Gerry Rafferty – Baker Street 😎 ‘Baker Street’ is a song written and performed by Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty. It won the 1979 Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically and reached No. 3 in the UK and No. 2 for six consecutive weeks in the US. The arrangement is known for its saxophone riff. Named after Baker Street in London, the song was included on Rafferty's second solo album, City to City (1978), which was his first release after the resolution of legal problem