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Feb 20, 2024 · Gerry Rafferty’s “Baker Street” may be best known for a performance that’s not his. It’s hard to think of the 1978 single without getting the Raphael Ravenscroft sax solo stuck in your head.
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Aug 25, 2023 · The recording: “It was just the right sound for the track. And the rest is history” Recorded in 1977, Gerry Rafferty’s impeccable, sophisticated second solo album, City To City, saw him effortlessly combine all of his familiar strengths to create a work that ranges from smooth folk-rock grooves to calm and reflective balladry tinged with romance.
Jan 4, 2011 · Gerry Rafferty. Scottish singer/songwriter known for his work in Stealers Wheel, the Humblebums, and his massive late-'70s solo hit, "Baker Street." Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY:
1974 - Gerry Rafferty (Rafferty's 1969 & 1970 Humblebums recordings – plus one 1971 solo track) 1984 - First Chapter. 1989 - Right Down the Line: The Best of Gerry Rafferty. 1995 - One More Dream: The Very Best of Gerry Rafferty. 1998 - Baker Street. 2006 - Days Gone Down: The Anthology: 1970–1982. 2009 - Life Goes On.
Jan 4, 2011 · Musician, Songwriter. Born to a Scottish mother and an Irish father (who was a coal miner), Rafferty worked in a butcher's shop and tax office, while performing in clubs along with Joe Egan (a former classmate while attending St. Mirin's Academy), in the band The Mavericks during the weekends. Rafferty (who played the...
Jan 4, 2011 · 01/4/2011. Gerry Rafferty, who had Top 10 success with Stealers Wheel’s “Stuck in the Middle” and his own “Baker Street,” died on Tuesday in London from liver failure after a long battle ...
Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty got his start in the folk-rock group The Humblebums in 1969. ∙ Tired of competing with the onstage routines of his Humblebums partner—and future comedy star Billy Connolly—he left to record his 1971 solo LP, Can I Have My Money Back? ∙ His breakthrough came in 1972 when his band Stealers Wheel had a global hit with “Stuck in the Middle With ...
