Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street: Booze, promiscuity and punk spirit
It's a drive-time favourite that tackles drink, depression and sex. And it boasts a sax solo that thrilled Slash and a young Julie Burchill. Let's salute Baker Street, one hell of an odd pop songBaker Street is one of the oddest songs to go top 5 on both sides of the Atlantic and certainly one of the strangest to be played three million times on US radio. Since its release, it has been a mainstay of drive-time playlists, but how many of the jocks who played it so relentlessly over the years have...
Popeater — Filed under: Music News, Celebrity Deaths Gerry Rafferty, the Scottish singer-songwriter best known for songs like 'Stuck in the Middle With You' and 'Baker Street,' died... more info
Guardian Music — It's a drive-time favourite that tackles drink, depression and sex. And it boasts a sax solo that thrilled Slash and a young Julie Burchill. Let's salute Baker Street, on... more info
Stereogum — Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty, best known for ’70s staples “Baker Street” and “Stuck In The Middle With You” — the latter of which some younger fo... more info
CNN Showbiz — Singer Gerry Rafferty, famous for the 1970s hits "Baker Street" and "Stuck in the Middle With You," has died, his agent said Wednesday.
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ContactMusic — Funnyman BILLY CONNOLLY has paid tribute to his friend and former singing partner GERRY RAFFERTY, hailing the late musician as "a true genius".Rafferty joined the Scottis... more info
Guardian Music — Gerry Rafferty may have died, but Baker Street will live for ever. How can I pen a song like that?Like a lot of people, I was terribly saddened to hear the news of Gerry ... more info