Baker Street (song) Baker Street (song) "Baker Street" is a song written and recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty. Released as a single in 1978, it reached #1 in "Cash Box" and #2 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, where it held that position for six weeks, behind Andy Gibb's smash "Shadow Dancing". Additionally, it hit #1 in Canada, #3 in the United Kingdom, #1 in Australia, #1 in South Africa, and the top 10 in the Netherlands. Rafferty received the 1978 Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. The arrangement is known for its saxophone riff. In October 2010, the song
Jeff Black (singer-songwriter) Kansas City friend, Iris DeMent (Black lends some backing vocals on DeMent's 1992 debut album, "Infamous Angel"). Black's own first album, "Birmingham Road", was recorded with the members of the band Wilco, minus lead singer, Jeff Tweedy. The songs have been described as "fine portraits of American life without the sappiness or self-consciousness often attributed to the singer/songwriter genre." Jeff Black (singer-songwriter) Jeff Black is an American singer-songwriter originally from Kansas City, Missouri and now based in Nashville, Tennessee. His writings have been described in the "Allmusic" as "impressionistic songs that are smart without forgetting the emotional undercurrent." His songs