitors were an Australian rock band formed in 1978 after the breakup of popular punk band Radio Birdman. The songs were written by Deniz Tek but unlike many other Tek bands, Tek did not sing vocals in The Visitors. Instead the vocals were sung by long time friend of the band Mark Sisto...
  
  , 2003
• "Second Floor Croydon" by Burnin'Red
• "Second Hand" by Wilfred Bramble (a sweet little song from 1962 that namechecks London locations and is sung as if by Steptoe senior)
• "See My Friends
  See My Friends
  "See My Friends" is a song by The Kinks, written by the group's singer and guitarist, Ray Davies. Released in 1965, it reached #10 on the UK Singles Chart...
  
  " by The Kinks
  The Kinks
  The Kinks were an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, North London, by brothers Ray and Dave Davies in 1964. Categorised in the United States as a British Invasion band, The Kinks are recognised as one of the most important and influential rock acts of the era. Their music was influenced by a...
  
   ('They'll cross the river...' Thames)
• "Serjeant Sharp of Lincoln's Inn" by Walter Greenaway and Alfred Lee
• "Serpentine Gallery" by Alternative TV
  Alternative TV
  Alternative TV were an English rock band, formed in London in 1976. Their punk rock and post-punk sound was influential for several musical artists.-History:...
  
  
• "Seven Sisters Road" by Dan Reed Network
  Dan Reed Network
  The Dan Reed Network is a funk rock band formed by Dan Reed in Portland, Oregon, United States, in 1984. Dan Reed lended his vocals to a 1990 rap rock collaboration with the Portland Trail Blazers, "Bust a Bucket".-Breathless beginnings:...
  
  
• "Seven Sisters Road" by Alien Stash Tin (About a bus ride down the road mentioned in the title')
• "The Sewers Of the Strand" by Spike Milligan
  Spike Milligan
  Terence Alan Patrick Seán "Spike" Milligan Hon. KBE was a comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright, soldier and actor. His early life was spent in India, where he was born, but the majority of his working life was spent in the United Kingdom. He became an Irish citizen in 1962 after the...
  
  
• "Shad Thames" by Saint Etienne
  Saint Etienne (band)
  Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists...
  
  
• "Sheila
  Sheila (song)
  "Sheila" is a song written and recorded by Tommy Roe with the help of Robert Bosch. The single reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on September 1, 1962, remaining in the top position for two weeks and peaking at number six on the R&B charts ....
  
  " by Jamie T
  Jamie T
  Jamie Alexander Treays , known by his stage name Jamie T, is an English singer/songwriter from Wimbledon, South London.-Early life:Jamie Alexander Treays, was born in Wimbledon, South-West London...
  
  
• "She Was Poor But She Was Honest" by R.P. Weston and Bert Lee
  Bert Lee
  Bert Lee was an English songwriter. He wrote for music hall and the musical stage, often in partnership with R. P. Weston.Lee was born 11 June 1880 in Ravensthorpe, Yorkshire, England....
  
   ('Then she ran away to London to hide her grief and shame')
• "Shouting for the Gunners" by Arsenal FC and Tippa Irie
• "Shut 'em Down In London Town" by the Majority
  The Majority
  The Majority is the first and final full length studio album by Mammal. It is however, their second album following their debut Vol 1: The Aural Underground, which was a live album and also a self-titled studio EP. The album features all new songs, except Burn Out & Hollywood Shrine which are...
  
  
• "Sid's Song" by Inner City Unit
  Inner City Unit
  Inner City Unit is a British punk/space rock band fronted by ex-Hawkwind founder Nik Turner on saxophone with Judge Trev Thoms or Steve Pond , Dead Fred , Baz Magneto, Dave Anderson or Nazar Ali Khan , and Mick Stupp or Dino Ferari on drums.-History:Thoms and Ferrari were both key members of...
  
   ('In London town where I was born')
• "Sights and Sounds of London Town" by Richard Thompson
• "Signs" by Music Legends Snoop Dogg
  Snoop Dogg
  Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school...
  
   & Justin Timberlake
  Justin Timberlake
  Justin Randall Timberlake is an American pop musician and actor. He achieved early fame when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate JC Chasez...
  
  
• "Sing A Song Of London" by Stanley Holloway
  Stanley Holloway
  Stanley Augustus Holloway, OBE was an English stage and film actor, comedian, singer, poet and monologist. He was famous for his comic and character roles on stage and screen, especially that of Alfred P. Doolittle in My Fair Lady...
  
  
• "Singers Hampstead Home" by Microdisney
  Microdisney
  Microdisney was an Irish musical duo, formed in 1980 by Cathal Coughlan and Sean O'Hagan .-Original line-up:*Vocals: Cathal Coughlan*Guitar: Sean O'Hagan*Keyboards: Nick Montgomery*Bass: Jon Fell...
  
  
• "Sir Keith at Lambeth" by Mount Vernon Arts Lab
  Mount Vernon Arts Lab
  Mount Vernon Arts Lab is a musical project of Scottish musician Drew Mulholland, who has also recorded as Black Noise and N. Between 1996 and 2001, a string of EPs, singles, and albums were released...
  
  
• "Sirens Of Acre Lane" by Genaside II
  Genaside II
  Genaside II was a British electronic group active in the 1990s and early 2000s. Their music started as rave, developing into jungle, breakbeat and bigbeat. Its main member was Kris Ogden, though some other members went on to form the band Archive. Their 1991 song Narra Mine provided a sample for...
  
  ('Acre Lane' is in Brixton)
• "Ska Night Bus to Dalston" by Bad Manners
  Bad Manners
  Bad Manners are an English 2 Tone ska band. They quickly became the novelty favourites of the UK pop scene through their bald outsized frontman's on-stage antics, earning early exposure through their Top of The Pops exploits and an appearance in the live film documentary, Dance Craze.They were at...
  
  
• "Skeleton Horse" by Alan Moore
  Alan Moore
  Alan Oswald Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books, a medium where he has produced a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell...
  
   and Tim Perkins in The Highbury Working- each song about a time of Highbury
• "Slaughter at Primrose Hill" (I) by Frank Popp
• "Slim Slow Slider," by Van Morrison
  Van Morrison
  Van Morrison, OBE is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician. His live performances at their best are regarded as transcendental and inspired; while some of his recordings, such as the studio albums Astral Weeks and Moondance, and the live album It's Too Late to Stop Now, are widely...
  
   ('Saw you walking down by Ladbroke Grove this morning...')
• "Slow Down at the Castle" by Saint Etienne
  Saint Etienne (band)
  Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists...
  
  
• "The Smart Walking Jockey" by Mr. Cob and Wm. Shield ('Wherever I go from Mile End to Soho')
• "Small Town Girl" by Good Shoes
  Good Shoes
  Good Shoes are a four-piece English indie pop band, hailing from Morden, London.-Biography:Good Shoes was formed by lead singer Rhys Jones and guitarist Steve Leach who often wrote and played music together as a hobby. Rhys and Steve appeared as a two piece under the Good Shoes name for a friend's...
  
   (References Reynes Park High School, Raynes Park
  Raynes Park
  Raynes Park is a suburb within the London Borough of Merton south-west London, centred around Raynes Park station and situated between Wimbledon and New Malden. It is 8.2 miles south-west of Charing Cross. The area is effectively divided into two by the Waterloo - Southampton mainline railway...
  
  )
• "Smashing Time" by Television Personalities
• "Soho" by Bert Jansch
  Bert Jansch
  Herbert "Bert" Jansch was a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle. He was born in Glasgow and came to prominence in London in the 1960s, as an acoustic guitarist, as well as a singer-songwriter...
  
   & John Renbourn
  John Renbourn
  John Renbourn is an English guitarist and songwriter. He is possibly best known for his collaboration with guitarist Bert Jansch as well as his work with the folk group Pentangle, although he maintained a solo career before, during and after that band's existence .While most commonly labelled a...
  
  
• "Soho" by Brand X
  Brand X
  Brand X was a jazz fusion band active between 1975–1980 and 1992-1999. Noted members included Phil Collins , Percy Jones , John Goodsall and Robin Lumley ....
  
  
• "Soho" by DJ Bountyhunter
• "Soho" by I Marc 4
• "Soho" by Light of the World
  Light of the World
  Light Of The World were originally a forerunner of the late 1970s/early 1980s British jazz-funk movement. The band's name is taken from the 1974 Kool and the Gang album, Light of Worlds...
  
  
• "Soho" by Milt Sealey Trio
• "Soho" by Pop Instrumental De France
• "Soho" by Run 229
• "Soho" by Smart Alec
• "Soho" by the Soul Brothers
• "Soho A Go Go" by the Members
  The Members
  The Members are a British punk band that originated in Camberley, England. Their best known recording is "The Sound of the Suburbs" .-Career:...
  
  
• "Soho Cab Ride" by Ballistic Brothers
  Ballistic Brothers
  Ballistic Brothers were a British based band comprising Ashley Beedle, Rocky & Diesel and David Hill . Specialising in a kind of jazz-influenced funky electronica music, the band released two full length studio albums in the mid-1990s....
  
  
• "Soho Fair" by Bert Weedon
  Bert Weedon
  Herbert Maurice William 'Bert' Weedon OBE is an English guitarist and composer whose style of guitar playing was popular and influential during the 1950s and 1960s. He was born in Burges Road, East Ham, Essex, now Greater London....
  
  
• "Soho Forenoons" by John Ireland
  John Ireland
  John Ireland may refer to:* John Ireland , Anglican priest and philanthropist* John Ireland , American politician...
  
   (from 'Three London Pieces')
• "Soho Jack" by Paul Brett
  Paul Brett
  Paul Brett is a classic rock guitarist. He played lead guitar with Strawbs, The Overlanders, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, Elmer Gantry’s Velvet Opera, The Velvet Opera, Tintern Abbey, Fire, Roy Harper, Al Stewart, Lonnie Donegan, and switched to twelve string guitar in the 1970s.His first...
  
  
• "Soho Mojo" by Spyro Gyra
  Spyro Gyra
  Spyro Gyra is an American jazz fusion band that was originally formed in the mid-1970s in Buffalo, New York, USA. With over 25 albums released and 10 million copies sold, they are among the most prolific as well as commercially successful groups of the genre...
  
  
• "Soho (Needless to say)" Al Stewart
  Al Stewart
  Al Stewart is a Scottish singer-songwriter and folk-rock musician.Stewart came to stardom as part of the British folk revival in the 1960s and 1970s, and developed his own unique style of combining folk-rock songs with delicately woven tales of the great characters and events from history.He is...
  
  
• "Soho Phaze" by Elixia
• "Soho Sad Show" by Bobby Henry
• "Soho Square" by Kirsty Maccoll
  Kirsty MacColl
  Kirsty Anna MacColl was an English singer-songwriter.MacColl scored several pop hits from the early 1980s to the early 1990s...
  
  
• "Soho St Ives Tangier" by the Focus Group
  The Focus Group
  The Focus Group is a project of experimental electronic musician and graphic designer Julian House. His releases are on his own label, Ghost Box Music...
  
  
• "Soho Strut" by Secret Affair
  Secret Affair
  Secret Affair were a mod revival band, formed in 1978 and disbanded in 1982. They reformed to perform and record in the 2000s.-Career:In a period of a little over two years, Secret Affair posted five releases in the UK Singles Chart and released three albums...
  
  
• "Solitary Confinement" by The Members
  The Members
  The Members are a British punk band that originated in Camberley, England. Their best known recording is "The Sound of the Suburbs" .-Career:...
  
  
• "Solo in Soho" by Phil Lynott
  Phil Lynott
  Philip Parris "Phil" Lynott was an Irish musician who first came to prominence as a founding member, principal songwriter, and frontman of the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy....
  
  
• "Someone in London" by Godsmack
  Godsmack
  Godsmack is an American heavy metal band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. The band is composed of founder, frontman and songwriter Sully Erna, guitarist Tony Rombola, bassist Robbie Merrill, and drummer Shannon Larkin...
  
   [i]
• "Song for Clay (Disappear Here)" by Bloc Party
  Bloc Party
  Bloc Party are a British Indie rock band, composed of Kele Okereke , Russell Lissack , Gordon Moakes , and Matt Tong...
  
  
• "Song for Ruth Ellis" by Adam and the Ants ('Violence in Hampstead')
• "So Rotton" by Blak Twang
  Blak Twang
  Blak Twang who also uses the pseudonyms of Taipanic and Tony Rotton, is a British rapper who grew up in Deptford, Lewisham, South East London...
  
  (London - West, East, South, North and NW)
• "Sorted for E's and Wizz" by Pulp
  Pulp (band)
  Pulp are an English alternative rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978. Their lineup consists of Jarvis Cocker , Russell Senior , Candida Doyle , Mark Webber , Steve Mackey and Nick Banks ....
  
  
• "So So" by Gary Go
  Gary Go
  Gary Baker, also known by his stage name Gary Go is a British pop-rock singer, songwriter and producer. His debut single "Wonderful" was a Top 30 track in the UK, the debut album Gary Go was released May 2009 and reached number 22 in the UK Albums Chart...
  
  
• "South London Boroughs" by Burial
  Burial (musician)
  Burial is the stage name of William Bevan, an electronic musician from London. His music contains elements of dubstep, 2-step garage, ambient and house music. His eponymous debut album was released in 2006 to critical acclaim...
  
  
• "Sound Bwoy Burial" by Gant(South, North, East and West London)
• "Sound of the Suburbs" by The Members
  The Members
  The Members are a British punk band that originated in Camberley, England. Their best known recording is "The Sound of the Suburbs" .-Career:...
  
  
• "South of the River" by Mica Paris
  Mica Paris
  Mica Paris is an English soul singer, radio and television presenter, and occasional actress. Her forename is pronounced Misha.-Beginnings:Paris' roots are in soul and gospel music...
  
  
• "South London Aggro Girl" by the Gonads
• "Southern Belles in London Sing" by The Faint
  The Faint
  The Faint is an American indie rock band. Formed in Omaha, Nebraska, the band consists of Todd Fink, Jacob Thiele, Dapose, Joel Petersen and Clark Baechle. The Faint was originally known as Norman Bailer and included Conor Oberst...
  
  
• "Southside" by the Southside Allstars (A Grime song about South London)
• "Souvenir of London" by Procol Harum
  Procol Harum
  Procol Harum are a British rock band, formed in 1967, which contributed to the development of progressive rock, and by extension, symphonic rock. Their best-known recording is their 1967 single "A Whiter Shade of Pale"...
  
  
• "Space Cakes" by Kaotic Chemistry ('North London posse in the place')
• "Spirit" by Razorlight
  Razorlight
  Razorlight are a UK based indie rock band formed in 2002. They are primarily known in the UK, having topped the charts with the 2006 single "America" and its parent self-titled album, their second...
  
  
• "Spring-Heel'd Jack(The Terror of London)" by the Gonads
• "The Spurs Song" by the Totnamites
• "Stagger" by Underworld
  Underworld (band)
  Underworld are a British electronic group, and principal name under which duo Karl Hyde and Rick Smith have recorded together since 1980.- Early years: 1979–1986 :...
  
  
• "Stand Up Tall
  Stand Up Tall
  "Stand Up Tall" is the fourth single from British rapper Dizzee Rascal and the lead single from his second album Showtime.The single became Dizzee's fourth Top 40 hit when it charted at number 10 upon initial release; also marking the first Top 10 hit from the rapper...
  
  " by Dizzee Rascal
  Dizzee Rascal
  Dylan Kwabena Mills , better known by his stage name Dizzee Rascal, is a Ghanaian British rapper, songwriter and record producer. His music is a blend of garage, hip hop, grime, ragga, pop and electronic music, with eclectic samples and more exotic styles...
  
  
• "Stanwell" by Action Pact
  Action Pact
  !Action Pact! were a punk rock band, formed in 1981 as the Bad Samaritans by guitarist Wild Planet, bassist Dr. Phibes, and drummer Joe Fungus.-History:...
  
  
• "Stardom in Acton" by Pete Townshend
  Pete Townshend
  Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend is an English rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and author, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for the rock group The Who, as well as for his own solo career...
  
  
• "A State Procession (Buckingham Palace)" by Albert Ketelbey
  Albert Ketèlbey
  Albert William Ketèlbey , born Ketelbey, was an English composer, conductor and pianist.-Biography:...
  
  
• "Statuesque" by Sleeper
  Sleeper (band)
  Sleeper were a British Britpop band in the 1990s fronted by Louise Wener. The band had eight UK Top 40 hit singles and three UK Top 10 albums. Their music was also featured in the soundtrack of Trainspotting.-Career:...
  
  
• "Stay Free" by The Clash
  The Clash
  The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...
  
  
• "A Story of a Musical Box" by Edward Kent ('They drove him in the van to Pentonville')
• "Strange Town" by The Jam
  The Jam
  The Jam were an English punk rock/New Wave/mod revival band active during the late 1970s and early 1980s. They were formed in Woking, Surrey. While they shared the "angry young men" outlook and fast tempos of their punk rock contemporaries, The Jam wore smartly tailored suits rather than ripped...
  
  
• "Streatham Hippodrome" by Cuppa T
• "Street Fighting Man
  Street Fighting Man
  "Street Fighting Man" is a song by English rock and roll band The Rolling Stones featured on their 1968 album Beggars Banquet. Called the band's "most political song", Rolling Stone ranked the song #295 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.-Inspiration:Originally titled and recorded...
  
  " by The Rolling Stones
  The Rolling Stones
  The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
  
  
• "Streets of London"
  Streets of London (song)
  "Streets of London" is a song written by Ralph McTell. It was first recorded for McTell's 1969 album Spiral Staircase but was not released in the United Kingdom as a single until 1974...
  
   by Ralph McTell
  Ralph McTell
  Ralph McTell is an English singer-songwriter and acoustic guitar player who has been an influential figure on the UK folk music scene since the 1960s....
  
   Blackmore's Night
  Blackmore's Night
  Blackmore's Night is an English-American traditional folk rock duo led by Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night .-Early:...
  
  
• Streets of London
  Streets of London
  Streets of London may refer to:* "Streets of London" , 1969 song written by Ralph McTell* Streets of London , 1983 text adventure* The Streets of London * The Streets of London , 1929 crime film...
  
   by Red, White & Blue
• Streets of Whitechapel by JC Carroll
  JC Carroll
  Jean-marie Carroll is an English composer, songwriter and musician of French-Irish extraction. After playing in various school bands, JC's first taste of serious music was a 1974 chance meeting in the Three Mariners in Bagshot, Surrey with pub rock pioneer and 1970s icon Graham Parker...
  
  
• "Street Tuff" by Rebel MC
• "Strolling Down the Strand" by Fred Godfrey
  Fred Godfrey
  Fred Godfrey was the pen name of Llewellyn Williams, a World War II songwriter...
  
   and Leslie Sarony
  Leslie Sarony
  Leslie Sarony was a British entertainer, singer and songwriter. Sarony was born in Surbiton, Surrey and died in London.He began his stage career aged 14 with the group Park Eton's Boys...
  
  
• "Strolling in the Burlington" by Alfred Lee and Frank Green
  Frank Green
  Frank Green , son of Sir Edward Green, 1st Baronet, a Yorkshire ironmaster and Mary Lycett, was a British industrialist. His father, Edward Green was a Conservative politician and wealthy industrialist....
  
   (Burlington Arcade, Piccadilly)
• "Stukas Uber Shoreditch" by Johnny Throttle
• "Sugarhouse Lane" by Saint Etienne
  Saint Etienne (band)
  Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists...
  
  
• "Sugar & Spice" by Madness
  Madness (band)
  In 1979, the band recorded the Lee Thompson composition "The Prince". The song, like the band's name, paid homage to their idol, Prince Buster. The song was released through 2 Tone Records, the label of The Specials founder Jerry Dammers. The song was a surprise hit, peaking in the UK music charts...
  
   ("We bought a flat in Golders Green
  Golders Green
  Golders Green is an area in the London Borough of Barnet in London, England. Although having some earlier history, it is essentially a 19th century suburban development situated about 5.3 miles north west of Charing Cross and centred on the crossroads of Golders Green Road and Finchley Road.In the...
  
  , A second-hand fridge and a washing machine)
• "Suicide on Downing Street" by Tim Finn
  Tim Finn
  Brian Timothy "Tim" Finn, OBE is a New Zealand singer and musician. Finn is most known for his music with New Zealand 1970s and 1980s rock group Split Enz, and later for his solo work, a temporary membership in his brother Neil's band Crowded House and his joint efforts with Neil Finn as the Finn...
  
  
• "Sultans of Swing
  Sultans of Swing
  "Sultans of Swing" was the first single release of the British rock band Dire Straits. First released in 1978, its 1979 re-release caused it to become a hit in both the UK and USA....
  
  " by Dire Straits
  Dire Straits
  Dire Straits were a British rock band active from 1977 to 1995, composed of Mark Knopfler , his younger brother David Knopfler , John Illsley , and Pick Withers .Dire Straits' sound drew from a variety of musical influences, including jazz, folk, blues, and came closest...
  
  
• "Sunday" by Bloc Party
  Bloc Party
  Bloc Party are a British Indie rock band, composed of Kele Okereke , Russell Lissack , Gordon Moakes , and Matt Tong...
  
  
• "Sunday Street" by Squeeze
• "Sunday Afternoon In Belgrave Square" by Trevor Bilmuss
• "Sunny Goodge Street" by Donovan
  Donovan
  Donovan Donovan Donovan (born Donovan Philips Leitch (born 10 May 1946) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist. Emerging from the British folk scene, he developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelia, and world music...
  
  
• "Sunny South Kensington" by Donovan
  Donovan
  Donovan Donovan Donovan (born Donovan Philips Leitch (born 10 May 1946) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist. Emerging from the British folk scene, he developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelia, and world music...
  
  
• "Supreme
  Supreme (song)
  "Supreme" is a song by Robbie Williams released in 2000 as the third single from his album Sing When You're Winning, and contains an interpolation of Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" because, according to Williams, he was in a trip in Switzerland and when it was approaching the new millennium, the...
  
  " by Robbie Williams
  Robbie Williams
  Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams...
  
   ('All the lonely hearts in London caught a plane and flew away')
• "Suspicious Eyes" by The Rakes
  The Rakes
  The Rakes were an English indie rock band from London. They split up in October 2009.-History:The Rakes formed in 2004. Since coming to fame in 2005, they were associated with the British post-punk/art rock scene, a genre shared by bands such as Bloc Party, Maxïmo Park, and The Futureheads...
  
  
• "Suzy" by Benny Hill
  Benny Hill
  Benny Hill was an English comedian and actor, notable for his long-running television programme The Benny Hill Show.-Early life:...
  
   ('Now I wandered down into Soho')
• "Suzy Was A Girl From Greenford" by Johnny G
• "SW5" by Mike Silver
• "Swan Wharf" by Saint Etienne
  Saint Etienne (band)
  Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists...
  
  
• "Swedish Sin" by Billie the Vision and the Dancers
  Billie the Vision and the Dancers
  Billie the Vision & the Dancers is a Swedish indie band with roots in Malmö, Blekinge, Dalarna and Argentina. The band recorded the first album I Was So Unpopular in School and Now They're Giving Me This Beautiful Bicycle in the spring of 2004. They produce their albums through the company Love...
  
  
• "Sweet London Lady" by Lou Christie
  Lou Christie
  Luigi Alfredo Giovanni Sacco , known professionally as Lou Christie, is an American singer-songwriter best known for three separate strings of pop hits in the 1960s , including his 1966 smash, "Lightnin' Strikes" and his incredible 3 octave vocal range.-Biography:Sacco was born in Glenwillard,...
  
  
• "The Sweet Salutation on Primrose Hill" by Anonymous
  Anonymous work
  Anonymous works are works, such as art or literature, that have an anonymous, undisclosed, or unknown creator or author. In the United States it is legally defined as "a work on the copies or phonorecords of which no natural person is identified as author."...
  
   (17th century)
• "Sweet Thames Flow Softly" by Ewan MacColl
  Ewan MacColl
  Ewan MacColl was an English folk singer, songwriter, socialist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer. He was married to theatre director Joan Littlewood, and later to American folksinger Peggy Seeger. He collaborated with Littlewood in the theatre and with Seeger in folk music...
  
  
• "Sweet Thames Flow Softly" by Planxty
  Planxty
  Planxty is an Irish folk music band formed in the 1970s, consisting initially of Christy Moore , Dónal Lunny , Andy Irvine , and Liam O'Flynn...
  
  
• "Sweet Thing" by Van Morrison
  Van Morrison
  Van Morrison, OBE is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician. His live performances at their best are regarded as transcendental and inspired; while some of his recordings, such as the studio albums Astral Weeks and Moondance, and the live album It's Too Late to Stop Now, are widely...
  
  
• "Swingin Beefeater" by The Tornadoes
  The Tornadoes
  The Tornadoes were a surf band from Redlands, California, the first to receive national airplay with a surf instrumental. The song was "Bustin' Surfboards", released on Aertaun Records in 1962, and it has since become a classic and mainstay of the surf genre...
  
  
• "Swinging London" by Barbara Windsor
  Barbara Windsor
  Barbara Ann Windsor, MBE , better known by her stage name Barbara Windsor, is an English actress. Her best known roles are in the Carry On films and as Peggy Mitchell in the BBC soap opera EastEnders....
  
  
• "Swinging London" by London
  London (band)
  London were a four piece punk band formed in London in 1976 and were best known for their wild stage act. The original line-up was Riff Regan , Steve Voice , Jon Moss and Dave Wight . They were managed by Simon Napier-Bell and recorded two singles, a 4 track EP and an album for MCA Records in 1977...
  
  
• "Swinging London" by The Magnetic Fields
  The Magnetic Fields
  The Magnetic Fields is the principal creative outlet of singer-songwriter Stephin Merritt...
  
  
• "Swinging London Town" by Girls Aloud
  Girls Aloud
  Girls Aloud are a British and Irish pop girl group based in London. They were created through the ITV1 talent show Popstars The Rivals in 2002. The group consists of Cheryl Cole , Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh. They are signed to Fascination Records, a Polydor...
  
  
• "Swinging London" by The Pretenders
  The Pretenders
  The Pretenders are an English rock band formed in Hereford, England in March 1978. The original band consisted of initiator and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde , James Honeyman-Scott , Pete Farndon , and Martin Chambers...
  
  
• "Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres" by Al Stewart
  Al Stewart
  Al Stewart is a Scottish singer-songwriter and folk-rock musician.Stewart came to stardom as part of the British folk revival in the 1960s and 1970s, and developed his own unique style of combining folk-rock songs with delicately woven tales of the great characters and events from history.He is...
  
  
• "Symphony No 2 A London Symphony" by Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  Ralph Vaughan Williams OM was an English composer of symphonies, chamber music, opera, choral music, and film scores. He was also a collector of English folk music and song: this activity both influenced his editorial approach to the English Hymnal, beginning in 1904, in which he included many...
  
  (includes 'Hampstead Heath on a August Bank Holiday Sunday' and 'Bloomsbury Square on a November Afternoon')
• "Symphony No 104 in D Major (London)" by Joseph Haydn

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• "Take It Easy (Lights Out Over London)" by Little Bo Bitch
• "Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty
  Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty
  "Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty" is a music hall song written by Arthur J. Mills, Fred Godfrey and Bennett Scott in 1916. It was popular during the First World War and tells a story of three fictional soldiers on the Western Front suffering from homesickness and their longing to return to...
  
  " by Florrie Forde
  Florrie Forde
  Florrie Forde , born Flora May Augusta Flannagan, was an Australian popular singer and entertainer. She was one of the greatest stars of the early 20th century music hall....
  
  
• "Take me in a Taxi, Joe" by Bennett Scott
  Bennett Scott
  Bennett Scott was a writer of music hall songs. He co-wrote many songs with A.J. Mills and Fred Godfrey including Tom Costello’s "I’ve Made Up My Mind To Sail Away", Whit Cunliffe’s "Fall In And Follow Me", "One Of The B’hoys" by Mark Sheridan, "When I Take My Morning Promenade" by Marie Lloyd,...
  
  
• "Taking After Dear Old Dad" by Noel Coward
  Noël Coward
  Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy...
  
   ('Later on I meet a pal and stroll with him along the Mall')
• "Taste of Aggro" by The Barron Knights ('We're from Catford etc.')
• "The Tears Shed in London Tonight" by R.P. Weston and Bert Lee
  Bert Lee
  Bert Lee was an English songwriter. He wrote for music hall and the musical stage, often in partnership with R. P. Weston.Lee was born 11 June 1880 in Ravensthorpe, Yorkshire, England....
  
  
• "Techno Fan" by the Wombats
  The Wombats
  The Wombats are an indie rock band formed in Liverpool, England. The band comprises native Liverpudlians Matthew Murphy and Dan Haggis , alongside Norwegian-born Tord Øverland-Knudsen...
  
  
• "Telephone Language" by Frank Leo ('Gwendoline Earle was a telephone girl and employed at a London exchange')
• "Tell Them You're A Londoner" by Fred Godfrey
  Fred Godfrey
  Fred Godfrey was the pen name of Llewellyn Williams, a World War II songwriter...
  
   and Billy Williams
  Billy Williams (music hall performer)
  Richard Isaac Banks , who changed his name to Billy Williams after leaving his birthplace of Australia, was one of the most recorded popular entertainers of his and indeed of all time. His recordings sold in their thousands long after his early death in 1915...
  
  
• "Tell Me When The Whistle Blows" by Elton John
• "Ten Downing Street" by The Nerve
• "Terrible Accident on the Ice in Regent's Park" by Anonymous
  Anonymous work
  Anonymous works are works, such as art or literature, that have an anonymous, undisclosed, or unknown creator or author. In the United States it is legally defined as "a work on the copies or phonorecords of which no natural person is identified as author."...
  
   (19th century)
• "Thames Walk" by Don Rendell
  Don Rendell
  Donald Percy 'Don' Rendell is an English jazz musician and arranger, specialising on tenor saxophone, but also playing soprano saxophone, flute, and clarinet....
  
  
• "That Awful Joke" by Edward Kent ('Hi! Conductor, put me down at Holborn Viaduct')
• "That'll Be Very Useful Later On" by Noel Coward
  Noël Coward
  Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy...
  
   ('Mary had them watched from Charing Cross to Golders Green')
• "That's What I Like" by Chas & Dave
• "The Arsenal" by Blak Twang
  Blak Twang
  Blak Twang who also uses the pseudonyms of Taipanic and Tony Rotton, is a British rapper who grew up in Deptford, Lewisham, South East London...
  
  
• "The Ballad of Climie Fisher" by Half Man Half Biscuit
  Half Man Half Biscuit
  Half Man Half Biscuit, often "HMHB", are an English rock band from Birkenhead, Merseyside, active since the mid-1980s, known for satirical, sardonic, and sometimes surreal songs. The group comprises Nigel Blackwell , Neil Crossley , Ken Hancock , and Carl Henry...
  
  
• "The Cally Road" by The Big Skies
• "The Dead Girls Of London" by Frank Zappa
  Frank Zappa
  Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
  
  
• "The Laughing Gnome
  The Laughing Gnome
  "The Laughing Gnome" is a song by David Bowie. A pastiche of songs by one of Bowie's early influences, Anthony Newley, it was originally released as a novelty single on Deram Records in 1967, the track consisted of the singer meeting and conversing with the creature of the title, whose sped-up...
  
  " by David Bowie
  David Bowie
  David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
  
  
• "The Liberty Of Norton Folgate" by Madness
  Madness (band)
  In 1979, the band recorded the Lee Thompson composition "The Prince". The song, like the band's name, paid homage to their idol, Prince Buster. The song was released through 2 Tone Records, the label of The Specials founder Jerry Dammers. The song was a surprise hit, peaking in the UK music charts...
  
   (references Spitalfields
  Spitalfields
  Spitalfields is a former parish in the borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London, near to Liverpool Street station and Brick Lane. The area straddles Commercial Street and is home to many markets, including the historic Old Spitalfields Market, founded in the 17th century, Sunday...
  
  , Whitechapel
  Whitechapel
  Whitechapel is a built-up inner city district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, London, England. It is located east of Charing Cross and roughly bounded by the Bishopsgate thoroughfare on the west, Fashion Street on the north, Brady Street and Cavell Street on the east and The Highway on the...
  
  , Tower Hamlets and Bow
  Bow, London
  Bow is an area of London, England, United Kingdom in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is a built-up, mostly residential district located east of Charing Cross, and is a part of the East End.-Bridges at Bowe:...
  
   as well as the historicallly independent district of Norton Folgate
  Norton Folgate
  Norton Folgate is a short length of street in London, connecting Bishopsgate with Shoreditch High Street on the northern edge of its financial district, the City of London. It constitutes a very small section of the A10, the former Roman Ermine Street...
  
  
• "The Old Lady Of Threadneedle Street" by Carol Ventura
• "The Smile" by David Essex
  David Essex
  David Essex OBE is an English musician, singer-songwriter and actor. Since the 1970s, Essex has attained nineteen Top 40 singles in the UK , and sixteen Top 40 albums...
  
   ('Sloane Street', 'Sloane Square')
• "The Streets of London" by The Challengers - The B-side to "The Man From U.N.C.L.E."
• "The Taking of Peckham" by Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
• "The Thames" by Starsailor
  Starsailor (band)
  Starsailor is an English post-britpop band, formed in Leigh, Warrington and Greater Manchester. By 2009, they had four charting albums and ten Top 40 singles in the UK since 2001.-Early history:...
  
  
• "The Theatre" by Pet Shop Boys
  Pet Shop Boys
  Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasional guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards....
  
  
• "The Picadilly Trot" sung by Marie Lloyd
  Marie Lloyd
  Matilda Alice Victoria Wood was an English music hall singer, best known as Marie Lloyd. Her ability to add lewdness to the most innocent of lyrics led to frequent clashes with the guardians of morality...
  
  , an old music hall number
• "The Westminster Walk" by Russ Conway
  Russ Conway
  Russ Conway was a British popular music pianist. Conway had 20 piano instrumentals in the UK Singles Chart between 1957 and 1963, including two number one hits.-Career:...
  
  
• "They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace" Harold Fraser-Simson
  Harold Fraser-Simson
  Harold Fraser-Simson , 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...
  
  
• "There's Nothing To Be Had Without Money" - composer unknown ('All parts of London I have tried')
• "There's No Place Like London" by Shirley Bassey
  Shirley Bassey
  Dame Shirley Bassey, DBE , is a Welsh singer. She found fame in the late 1950s and was "one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during the last half of the 20th century"...
  
  
• "They're Changing Guards at Buckingham Palace" by A. A. Milne
  A. A. Milne
  Alan Alexander Milne was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various children's poems. Milne was a noted writer, primarily as a playwright, before the huge success of Pooh overshadowed all his previous work.-Biography:A. A...
  
  
• "This Is London" by Don McGlashan
  Don McGlashan
  Don McGlashan is a New Zealand musician and songwriter who has been a member of bands such as The Plague, From Scratch, The Whizz Kids, Blam Blam Blam, The Front Lawn, The Mutton Birds and, from 2009, The Bellbirds. He composed several pieces for the Limbs Dance Company...
  
  
• "This Is London" by Akala
  Akala (rapper)
  Akala is an English rap and hip hop artist from Kentish Town, Camden, London. He is the younger brother of the singer Ms...
  
  
• "This Is London" by The Times
  The Times
  The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
  
  
• "This World Over" by XTC
  XTC
  XTC were a New Wave band from Swindon, England, active between 1976 and 2005. The band enjoyed some chart success, including the UK and Canadian hits "Making Plans for Nigel" and "Senses Working Overtime" , but are perhaps even better known for their long-standing critical success.- Early years:...
  
  
• "Three Juvenile Delinquents" by Noel Coward
  Noël Coward
  Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy...
  
   ('Once we pinched a Cadillac and drove her from the Marble Arch to Kew')
• "Three White Feathers" by Noel Coward
  Noël Coward
  Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy...
  
   (Ealing girl makes good)
• "Tied Up Too Tight" by Hard-Fi
  HARD-Fi
  Hard-Fi are an English indie rock band formed in Staines, Surrey in 2003. The band's members are Richard Archer , Ross Phillips , Kai Stephens and Steve Kemp .They achieved chart success with their third single, "Hard to Beat" and then followed by other successful singles such as...
  
   (references the Great West Road
  Golden Mile (Brentford)
  The Golden Mile is the name given to a stretch of the Great West Road north of Brentford running west from the western boundary of Chiswick in London, United Kingdom.It was so called due to the concentration of industry along this short stretch of road...
  
  )
• "Till the Lights of London Shine Again" by Tommie Connor
  Tommie Connor
  Tommie Connor was a British songwriter, credited with several hit songs over his long career. Most notable among these was "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus", which has been recorded by many artists, including the Jackson 5 and is among the top 25 Christmas music songs...
  
   and Edward Pola
  Edward Pola
  Edward "Eddie" Pola was an actor, radio/television producer, and songwriter....
  
  
• "A Tiny Flat in Soho Square" performed by Cicely Courtneidge
  Cicely Courtneidge
  Dame Esmerelda Cicely Courtneidge DBE was an English actress and comedienne. The daughter of the producer Robert Courtneidge, she was appearing in his productions in the West End, by the age of 16, and was quickly promoted from minor to major roles in his Edwardian musical comedies.After the...
  
   and Harold French
  Harold French
  Harold French was an English director and actor of stage and screen. As an actor most of his roles occurred between 1912 and 1936. He did not garner as much attention as an actor as he would as a director. From 1940 to 1955 he had a several solid box-office successes...
  
  
• "Tired of England
  Tired of England
  Tired of England is the first single from Romance at Short Notice, the second album by Dirty Pretty Things, which was released on 23 June 2008.The chorus is reminiscent of Panic by The Smiths....
  
  " by Dirty Pretty Things
  Dirty Pretty Things (band)
  Dirty Pretty Things were an English band fronted by Carl Barât, a member of The Libertines. The formation of the band was announced in September 2005, after a dispute between Barât and Pete Doherty led to the breakup of The Libertines in 2004. Barât had worked with Vertigo Records and had...
  
  
• "To Wimbledon With Love" by the Wombles
  The Wombles
  The Wombles are fictional pointy-nosed, furry creatures that live in burrows, where they help the environment by collecting and recycling rubbish in useful and ingenious ways. Wombles were created by author Elisabeth Beresford, originally appearing in a series of children's novels from 1968...
  
  
• "Today London, Tomorrow The World" by London Funk Allstars
• "Tomorrow Night" by The Front Lawn
  The Front Lawn
  The Front Lawn was a New Zealand musical/theatrical duo formed by Don McGlashan and Harry Sinclair. From 1989-90, they were joined by Jennifer Ward-Lealand. Their song Andy appeared at number 82 in the Top 100 New Zealand Songs...
  
  
• "Tonite Let's All Make Love In London" by Carrington
  Carrington
  Carrington and Carington are surnames originating in Normandy, France, from the town of Carentan, or from one of the Carringtons in England, including:-born in the United Kingdom:* Desmond Carrington Carrington and Carington are surnames originating in Normandy, France, from the town of Carentan,...
  
   featuring Lisa McQuillanll
• "Tooting Bec Wrecked" by Hanoi Rocks
  Hanoi Rocks
  Hanoi Rocks was a Finnish rock band formed in 1979, whose most successful period came in the early 1980s. The band broke up in 1985 after the death of their drummer, Nicholas "Razzle" Dingley...
  
  
• "Too Much Brandy" by The Streets
  The Streets
  The Streets were a British rap/garage project from Birmingham, United Kingdom, led by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Mike Skinner and has included a myriad of other contributors most notably drummer Johnny Drum Machine, vocalist Kevin Mark Trail and the Italian-American beatmaker Leroy.The...
  
   (mentions a tube
  London Underground
  The London Underground is a rapid transit system serving a large part of Greater London and some parts of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex in England...
  
   train and the Dog Star pub, Brixton
  Brixton
  Brixton is a district in the London Borough of Lambeth in south London, England. It is south south-east of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London....
  
  )
• "Top of the Morning" by Noel Coward
  Noël Coward
  Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy...
  
   ('London is shiny and free, that is, as free as a Democracy can be')
• "Torn On The Platform
  Torn on the Platform
  "Torn On The Platform" is the third single from Jack Peñate. It was released on 18 June 2007. It reached #7 in the UK singles chart, staying in the top 10 for one week. The music video for "Torn on the Platform" shows a paper puppet show with Peñate's head on the puppet...
  
  " by Jack Peñate
  Jack Peñate
  Jack Fabian Peñate is an English musician and singer-songwriter signed to XL Recordings.-Early life:Jack Peñate attended St. Olave's Preparatory School, New Eltham until he left to attend Alleyn's School when he was 18 years of age...
  
  
• "The Tottenham Toreador" by Edward Kent
• "Total Confusion" by A Homeboy, A Hippie And A Funki Dredd
• "Tottenham Tottenham" by Tottenham Hotspur FC
• "Tower Hill" by Haydn Wood
  Haydn Wood
  Haydn Wood was a 20th century English composer and a respected violinist.-Life:Haydn Wood was born in the Yorkshire town of Slaithwaite on 25 March 1882...
  
   (from 'London Landmarks Suite')
• "Tower of London" by ABC
  ABC (band)
  ABC are an English band, that charted ten UK and five US Top 40 singles between 1981 and 1990. The band continues to tour and released a new album, Traffic, in 2008.-Formation:...
  
  
• "Tower Block Rock (W1)" by Twenty Flight Rockers
• "Tower Bridge" by Spike Milligan
  Spike Milligan
  Terence Alan Patrick Seán "Spike" Milligan Hon. KBE was a comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright, soldier and actor. His early life was spent in India, where he was born, but the majority of his working life was spent in the United Kingdom. He became an Irish citizen in 1962 after the...
  
  
• "Towers of London" by XTC
  XTC
  XTC were a New Wave band from Swindon, England, active between 1976 and 2005. The band enjoyed some chart success, including the UK and Canadian hits "Making Plans for Nigel" and "Senses Working Overtime" , but are perhaps even better known for their long-standing critical success.- Early years:...
  
  
• "Trafalgar Square" by Charles Deane, an old music hall number
• "Trafalgar Square" by the Good Time Losers
• "Trafalgar Square" by I Marc 4
• "Traffic In Fleet Street" by Nick Heyward
  Nick Heyward
  Nick Heyward is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for being the frontman of the early 1980s band Haircut One Hundred, and also had a briefly successful solo career after he left the band in 1983.-Haircut One Hundred:Nick Heyward formed Haircut One Hundred after the...
  
  
• "Trams of Old London" by Robyn Hitchcock
  Robyn Hitchcock
  Robyn Rowan Hitchcock is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. While primarily a vocalist and guitarist, he also plays harmonica, piano and bass guitar....
  
  
• "Transmetropolitan" by The Pogues
  The Pogues
  The Pogues are a Celtic punk band, formed in 1982 and fronted by Shane MacGowan. The band reached international prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. MacGowan left the band in 1991 due to drinking problems but the band continued first with Joe Strummer and then with Spider Stacy on vocals before...
  
  
• "Trinity Wharf" by Saint Etienne
  Saint Etienne (band)
  Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists...
  
  
• "Tropical London" by Rancid
  Rancid (band)
  Rancid is an American punk rock band formed in Berkeley, California in 1991. Founded by Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman, both of whom previously played in the ska punk band Operation Ivy, Rancid is credited—along with Green Day and The Offspring—for reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the...
  
  
• "Turned Away" by Audio Bullys
  Audio Bullys
  Audio Bullys are an electronic music group from London, consisting of Simon Franks and Tom Dinsdale. The group were once managed by DJ and presenter George Lamb....
  
  
• "Turpin Hero" by Anonymous
  Anonymous work
  Anonymous works are works, such as art or literature, that have an anonymous, undisclosed, or unknown creator or author. In the United States it is legally defined as "a work on the copies or phonorecords of which no natural person is identified as author."...
  
   - 1790 (Dick Turpin: 'Hounslow Heath as I rode o'er')
• "Twenty-Four Minutes from Tulse Hill" by Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine

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• "UFO's over Leytonstone" by Squarepusher
  Squarepusher
  Squarepusher is the performing pseudonym of Tom Jenkinson, an English electronic music artist signed to Warp Records. He specialises in the electronic music genres of drum and bass and acid, with a significant jazz and musique concrète influence....
  
  
• "'Ullo John! Gotta New Motor?
  'Ullo John! Gotta New Motor?
  "Ullo John! Gotta New Motor?" is a song written by the comedian Alexei Sayle, originally released as a single in the UK in 1982. The single eventually achieved UK Top Twenty success in 1984, following a reissue....
  
  " by Alexei Sayle
  Alexei Sayle
  Alexei David Sayle is a British stand-up comedian, actor and author. He was a central part of the alternative comedy circuit in the early 1980s. He was voted the 18th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-ups in 2007...
  
   (the Thames Barrier, Bermondsey, Peckham etc.)
• "The Um-Ber-El-La-Mender" by George Leybourne
  George Leybourne
  Joe Sanders , better known as George Leybourne, was an English music hall performer. Often nicknamed "Champagne Charlie", Leybourne is best-remembered as the lyricist for The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze....
  
   and Alfred Lee ('Standing in the Strand with cigar-lights')
• "Underground Music" by Ivor Biggun ('On London Transport, I used to do my shopping')
• "Underneath the Arches" by Bud Flanagan
  Bud Flanagan
  Bud Flanagan was a popular English music hall and vaudeville entertainer from the 1930s until the 1960s. Flanagan was famous as a wartime entertainer and his achievements were recognised when he was awarded the O.B.E. in 1960.- Family background :Flaganan was born Chaim Reuben Weintrop in...
  
  , the Arches were the railway arches near Charing Cross
  Charing Cross
  Charing Cross denotes the junction of Strand, Whitehall and Cockspur Street, just south of Trafalgar Square in central London, England. It is named after the now demolished Eleanor cross that stood there, in what was once the hamlet of Charing. The site of the cross is now occupied by an equestrian...
  
   railway station
• "Unemployed in Summertime" by Emiliana Torrini
  Emilíana Torrini
  Emilíana Torrini Davíðsdóttir is an Icelandic singer, best known for her 2009 single Jungle Drum, 1999 album Love in the Time of Science and for performing "Gollum's Song" for Peter Jackson's film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.-Early life:Torrini grew up in Kópavogur, where, at the age of...
  
   (Primrose Hill)
• "Upfield" by Billy Bragg
  Billy Bragg
  Stephen William Bragg , better known as Billy Bragg, is an English alternative rock musician and left-wing activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, and his lyrics mostly deal with political or romantic themes...
  
   (William Blake on Primrose Hill)
• "Up The Bracket
  Up the Bracket
  Up the Bracket is the debut album by British rock band The Libertines, released in October 2002. It reached #35 in the UK Albums Chart.The album was re-released on 8 September 2003 with an additional track, "What a Waster" and DVD featuring the promotional videos for the singles: "Up the Bracket",...
  
  " by The Libertines
  The Libertines
  The Libertines were an English rock band, formed in London in 1997 by frontmen Carl Barât and Pete Doherty . The band, centred on the song-writing partnership of Barat and Doherty, also included John Hassall and Gary Powell for most of its recording career...
  
  
• "Up The Junction
  Up The Junction
  "Up the Junction" was the third single released from Squeeze's second album, Cool for Cats. It is one of the band's most popular and well-remembered songs , and reached #2 on the UK Singles Chart....
  
  " by Squeeze

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• "The Vauxhall Labyrinth" by Mount Vernon Arts Lab
  Mount Vernon Arts Lab
  Mount Vernon Arts Lab is a musical project of Scottish musician Drew Mulholland, who has also recorded as Black Noise and N. Between 1996 and 2001, a string of EPs, singles, and albums were released...
  
  
• "Victoria" by The Kinks
  The Kinks
  The Kinks were an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, North London, by brothers Ray and Dave Davies in 1964. Categorised in the United States as a British Invasion band, The Kinks are recognised as one of the most important and influential rock acts of the era. Their music was influenced by a...
  
  
• "Victoria" by Shane McGowan & The Popes
• "Victoria Gardens" by Madness
  Madness (band)
  In 1979, the band recorded the Lee Thompson composition "The Prince". The song, like the band's name, paid homage to their idol, Prince Buster. The song was released through 2 Tone Records, the label of The Specials founder Jerry Dammers. The song was a surprise hit, peaking in the UK music charts...
  
  
• "Victoria Station (1944)" by Kitto
  Kitto
  Kitto may refer to:* Frank Kitto , Australian high court justice* H. D. F. Kitto , British classical Greek scholar* John Kitto , British Bible scholar* Stanislav Kitto , Estonian professional footballer...
  
  
• "Violence Grows" by Fatal Microbes
  Fatal Microbes
  Fatal Microbes were a UK punk group that existed in the late 1970s. Honey Bane was the lead singer. Other band members were Gem Stone on drums, Pete Fender on guitar, and Scotty Boy Barker who was briefly replaced as bassist by It .In 1979, Small Wonder and XNTRIX Records co-released a split...
  
  
• "Violet Hill
  Violet Hill (song)
  "Violet Hill" is a song by English alternative 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 . Built around a repeating guitar sound, it utilises a marching tempo, supported by the pianos and rhythms that accompany...
  
  " by Coldplay [a small street in St John's Wood]
• "Viva El Fulham" by Tony Rees and the Cottagers

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• "Waiting for the 7.18" by Bloc Party
  Bloc Party
  Bloc Party are a British Indie rock band, composed of Kele Okereke , Russell Lissack , Gordon Moakes , and Matt Tong...
  
   ("the Northern Line
  Northern Line
  The Northern line is a London Underground line. It is coloured black on the Tube map.For most of its length it is a deep-level tube line. The line carries 206,734,000 passengers per year. This is the highest number of any line on the London Underground system, but the Northern line is unique in...
  
  ")
• "Walking Down the Kings Road" by Squire
  Squire
  The English word squire is a shortened version of the word Esquire, from the Old French , itself derived from the Late Latin , in medieval or Old English a scutifer. The Classical Latin equivalent was , "arms bearer"...
  
  
• "Walking in London" by Concrete Blonde
  Concrete Blonde
  Concrete Blonde is an alternative rock band based in the United States. They were initially active from 1982 to 1995, and again from 2001 to 2004, and once again in 2010.-Biography:...
  
  
• "Walking in the Zoo" by H.W. Sweny and Alfred Lee
• "Walk of Life" by Spice Girls
  Spice Girls
  The Spice Girls were a British pop girl group formed in 1994. The group consisted of Victoria Beckham , Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell. They were signed to Virgin Records and released their debut single, "Wannabe" in 1996, which hit number-one in more than 30...
  
  
• "Wake Up London!" (TV Theme) by The Vulcans
• "Wapping Old Stairs" - composer unknown popular 18th/19th ballad
• "A Warning to Youth" - composer unknown ('In London dwelt a merchant man')
• "Warrior Groove" by DSM
  DSM
  -Business:* DSM , an international life science and performance materials company from the Netherlands* Delhi school of music, a music school in India...
  
  
• "Warwick Avenue
  Warwick Avenue (song)
  "Warwick Avenue" is the third single from the album Rockferry by Duffy. The title refers to Warwick Avenue tube station in London. It was written by Jimmy Hogarth, Eg White, and Duffy and produced by Hogarth. It was released in May 2008, but had already charted by March and April due to download...
  
  " by Duffy
  Duffy (singer)
  Aimée Ann Duffy , known as Duffy, is a Welsh singer-songwriter. Her 2008 debut album Rockferry entered the UK Album Chart at number one. It was the best-selling album in the United Kingdom in 2008 with 1.68 million copies sold...
  
  
• "Waterloo Road" by Lionel Morton
  Lionel Morton
  Lionel Morton is a former musician and television presenter.In the early 1960s Morton was the lead vocalist / rhythm guitarist of the band, The Four Pennies. They are best known for their biggest hit single, "Juliet" which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in May 1964...
  
  
• "Waterloo Station" by Jane Birkin
  Jane Birkin
  Jane Mallory Birkin, OBE is an English-born actress and singer who lives in France. In recent years she has written her own album, directed a film and become an outspoken proponent of democracy in Burma.- Early life :...
  
   lyrics by Rufus Wainwright
  Rufus Wainwright
  Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. He has recorded six albums of original music, EPs, and tracks on compilations and film soundtracks.-Early years:...
  
  
• "Waterloo Sunset
  Waterloo Sunset
  Waterloo Sunset is a song by British rock band The Kinks. It was released as a single in 1967, and featured on their album Something Else by The Kinks...
  
  " by The Kinks
  The Kinks
  The Kinks were an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, North London, by brothers Ray and Dave Davies in 1964. Categorised in the United States as a British Invasion band, The Kinks are recognised as one of the most important and influential rock acts of the era. Their music was influenced by a...
  
  
• "Way Down the Regent's Canal" by Edward Kent
• "Welcome to London" by Zagu Zar, a dance hall remake of the song "Welcome to Jamrock
  Welcome to Jamrock
  Welcome to Jamrock is a Grammy winning reggae album by Damian Marley. The album was released on September 12, 2005 in the United States and September 13, 2005 in the United Kingdom....
  
  " by Damian Marley
  Damian Marley
  Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley is a Jamaican reggae artist who has won three Grammy awards. Damian is the youngest son of Bob Marley....
  
  
• "Welcome to London Town" by Julian Dawson
  Julian Dawson
  Julian Dawson is a British singer–songwriter, guitarist and author. His style has been compared to Wilco and Ron Sexsmith. He is fluent in German and French...
  
  
• "We Are London" by Madness
  Madness (band)
  In 1979, the band recorded the Lee Thompson composition "The Prince". The song, like the band's name, paid homage to their idol, Prince Buster. The song was released through 2 Tone Records, the label of The Specials founder Jerry Dammers. The song was a surprise hit, peaking in the UK music charts...
  
  
• "We Are The Lambeth Boys" by Johnny Dankworth
• "We Are Wimbledon" by Wimbledon FC
• "We Call It Acieeed" by D-Mob (about the London Acid House scene mentions the 'Spectrum', 'Future' and 'Shoom' Acid House parties).
• "We Got The Juice" by Freeez
  Freeez
  Freeez were a United Kingdom dance music group from London, known initially as one of the UK's main jazz-funk bands of the early 1980s. Initiated by John Rocca, Freeez consisted of various musicians, originally with Rocca and others such as Andy Stennet Freeez were a United Kingdom dance music...
  
  
• "We Live Our Lives in City Streets" by Noel Coward
  Noël Coward
  Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy...
  
   ('The London traffic's steady roar can stir our hearts a great deal more')
• "We The Kings Of Orient" by Leyton Orient FC
• "Wellington Barracks" by Haydn Wood
  Haydn Wood
  Haydn Wood was a 20th century English composer and a respected violinist.-Life:Haydn Wood was born in the Yorkshire town of Slaithwaite on 25 March 1882...
  
   (from 'Snapshots of London Suite')
• "The Wembley Trail" by Wave Band
• "We're Going To The Country" by Lionel Bart
  Lionel Bart
  Lionel Bart was a writer and composer of British pop music and musicals, best known for creating the book, music and lyrics for Oliver!-Early life:...
  
  
• "Werewolves of London" by Warren Zevon
  Warren Zevon
  Warren William Zevon was an American rock singer-songwriter and musician noted for including his sometimes sardonic opinions of life in his musical lyrics, composing songs that were sometimes humorous and often had political or historical themes.Zevon's work has often been praised by well-known...
  
  
• "West End Girls
  West End Girls
  "West End Girls" is a song by British pop duo Pet Shop Boys. Written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe, the song was released twice as a single. It is a synthpop song, influenced by hip hop music. The lyrics focus on class, and inner-city pressure, and were inspired by T.S. Eliot's poem The Waste Land...
  
  " by Pet Shop Boys
  Pet Shop Boys
  Pet Shop Boys are an English electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasional guitar, and Chris Lowe on keyboards....
  
  
• "West End Of Park Lane" by Hot Chocolate
• "West End Riot
  West End Riot
  "West End Riot" is the fourth single off The Living End's debut self-titled album. The song is about two boys who are born and raised in two different areas, who play together in the streets with toy guns, but who grow up to live very different lives, with their childhood fun being nothing more...
  
  " by The Living End
  The Living End
  The Living End are an Australian rock band from Melbourne, Victoria, formed in 1994. The current lineup consists of Chris Cheney , Scott Owen and Andy Strachan...
  
  
• "West Ham United" by West Ham United Cup Squad
• "West London Ghosts" by Guiye Frayo
  Guiye Frayo
  Guiye Frayo is a London based Argentinian Indie duo consisting of members Guillermo Martinez y Veronica.Their music has got elements from different styles combining pop, rock, psychedelic, electronica, dance and experimental to create their own sound....
  
  
• "West of Carnaby" by Sounds Orchestral featuring Johnny Pearson
• "West Of London Town" by the Bolshoi
  The Bolshoi
  The Bolshoi were a London-based music group prominent mostly in the mid-late 1980s. They are best known for the hits "Sunday Morning" and "A way" or "Away" .-History:...
  
  
• "West One" by Mark Andrews and the Gents
• "West One (Shine on Me)" by The Ruts
  The Ruts
  The Ruts were a reggae-influenced British punk rock band, notable for the 1979 Top 10 hit "Babylon's Burning", and an earlier single "In a Rut", which was not a hit but was much played and highly regarded by the UK BBC Radio 1 disc jockey, John Peel.-Career:...
  
  
• "West Side Boys" by Cockney Rejects
  Cockney Rejects
  Cockney Rejects are an English punk rock band that formed in the East End of London in 1978. Their 1980 song "Oi, Oi, Oi" was the inspiration for the name of the Oi! music genre...
  
  
• "Westminster" by Eric Coates
  Eric Coates
  Eric Coates was an English composer of light music and a viola player.-Life:Eric was born in Hucknall in Nottinghamshire to William Harrison Coates , a surgeon, and his wife, Mary Jane Gwynne, hailing from Usk in Monmouthshire...
  
   (from 'London Suite)
• "Westminster Chimes" by Sonic Youth
  Sonic Youth
  Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...
  
  
• "Westminster Quarters" (traditional chime melody)
• "Westminster Waltz" [I] by Robert Farnon
  Robert Farnon
  Robert Joseph Farnon was a Canadian-born composer, conductor, musical arranger and trumpet player. As well as being a famous composer of original works , he was recognised as one of the finest arrangers of his generation...
  
  (recorded by Russ Conway amongst many others)
• "Westway" by Baby Ford
  Baby Ford
  Peter Ford, better known as Baby Ford, is a British electronic music record producer, known particularly for his contributions to the birth of acid house...
  
  
• "What A Day In London" by Pocahontas 2
• "What a Waste" by Ian Dury
  Ian Dury
  Ian Robins Dury was an English rock and roll singer, lyricist, bandleader and actor who initially rose to fame during the late 1970s, during the punk and New Wave era of rock music...
  
  
• "Whatever Happened To Thames Beat" by The Times
  The Times
  The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
  
  
• "When the Guards Do the Birdcage Walk" by Fred Godfrey
  Fred Godfrey
  Fred Godfrey was the pen name of Llewellyn Williams, a World War II songwriter...
  
   and John P. Harrington
• "When the Lights Go Up in London" by Hubert Gregg
  Hubert Gregg
  Hubert Gregg was a BBC broadcaster, writer and stage actor. At the end of his life he was probably best known for the BBC Radio 2 'oldies' shows A Square Deal and Thanks For The Memory...
  
  
• "When We Were Girls Together" by Noel Coward
  Noël Coward
  Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy...
  
   ('Oh how the gallants of Battersea Rise followed us round with lascivious eyes')
• "When You Hear Big Ben" by Vera Lynn
  Vera Lynn
  Dame Vera Lynn, DBE is an English singer-songwriter and actress whose musical recordings and performances were enormously popular during World War II. During the war she toured Egypt, India and Burma, giving outdoor concerts for the troops...
  
  
• "While London Dances" by Richard Myhill
• "While London's fast asleep" by Harry Dacre
  Harry Dacre
  Harry Dacre was an English songwriter.Dacre had a hit in 1892 with the song "Daisy Bell" , made famous by Katie Lawrence, and then in 1899 with the song "I'll Be Your Sweetheart"....
  
  
• "While London Sleeps by Mount Vernon Arts Lab
  Mount Vernon Arts Lab
  Mount Vernon Arts Lab is a musical project of Scottish musician Drew Mulholland, who has also recorded as Black Noise and N. Between 1996 and 2001, a string of EPs, singles, and albums were released...
  
  
• "While London Sleeps" by traditional
  Traditional music
  Traditional music is the term increasingly used for folk music that is not contemporary folk music. More on this is at the terminology section of the World music article...
  
  
• "Whistling Cockney" (brass band tune)
• "White City" by The Pogues
  The Pogues
  The Pogues are a Celtic punk band, formed in 1982 and fronted by Shane MacGowan. The band reached international prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. MacGowan left the band in 1991 due to drinking problems but the band continued first with Joe Strummer and then with Spider Stacy on vocals before...
  
  
• "White City Fighting" by Pete Townshend
  Pete Townshend
  Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend is an English rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and author, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for the rock group The Who, as well as for his own solo career...
  
  
• "(White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
  (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
  " In Hammersmith Palais" is a song by The Clash, self produced and first released as a 7" single, backed with the track "The Prisoner", in June 1978....
  
  " by The Clash
  The Clash
  The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...
  
  
• "White Post Lane" by Saint Etienne
  Saint Etienne (band)
  Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists...
  
  
• "White Riot
  White Riot
  "White Riot" is a song by English punk rock band The Clash, released as the band's first single in 1977 and also featured on their debut album. There are two versions: the single version , and a different version on the UK album...
  
  " by The Clash
  The Clash
  The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...
  
  
• "Who Are You" by The Who
  The Who
  The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...
  
  
• "Who Dares Wins" by The Streets
  The Streets
  The Streets were a British rap/garage project from Birmingham, United Kingdom, led by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Mike Skinner and has included a myriad of other contributors most notably drummer Johnny Drum Machine, vocalist Kevin Mark Trail and the Italian-American beatmaker Leroy.The...
  
  
• "Who Got the Funk?" by The Streets
  The Streets
  The Streets were a British rap/garage project from Birmingham, United Kingdom, led by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Mike Skinner and has included a myriad of other contributors most notably drummer Johnny Drum Machine, vocalist Kevin Mark Trail and the Italian-American beatmaker Leroy.The...
  
  
• "Why Can't We Have the Sea in London?" by Fred Godfrey
  Fred Godfrey
  Fred Godfrey was the pen name of Llewellyn Williams, a World War II songwriter...
  
   and Billy Williams
  Billy Williams (music hall performer)
  Richard Isaac Banks , who changed his name to Billy Williams after leaving his birthplace of Australia, was one of the most recorded popular entertainers of his and indeed of all time. His recordings sold in their thousands long after his early death in 1915...
  
  
• "Why London" by Eskobar
  Eskobar
  Eskobar is the name of a Swedish indie/pop band that was founded in 1996 some 30 kilometres north of Stockholm, in the small town of Åkersberga...
  
  
• "The Wickedest Sound" by Rebel MC
• "Widespread World(Rediffusion London Call Sign)" (by John Dankworth)
• "Wild West End" by Dire Straits
  Dire Straits
  Dire Straits were a British rock band active from 1977 to 1995, composed of Mark Knopfler , his younger brother David Knopfler , John Illsley , and Pick Withers .Dire Straits' sound drew from a variety of musical influences, including jazz, folk, blues, and came closest...
  
  
• "Wild Women" by Benny Hill
  Benny Hill
  Benny Hill was an English comedian and actor, notable for his long-running television programme The Benny Hill Show.-Early life:...
  
   ('Now I was in a Chelsea bar one day')
• "Willesden Green" by The Kinks
  The Kinks
  The Kinks were an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, North London, by brothers Ray and Dave Davies in 1964. Categorised in the United States as a British Invasion band, The Kinks are recognised as one of the most important and influential rock acts of the era. Their music was influenced by a...
  
  
• "Willesden To Cricklewood" by Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros
• "William and Dinah" by Anonymous
  Anonymous work
  Anonymous works are works, such as art or literature, that have an anonymous, undisclosed, or unknown creator or author. In the United States it is legally defined as "a work on the copies or phonorecords of which no natural person is identified as author."...
  
   ('It's of a liquor merchant in London did dwell')
• "Wimbledon Break Point" by Bassline
  Bassline
  A bassline is the term used in many styles of popular music, such as jazz, blues, funk, dub and electronic music for the low-pitched instrumental part or line played by a rhythm section instrument such as the electric bass, double bass, tuba or keyboard...
  
  
• "Wimbledon FA Cup Theme" by Wimbledon FA Cup Squad 1988
• "Wimbledon Idyll" by Kit and the Widow
  Kit and The Widow
  Kit and The Widow are a double act, performing humorous songs in the vein of Tom Lehrer or Flanders and Swann; they also cite Anna Russell as an influence. They are Kit Hesketh-Harvey and Richard Sisson . They have performed at the Edinburgh Fringe and in West End theatres, and accept private...
  
  
• "The Windmill Girls" by Valerie Mitchell (about the Windmill theatre in Soho)
• "The Wine Bars of Old Hampstead Town" by Alexei Sayle
  Alexei Sayle
  Alexei David Sayle is a British stand-up comedian, actor and author. He was a central part of the alternative comedy circuit in the early 1980s. He was voted the 18th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-ups in 2007...
  
   (folk song parody)
• "With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm" by R. P. Weston
  R. P. Weston
  Robert Patrick Weston was an English songwriter. He was born and died in London. Among other songs, he co-authored , "With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm", a macabre little ditty about the ghost of Anne Boleyn haunting the Tower of London, seeking revenge on Henry VIII for having her...
  
   and Bert Lee
  Bert Lee
  Bert Lee was an English songwriter. He wrote for music hall and the musical stage, often in partnership with R. P. Weston.Lee was born 11 June 1880 in Ravensthorpe, Yorkshire, England....
  
   ('In the Tower of London large as life, the ghost of Anne Boleyn walks they declare')
• "Without You
  Without You (The Feeling song)
  "Without You" is the second single to be released from the number-one album Join with Us by pop/rock band The Feeling. Announcement of single release The band recorded the song in their live set each night during their tour of the UK from 7 March 2008 to 20 March 2008—these recordings became...
  
  " by The Feeling
  The Feeling
  The Feeling are a BRIT award-nominated English pop band from West Sussex and London. The band categorise their music as "pop".Following a limited release of their first single "Fill My Little World" in late 2005, the band entered the UK Singles Chart at #7 with their first full release "Sewn" in...
  
  
• "The Womble Bashers of Walthamstow" by Grimms
  Grimms
  GRIMMS was an English pop rock, skit and poetry group, originally formed as a merger of The Scaffold, the Bonzo Dog Band, and the Liverpool Scene for two concerts in 1971 at the suggestion of John Gorman...
  
  
• "The Wombling Song" by The Wombles
  The Wombles (band)
  The Wombles are a British novelty pop group, featuring musicians dressed as the characters from children's TV show The Wombles, which in turn was based on the children's book series by Elisabeth Beresford. Songwriter and record producer, Mike Batt, wrote the series' theme tune, and went on to...
  
  
• "Wonderful London" by I Dandies
• "Working Mother" by Martyn Joseph
  Martyn Joseph
  Martyn Joseph is a Welsh singer-songwriter whose music exhibits primarily a brand of Celtic and folk, while his songwriting is often focused on social lament or protest...
  
  
• "The World is Coming to London" by Billy Cotton
  Billy Cotton
  William Edward Cotton , better known as Billy Cotton, was a British band leader and entertainer, one of the few whose orchestras survived the dance band era. Today, he is mainly remembered as a 1950s and 1960s radio and television personality, although his musical talent emerged as early as the 1920s...
  
  
• "Worldwide (London Groove)" by The Roots
  The Roots
  The Roots is an American hip hop/neo soul band formed in 1987 by Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are famed for beginning with a jazzy, eclectic approach to hip hop which still includes live instrumentals...
  
  
• "Wormwood Scrubs" by Dominic Behan
  Dominic Behan
  Dominic Behan was an Irish songwriter, short story writer, novelist and playwright who wrote in both Irish and English. He was also a committed socialist and Irish Republican...
  
  
• "Wormwood Scrubs Tango" by Spike Milligan
  Spike Milligan
  Terence Alan Patrick Seán "Spike" Milligan Hon. KBE was a comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright, soldier and actor. His early life was spent in India, where he was born, but the majority of his working life was spent in the United Kingdom. He became an Irish citizen in 1962 after the...
  
  
• "The Worthy London Prentice" - composer unknown
• "The Wreck Off London Bridge" by G.W. Hunt

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• "Yachting in Regent's Park" by Thomas Case Sterndale Bennett
• "The Year She Spent In England" by Weddings Parties Anything
  Weddings Parties Anything
  Weddings Parties Anything were an Australian folk rock band formed in 1984 in Melbourne and continuing until 1998. Their name came from The Clash song and musicologist Billy Pinnell described their first album as the best Australian rock debut since Skyhooks' Living in the '70s.-Formation and...
  
  
• "The Yeomen of the Guard Overture" by Arthur Sullivan
  Arthur Sullivan
  Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan MVO was an English composer of Irish and Italian ancestry. He is best known for his series of 14 operatic collaborations with the dramatist W. S. Gilbert, including such enduring works as H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado...
  
  
• "You Can Judge A Book By Its Cover" by Saint Etienne
  Saint Etienne (band)
  Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists...
  
   (SW14, Hanover Square etc.)
• "You Can't Always Get What You Want
  You Can't Always Get What You Want
  "You Can't Always Get What You Want" is a song by The Rolling Stones released on their 1969 album Let It Bleed. Written primarily by Mick Jagger with assistance from Keith Richards, it was named as the 100th greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone in its 2004 list of "500 Greatest Songs of All...
  
  " by The Rolling Stones
  The Rolling Stones
  The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
  
   (Chelsea drug store)
• "You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties" by Jona Lewie
  Jona Lewie
  Jona Lewie is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.-Career:Jona Lewie joined his first group, The Johnston City Jazz Band, while still at school in 1963, and by 1968 had become a blues & boogie singer and piano player...
  
  , ("This was at some do in Palmers Green")
• "Young Betsy of Deptford" by Anonymous
  Anonymous work
  Anonymous works are works, such as art or literature, that have an anonymous, undisclosed, or unknown creator or author. In the United States it is legally defined as "a work on the copies or phonorecords of which no natural person is identified as author."...
  
  
• "Young London" by Angels & Airwaves
  Angels & Airwaves
  Angels & Airwaves is an American alternative rock supergroup led by Blink-182 guitarist/vocalist Tom DeLonge, also including guitarist David Kennedy from Over My Dead Body, Hazen Street and Box Car Racer, bass guitarist Matt Wachter from 30 Seconds to Mars and former Lostprophets and Nine Inch...
  
  
• "Your Embrace" by Shakira
  Shakira
  Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...
  
  , "...That without you this place looks like London"
• "You're the One for Me, Fatty" by Morrissey
  Morrissey
  Steven Patrick Morrissey , known as Morrissey, is an English singer and lyricist. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the alternative rock band The Smiths. The band was highly successful in the United Kingdom but broke up in 1987, and Morrissey began a solo career,...
  
  

External links

• Readers recommend: songs about London, The Guardian, July 7, 2006
• Songs about Regent's Park and Primrose Hill
• Songs about London and Europe
• The London Nobody Sings