Baker Street
Gerry Rafferty
1978
Annual listening-list association, separate from the source-supported original release year reviewed in v3.7.
Release: 1978
Release: 1978Source checked
V3.7 reviewed original release year: Original City to City recording, 1978. The annual list year and later anthologies remain separate fields.
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Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1978.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Rhino - Gerry Rafferty, City to City
Label history places the Humblebums and Stealers Wheel before the 1978 solo City to City album and names Baker Street and Right Down the Line. Use original album year and career context, not an exact release day or unqualified personal inspiration.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
The song was inspired by Rafferty's experiences living in London and his struggles in the music industry.
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1978.html, song-list position 28
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Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial classification of this recording, informed by the cited artist and original-release context. Genre tags are interpretive, not an assertion that the source assigns an exact taxonomy.
Billboard year-end 1978 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
Rhino - Gerry Rafferty, City to City
Label history places the Humblebums and Stealers Wheel before the 1978 solo City to City album and names Baker Street and Right Down the Line. Use original album year and career context, not an exact release day or unqualified personal inspiration.
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