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The classic rock hit bested the Bee Gees and was even covered years later by the Foo Fighters.

LONDON — Musician Raphael Ravenscroft, who played one of the most famous saxophone solos of all time on Gerry Rafferty’s “Baker Street,” has died. He was 60.

In 1978, something magical happened. Rocks fans were gifted with a soft-rock hit that also actually rocks. A unicorn of the subgenre, Gerry Rafferty’s “Baker Street” is a full-bodied mix of ...