Table of Contents
- 1 Did Gerry Rafferty have a glass eye?
- 2 How old is Gerry Rafferty?
- 3 Who was Gerry Rafferty’s wife?
- 4 Who recorded Stuck in the Middle With You?
- 5 What happened to Stealers Wheel?
- 6 When was Gerry Rafferty born and when did he die?
- 7 When did Gerry Rafferty start writing his own music?
- 8 How many copies of Saturday Night Fever did Gerry Rafferty sell?
Did Gerry Rafferty have a glass eye?
Gerry had a glass eye – I didn’t know this until Billy told me this story – and they’d wait until it was really pouring and they’d go out and all the old girls would put up their umbrellas.
How old is Gerry Rafferty?
63 years (1947–2011)
Gerry Rafferty/Age at death
Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty has died at the age of 63 after suffering a long illness.
Is Gerry Rafferty still living?
Deceased (1947–2011)
Gerry Rafferty/Living or Deceased
Who was Gerry Rafferty’s wife?
Carla Ventillam. 1970–1990
Gerry Rafferty/Wife
At a dancehall in 1965, Gerry met his future wife, apprentice hairdresser Carla Ventilla. She was 15, from an Italian Clydebank family. They married in 1970, after courting at the bohemian bungalow of the artist and future playwright John “Patrick” Byrne and his wife, Alice.
Who recorded Stuck in the Middle With You?
Stealers Wheel
Stuck in the Middle with You/Artists
Is Joe Egan married?
He’s married, and happy in his job as a client entertainer. At the age of 38, 12 years after he last stepped into a ring, Joe made his boxing comeback.
What happened to Stealers Wheel?
With increasing tensions between Egan and Rafferty, and with Leiber & Stoller also having business problems, Stealers Wheel broke up. By the time the album Right Or Wrong was released in 1975, they had already disbanded. Because of disagreements and managerial problems, it was produced by Mentor Williams.
When was Gerry Rafferty born and when did he die?
Gerald Rafferty (16 April 1947 – 4 January 2011) was a Scottish singer-songwriter known for his solo hits “Baker Street”, “Right Down the Line” and “Night Owl”, as well as “Stuck in the Middle with You”, recorded with the band Stealers Wheel. Rafferty was born into a working-class family in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
When did Bonnie Raitt cover Gerry Rafferty song?
Posthumous releases. Bonnie Raitt recorded a reggae treatment of “Right Down the Line” for her Slipstream album released 10 April 2012. Barbara Dickson released a tribute album of 13 Rafferty songs, To Each and Everyone: The Songs of Gerry Rafferty, in September 2013, including cover versions of “Baker Street”, “The Ark”, and “Steamboat Row”.
When did Gerry Rafferty start writing his own music?
Heavily influenced by folk music and the music of the Beatles and Bob Dylan, Rafferty started to write his own material. Rafferty left St Mirin’s Academy in 1963. He then worked in a butcher’s shop, as a civil service clerk, and in a shoe shop.
How many copies of Saturday Night Fever did Gerry Rafferty sell?
The album sold over 5.5 million copies, toppling the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack in the US on 8 July 1978. Rafferty considered this his first proper taste of success, as he told Melody Maker the following year: “…all the records I’ve ever done before have been flops.