Album: Night Owl by Gerry Rafferty (1979)
Genre: Pop | Mood: Good Natured
Format: Album

Description: "Night Owl" is a 1979 album by Gerry Rafferty. It was released a year after Rafferty's Platinum-selling album City to City. While not quite performing as well as its predecessor, Night Owl still managed enough sales to achieve Gold status in North America and the United Kingdom. The title song reached No. 5 on the UK charts. The album made the UK Top 10.

The album was recorded at Chipping Norton Recording Studios, Chipping Norton, England.

Artist Background: Gerald "Gerry" Rafferty (16 April 1947 - 4 January 2011) was a Scottish singer-songwriter best known for his solo hits "Baker Street" and "Right Down the Line", and with the band Stealers Wheel, "Stuck in the Middle with You". Rafferty was born into a working-class family in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. His mother taught him both Irish and Scottish folk songs as a boy; later, he was influenced by the music of The Beatles and Bob Dylan. He joined the folk-pop group The Humblebums in 1969. ... Part of the Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Folk movement.

Related Artists: Al Stewart, Stealers Wheel, Seals & Crofts, Orleans

Music Scene: Part of the Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK music scene. Emerged in the 1970s era. Associated with Folk movement.

Tags: Pop, Good Natured, 1970s, Album

Additional Context: Available on Discogs marketplace


"Night Owl" is a 1979 album by Gerry Rafferty. It was released a year after Rafferty's Platinum-selling album City to City. While not quite performing as well as its predecessor, Night Owl still managed enough sales to achieve Gold status in North America and the United Kingdom. The title song reached No. 5 on the UK charts. The album made the UK Top 10.

The album was recorded at Chipping Norton Recording Studios, Chipping Norton, England.

Night Owl

Gerry Rafferty

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