STREETS PAVED WITH

FAST Car singer ★

Tracy was no ordinary busker. She wrangled a sought-after permit for a spot in

Harvard Square near the US university, where she was spotted by a record company.

Let Her Go star ★

Passenger, real name Michael Rosenberg, sang on streets in England and Australia for years before he grew a huge following Down Under. The smooth actor’s ★ path to 007 stardom included a stint as a fire eater. He learned the craft while training to be an illustrator and was signed up by a circus agent before going to drama school in London.

The comedian ★

began testing material in London’s Covent Garden after he left university and spent most of the 1980s performing on the streets of Europe.

When Rod’s ★

first band The Raiders didn’t make it, he joined forces with folk singer Wizz Jones to tour the streets of London and Europe – labelled a vagrant he was forced to leave Spain. But things took a turn for the better when he joined The Dimensions.