Sax player famed for Baker Street riff, Raphael Ravenscroft, dies

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.

Ravenscroft's family said he died on Sunday after being taken to a hospital near his home in Exeter, southwest England.

The BBC said a heart attack was the suspected cause of death.

The bluesy eight-bar sax riff helped make Baker Street a soft-rock hit.

It reached No 3 in Britain and No 2 in the United States in 1978, and still receives considerable airplay.

Despite its success, however, Ravenscroft said in a 2011 radio interview that Baker Street irritated him - because his solo was flat.