Acker Bilk

Here we have some early recordings of Acker 1958/59...a great collection of tunes orchestrations and an occasional vocal....and whoever wrote the back sleeve notes certainly has a way with long words !! worth reading to see if you get it !!....and smile whilst you read !!

 
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Acker Bilk

A good selection of Acker's well known tunes giving the people that are unfamiliar with his work a good introduction to his style !!

Bernard Stanley "Acker" Bilk, MBE (28 January 1929 – 2 November 2014) was an English clarinettist and vocalist known for his appearance – goatee, bowler hat and striped waistcoat – and breathy, vibrato-rich, lower-register clarinet style.
Bilk's 1962 instrumental tune "Stranger on the Shore" became the UK's biggest selling single of 1962: it was in the UK charts for more than 50 weeks, peaking at number two, and was the first No. 1 single in the United States by a British artist in the era of the modern Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.

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