London
(ANI):
Scottish
singer
and
songwriter
Gerry
Rafferty,
best
known
for
the
1970s
hits
like
'Baker
Street" and
'Stuck
In
The
Middle
With
You",
has
died
after
years
of
battling
alcoholism.
He
was
63.
His
daughter
Martha
said
on
Tuesday
that
Rafferty
passed
away
peacefully
at
his
home
surrounded
by
family,
reports
the
Scotsman.
The
Paisley-born
musician
had
been
admitted
to
Bournemouth
Hospital
in
last
November
with
liver
failure.
After
beginning
his
musical
career
with
Billy
Connolly"s
folk
group
the
Humblebums,
Rafferty
tasted
success
with
Stealers
Wheel
before
enjoying
further
hits
as
a
solo
singer.
Stealers
Wheel"s
1972
hit
'Stuck
in
the
Middle
With
You" underwent
a
renaissance
after
featuring
in
Quentin
Tarantino's
film
'Reservoir
Dogs"
in
the
1990s.
Baker
Street,
with
its
distinctive
saxophone
solo,
reached
number
three
in
U.K.
charts
and
No
2
in
the
U.S.
His
most
successful
albums
were
1978's
'City
To
City"
and
1978"s
'Night
Owl".
But
despite
his
professional
life
going
strong,
Rafferty
suffered
from
alcoholism,
leading
to
the
breakdown
of
his
20-year
marriage
to
wife
Carla
in
1990.
He
later
moved
to
California
to
be
near
his
daughter
Martha,
but
moved
back
to
Ireland
in
2008
and
later
Dorset.
His
last
and
final
album
'Life
Goes
On" was
released
in
2008.