{"id":28102,"date":"2011-01-04T14:59:39","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T22:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=28102"},"modified":"2011-01-04T15:02:27","modified_gmt":"2011-01-04T23:02:27","slug":"rip-gerry-rafferty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=28102","title":{"rendered":"RIP Gerry Rafferty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gerry_Rafferty\">According to Wikipedia<\/a>: In 1978, Gerry Rafferty cut a solo album, <i><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/City_to_City\" title=\"City to City\">City  to City<\/a><\/i>, which included the song with which he remains most  identified, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baker_Street_%28song%29\" title=\"Baker  Street (song)\">Baker Street<\/a>&#8220;. The single reached No. 3 in the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Kingdom\" title=\"United  Kingdom\">UK<\/a> and No. 2 in the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\" title=\"United States\">U.S.<\/a><sup id=\"cite_ref-2\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gerry_Rafferty#cite_note-2\"><span>[<\/span>3<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><sup id=\"cite_ref-3\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gerry_Rafferty#cite_note-3\"><span>[<\/span>4<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>  The album sold over 5.5 million copies, toppling the <i><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saturday_Night_Fever\" title=\"Saturday  Night Fever\">Saturday Night Fever<\/a><\/i> soundtrack in the U.S. on 8  July 1978.<sup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gerry_Rafferty#cite_note-4\"><span>[<\/span>5<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>  &#8220;Baker Street&#8221; features a &#8220;glistening&#8221;<sup id=\"cite_ref-sos_5-0\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gerry_Rafferty#cite_note-sos-5\"><span>[<\/span>6<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>  saxophone solo by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raphael_Ravenscroft\" title=\"Raphael  Ravenscroft\">Raphael Ravenscroft<\/a> which remains a mainstay of  soft-rock <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Airplay_%28song%29\" title=\"Airplay (song)\" class=\"mw-redirect\">radio airplay<\/a>.<sup id=\"cite_ref-sos_5-1\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gerry_Rafferty#cite_note-sos-5\"><span>[<\/span>6<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>  In October 2010 the song was recognised by the BMI for notching up over  5 million plays worldwide. Stuck in the Middle With You has achieved  over 4 million plays worldwide, and Right Down The Line has achieved  over 3 million plays <sup id=\"cite_ref-6\" class=\"reference\"><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gerry_Rafferty#cite_note-6\"><span>[<\/span>7<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/WkS169P_Eeo?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/WkS169P_Eeo?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/V1_Op4-G33M?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/V1_Op4-G33M?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to Wikipedia: In 1978, Gerry Rafferty cut a solo album, City to City, which included the song with which he remains most identified, &#8220;Baker Street&#8220;. 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