Gerry Rafferty had written "Baker Street" with the long instrumental break in mind, but without a specific instrument to play it, and he and producer Hugh Murphy experimented with different sounds before Murphy suggested a sax -- their first choice for the session was, however, was Pete Zorn, a British session musician who had played with Andy Bown and other artists. Zorn was no longer playing much sax and suggested a list of other players, and Raphael Ravenscroft's name was distinctive enough to get him the call. Ravenscroft turned the break into a long, moody vignette that just hung there on the radio, and was as responsible as the song's lead guitar part and melody for making it into an international hit, and Rafferty into a star.
