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* {{Awesome McCool Name}}: The famous saxophone riff on "Baker Street" was played by Raphael Ravenscroft.



* DrowningMySorrows: "Baker Street".

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* SecondPersonNarration: "Baker Street"

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* SillyLoveSongs: "Right Down the Line".
* SomethingBlues: "New Street Blues".
* TheSomethingSong: "Johnny's Song".

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As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Rafferty The Other Wiki]].

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* CoolShades: His tinted glasses were one of his trademarks.

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Gerald "Gerry" Rafferty (16 April 1947 – 4 January 2011) was a UsefulNotes/{{Scot|land}}tish singer-songwriter best known for his song "Baker Street." Make sure you spell his name correctly, e.g. "Gerry" not 'Jerry", but "if you get it wrong you'll get it right next time".

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Gerald "Gerry" Rafferty (16 April 1947 – 4 January 2011) was a UsefulNotes/{{Scot|land}}tish singer-songwriter probably best known for his song songs "Baker Street." Street", "Right Down the Line", and (with the band Stealers Wheel) "Stuck in the Middle with You". Make sure you spell his name correctly, e.g. "Gerry" not 'Jerry", but "if you get it wrong you'll get it right next time".



* CelebrityIsOverrated: He was never comfortable with the fame side of the music business.

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* CelebrityIsOverrated: He was never comfortable with the fame side of the music business.business, to put it mildly - he was only interested in writing and performing music and explicitly rejected stardom. His friend Creator/BillyConnolly said, "I wanted success and fame and I got it, to a degree. Gerry wanted respect. He wanted his talent to be respected. He wanted his songs to be respected. And he certainly got that."


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* MusicalPastiche: "Stuck in the Middle with You" (a Stealers Wheel song that Rafferty cowrote and sang lead on) is a Music/BobDylan pastiche that is so dead-on it's been continually misattributed to Dylan ever since its release.
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* OneWomanSong: "Mary Skeffington"

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* OneWomanSong: "Mary Skeffington"Skeffington" [[note]] Gerry's mum. [[/note]]
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* OneWomanSong: "Mary Skeffington" {{Note/Gerry's mum}}

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* OneWomanSong: "Mary Skeffington" {{Note/Gerry's mum}}Skeffington"
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* OneWomanSong: "Mary Skeffington" [[Note/Gerry's mum]]

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* OneWomanSong: "Mary Skeffington" [[Note/Gerry's mum]]{{Note/Gerry's mum}}
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* OneWomanSong: "Mary Skeffington"

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* OneWomanSong: "Mary Skeffington"Skeffington" [[Note/Gerry's mum]]
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Gerald "Gerry" Rafferty (16 April 1947 – 4 January 2011) was a UsefulNotes/{{Scot|land}}tish singer-songwriter best known for his song "Baker Street." Make sure you spell his name correctly, e.g. "Gerry" not 'Jerry", but "if you get it wrong you'll get it right next time."

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Gerald "Gerry" Rafferty (16 April 1947 – 4 January 2011) was a UsefulNotes/{{Scot|land}}tish singer-songwriter best known for his song "Baker Street." Make sure you spell his name correctly, e.g. "Gerry" not 'Jerry", but "if you get it wrong you'll get it right next time."
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* CoverVersion: Allen Toussaint's "Get Out of My Life, Woman", Music/JohnLennon's "Out the Blue"
* DrowningMySorrows: "Baker Street"
* HiddenTrack: "The Grinches," on ''Another World''
* LocationSong: "Baker Street" , about the London street. It's a melancholic jazz song.

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* CoverVersion: Allen Toussaint's "Get Out of My Life, Woman", Music/JohnLennon's "Out the Blue"
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* HiddenTrack: "The Grinches," on ''Another World''
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* LocationSong: "Baker Street" , Street", about the London street. It's a melancholic jazz song.



* SillyLoveSongs: "Right Down the Line"
* SomethingBlues: "New Street Blues"
* TheSomethingSong: "Johnny's Song"

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* SillyLoveSongs: "Right Down the Line"
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* SomethingBlues: "New Street Blues"
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Gerry Rafferty (1947-2011) was a UsefulNotes/{{Scot|land}}tish singer-songwriter best known for his song "Baker Street." Make sure you spell his name correctly, e.g. "Gerry" not 'Jerry", but "if you get it wrong you'll get it right next time."

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Gerry Gerald "Gerry" Rafferty (1947-2011) (16 April 1947 – 4 January 2011) was a UsefulNotes/{{Scot|land}}tish singer-songwriter best known for his song "Baker Street." Make sure you spell his name correctly, e.g. "Gerry" not 'Jerry", but "if you get it wrong you'll get it right next time."
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* LocationSong: "Baker Street" , about the London street. It's a melancholic jazz instrumental.

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* LocationSong: "Baker Street" , about the London street. It's a melancholic jazz instrumental.song.

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* SelfTitledAlbum: 1974's ''Gerry Rafferty'', which is primarily a compilation of songs he recorded as a member of the Humblebums with Billy Connolly at the start of his career.

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* SelfTitledAlbum: 1974's ''Gerry Rafferty'', which is primarily a compilation of songs he recorded as a member of the Humblebums with Billy Connolly Creator/BillyConnolly at the start of his career.



* TheSomethingSong: "Johnny's Song"

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* TheSomethingSong: "Johnny's Song"Song"
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'''Gerry Rafferty''' (1947-2011) was a UsefulNotes/{{Scot|land}}tish singer-songwriter best known for his song "Baker Street." Make sure you spell his name correctly, e.g. "Gerry" not 'Jerry", but "if you get it wrong you'll get it right next time."

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'''Gerry Rafferty''' Gerry Rafferty (1947-2011) was a UsefulNotes/{{Scot|land}}tish singer-songwriter best known for his song "Baker Street." Make sure you spell his name correctly, e.g. "Gerry" not 'Jerry", but "if you get it wrong you'll get it right next time."



* TheSomethingSong: "Johnny's Song"

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* TheSomethingSong: "Johnny's Song"
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-->"''Winding your way down on Baker Street\\
Light in your head and dead on your feet\\
Well, another crazy day, you'll drink the night away\\
And you forget about everything''"




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->"''Winding your way down on Baker Street\\
Light in your head and dead on your feet\\
Well, another crazy day, you'll drink the night away\\
And you forget about everything''"
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* LocationSong: "Baker Street" , about the London street. It's a melancholic jazz instrumental.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The liner notes for ''North and South'' included both the email address for his management at the time and a telex number.

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'''Gerry Rafferty''' (1947-2011) was a UsefulNotes/{{Scot|land}}tish singer-songwriter best known for his song "Baker Street."

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\n\n'''Gerry Rafferty''' (1947-2011) was a UsefulNotes/{{Scot|land}}tish singer-songwriter best known for his song "Baker Street."
" Make sure you spell his name correctly, e.g. "Gerry" not 'Jerry", but "if you get it wrong you'll get it right next time."
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Another crazy day, you drink the night away\\

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Another Well, another crazy day, you you'll drink the night away\\
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* UsefulNotes/{{London}}: "Baker Street" was inspired by the real place.
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* SecondPersonNarration: "Baker Street"
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* {{Awesome McCool Name}}: The famous saxophone riff on "Baker Street" was played by Raphael Ravenscroft.
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* CelebrityIsOverrated: He was never comfortable with the fame side of the music business.

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Light in your head and dead on your feet\\
Another crazy day, you drink the night away\\
And you forget about everything''"

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As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Rafferty The Other Wiki]].



* DrowningMySorrows: "Baker Street"



* SelfTitledAlbum: 1974's ''Gerry Rafferty'', which is primarily a compilation of songs he recorded as a member of the Humblebums with Billy Connolly at the start of his career.



* TechnologyMarchesOn: The liner notes for ''North and South'' included both the email address for his management at the time and a telex number.
* TheSomethingSong: "Johnny's Song"

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* TheSomethingSong: "Johnny's Song"
* TechnologyMarchesOn: The liner notes for ''North and South'' included both the email address for his management at the time and a telex number.
* TheSomethingSong: "Johnny's Song"
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'''Gerry Rafferty''' (1947-2011) was a UsefulNotes/{{Scot|land}}tish singer-songwriter best known for his song "Baker Street."


!!! "These tropes are going, they're going home":
* CoverVersion: Allen Toussaint's "Get Out of My Life, Woman", Music/JohnLennon's "Out the Blue"
* HiddenTrack: "The Grinches," on ''Another World''
* NewSoundAlbum: ''Sleepwalking'' introduced synthesizers and drum machines into his work.
* OneWomanSong: "Mary Skeffington"
* SillyLoveSongs: "Right Down the Line"
* SomethingBlues: "New Street Blues"
* TechnologyMarchesOn: The liner notes for ''North and South'' included both the email address for his management at the time and a telex number.
* TheSomethingSong: "Johnny's Song"

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