Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty, best known for the hits Stuck In The Middle With You and Baker Street, has died aged 63.

"I can confirm that Gerry very sadly passed away," agent Paul Charles said in an email, giving no further details.

British media reports that Rafferty died peacefully at home with his daughter, Martha, by his side.

He had battled a drinking problem and recently spent time in hospital at Bournemouth in the south of England with liver failure, according to the BBC.

Rafferty played in several bands, including Billy Connolly's folk outfit The Humblebum, before co-founding the soft-rock group Stealers Wheel in 1972.

The band's debut featured Stuck In The Middle With You, which was later featured in Quentin Tarantino's film, Reservoir Dogs.

Stealers Wheel broke up in 1975, but Rafferty went on to enjoy a successful solo career.

Baker Street appeared on Rafferty's 1978 album City To City and was still netting more than 80,000 pounds a year 30 years on.

In October, the song with the famous saxophone solo was recognised by the royalty collection organisation BMI for more than 5 million plays globally.

In recent years, Rafferty was better known for alcohol-fuelled incidents than his music.

His last album, Another World, was released in 2000.

- ABC/Reuters