Acker Bilk

clarinet, vocals · 1929–2014 · Pensford

Clarinetist from Somerset, a figure of British trad jazz in the 1960s. His track Stranger on the Shore was number 1 in the United States in 1962.

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Styles

• Traditional revival
• British jazz

Landmark tracks

• Stranger on the Shore (1961)

Sources

• Source

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