It was one of the most successful instrumental singles ever released, but few realise that Acker Bilk’s Stranger on the Shore had a very personal origin ...
The poignant central clarinet melody of Acker Bilk’s 1961 masterpiece Stranger on the Shore retains the power to bring a lump to the throat - and even coax out a tear or two - 64 years after its ...
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'Stranger on the Shore' stayed in the UK chart for one year. Clarinettist Acker Bilk, who personified the trad jazz revival of the 1950s and '60s, has died after a lengthy illness at the age of 85.
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The poignant central clarinet melody of Acker Bilk’s 1961 masterpiece Stranger on the Shore retains the power to bring a lump to the throat - and even coax out a tear or two - 64 years after its ...
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