1978 was the year of Gerry Rafferty. Here is some information on awards, nominations, and record charts.
     

Grammy Award Nominations

Gerry Rafferty was nominated in two categories for the 1978 Grammy Awards by the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences. I think the nominations were for:
Record of the Year (Baker Street)
Best Vocal Performance, Male (Baker Street)

Gerry did not win any Grammys that evening. The winners were:
Record of the Year: Just the Way You Are: Billy Joel
Song of the Year: Just the Way You Are: Billy Joel
Album of the Year: Saturday Night Fever
Pop Vocal Performance, Female: You Need Me, Anne Murray
Pop Vocal Performance, Male: Copacabana, Barry Manilow
Pop Vocal Performance, Group: Saturday Night Fever, The Bee Gees
New Artist of the Year: A Taste Of Honey
     

     

U.S. Top 40 Charts

Here's how Gerry's songs did on the US Top 40 charts (Billboard):

Song Title Date First in Top 40 Peak Position # Weeks in Top 40
Stuck in the Middle With You 3/13/73 6 13
Star 3/9/74 29 3
Baker Street 5/13/78 2 15
Right Down the Line 8/26/78 12 10
Home and Dry 1/6/79 28 6
Days Gone Down 6/16/79 17 7
Get It Right Next Time 9/8/79 21 8
     

     

Gold and Platinum

Baker Street was certified Gold on 7/18/78

City to City album was certified Gold on 5/26/78 and Platinum on 7/20/78
City to City sold more than 5 million copies in one year

Night Owl album was certified Gold on 6/1/79
     

     

Millions of Performances

Baker Street was recognized for 3 million performances in the US in 1997
(that's over 50,000 broadcast hours, or 5.7 consecutive years of airplay!!)

Right Down The Line was recognized for 2 million performances

Stuck in the Middle With You was recognized for 2 million performances