A tough moment in Gerry Rafferty's life inspired 'Baker Street' and the real story behind the song's iconic saxophone riff.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the summer of 1978, Gerry Rafferty's song "Baker Street" became a top-five hit in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the ...

A 1978 hit that was a rock legend's signature song was named one of the greatest guitar solos of all time.

The word "iconic" is sorely overused, but if there's a sax riff in rock history that deserves it, it's probably the one that Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street" its palpable air of melancholy cool. Adam ...

The Van Halen News Desk describes Roth's take on "Baker Street" as "superb," calling it a "great choice." It's unclear who created the backing track. In No Holds Bar-B-Que, Roth is seen sporting a ...

The sax solo as we know it today would not exist without Gerry Rafferty. His 1978 soft-rock classic “Baker Street” has to be the Ulysses of rock & roll saxophone, giving the entire chorus over to ...

Baker Street, Gerry Rafferty's masterpiece from the album City To City, sold more than four million copies worldwide and hung on to the number two spot in the US Billboard Chart for six weeks in 1978.