Acker Bilk has died

Jazz clarinettist Acker Bilk, has died after a lengthy illness, aged 85.
His most famous number Stranger on the Shore was the UK's biggest selling single of 1962.
Born Bernard Stanley Bilk, he changed his name to Acker - Somerset slang for mate - after learning to play the clarinet in the Army.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7jZeXvpyZQ

RIP Acker Bilk

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Originally Posted by SteveB

Jazz clarinettist Acker Bilk, has died after a lengthy illness, aged 85.
His most famous number Stranger on the Shore was the UK's biggest selling single of 1962.
Born Bernard Stanley Bilk, he changed his name to Acker - Somerset slang for mate - after learning to play the clarinet in the Army.

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"The Ultimate",

Just love that tune stranger on the shore an old timeless classic a very romantic piece for those of us who think we are?

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Originally Posted by SteveB

Jazz clarinettist Acker Bilk, has died after a lengthy illness, aged 85.
His most famous number Stranger on the Shore was the UK's biggest selling single of 1962.
Born Bernard Stanley Bilk, he changed his name to Acker - Somerset slang for mate - after learning to play the clarinet in the Army.

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That I never knew until he died.

Just wonderful, and Stranger on the Shore deserved all the success and more that it got.