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
Dick Campbell (singer-songwriter) Dick Campbell (singer-songwriter) Richard S. Campbell (January 25, 1944 – April 25, 2002), was a US folk rock singer-songwriter and film producer. He is best known for his 1966 album "Dick Campbell Sings Where It’s At", rated as "the sole masterpiece of the fake-Dylan field" Born in Boston Massachusetts and raised in Monroe, Wisconsin, Campbell was a relatively obscure singer-songwriter, who had released a couple of singles and composed for others including Artie Sullivan and all 34 tracks on Ken Nordine's album "Colors". In 1965 he sent "a couple of "Dylan-esque" songs" to Mercury Records. Mercury were looking for an