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- proper noun A
street in theWestminster borough ofLondon , that runs south from Regents Park to Oxford Street; the fictional home ofSherlock Holmes was at number 221B.
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Examples
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Following his work with Stealer's Wheel, Rafferty perused a successful solo career in which he released the 1978 hit "Baker Street," which has since been covered by artists including The Foo Fighters and country singer Waylon Jennings.
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Rafferty retired from the limelight many years ago and had a drinking problem, but his two big hits -- the other one was "Baker Street," with a memorable yet syrupy sax solo -- were emblematic of the era in which they were written.
Gerry Rafferty, 'Stuck in the Middle' songwriter Matt Schudel 2011
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"Baker Street," made the Top 10 in both Britain and the United States.
NYT > Home Page By DOUGLAS MARTIN 2011
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Rafferty said the legal issues helped him write "Baker Street," which featured a memorable saxophone solo by Raphael Ravenscroft.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Its centerpiece song, "Baker Street," featured a saxophone solo by Raphael
NYT > Home Page By DOUGLAS MARTIN 2011
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When I hear songs such as Baker Street and Right Down The Line
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The reason Sherlock Holmes' latest adventure, The House of Silk, is only being published 81 years after the death of his creator Arthur Conan Doyle, and 106 years after his final story about the tenant of 221B Baker Street, is that the story was simply too shocking to reveal until now.
New Sherlock Holmes novel by Anthony Horowitz out in November 2011
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One incident was Green's attempt to assault him in Baker Street at the time of the hostile bid.
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The background mood is right, a complacent, seemingly optimistic 1890s bustling with energy, but with something dangerous rumbling underneath that is more than the tube station being built near 221B Baker Street.
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Singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty, best known for such hits as "Stuck in the Middle with You" and "Baker Street," has died after a long battle with an unspecified illness, according to The Associated Press.
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