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This week in 1978, the Gerry Rafferty LP “City to City” debuted on the UK Albums Chart at #48 (February 25)

It was Rafferty's first solo release in six years—and first release of any kind since 1975—due to his tenure in the band Stealers Wheel and subsequent legal proceedings which prevented Rafferty from releasing any new solo recordings for the following three years. 

The album also went to #3 in Australia and Germany, #5 in the Netherlands, #6 in the UK and New Zealand, and #9 in Sweden and Austria.

“Baker Street” was the worldwide smash hit that drove the album to the top, but it also produced two other US Top 40 singles, "Right Down the Line" (#12), and "Home and Dry" (#28).

The iconic sax riff in “Baker Street” was played by Raphael Ravenscroft, for which he was paid the going session musician rate at the time of £27.50.
The cracking guitar solo in the song was played by Hugh Burns.

Rafferty once commented on how profitable his biggest song had been, saying: "Baker Street still makes me about £80,000 a year. It's been a huge earner for me. I must admit, I could live off that song alone". 

For “Baker Street”, Rafferty received the 1978 Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.

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