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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #JazzRecordRequests Acker Bilk: 🎵 Dardanella #BBCRadio3 #AckerBilk ▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify ▶️ Track on #Spotify:

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On Jan 28, 1929: (Bernard) #AckerBilk, British clarinetist who was part of the traditional jazz revival of the 1950s and 1960s, born in Pensford, Somerset, England (d. 2014).
#HappyBirthday #RIP 🪦
Stranger On The Shore - Acker Bilk

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#OnThisDay in 2014, (Bernard) #AckerBilk, British clarinetist who was part of the traditional jazz revival of the 1950s and 1960s, died at 85.
#RIP 🕊️🪦🎚️🕯️
Acker Bilk - Stranger On The Shore

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Acker Bilk's bench, in his native Pensford, Somerset.
And his grave, in nearby Publow churchyard.
And BSkiers of a certain age now have *that* melody, stuck in their heads for the rest of the day.
#photography #AckerBilk #bench #gravestone #Pensford #Publow #StrangerOnTheShore

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Mr. Acker Bilk, geboren als Bernard Stanley Bilk, war ein bemerkenswerter britischer Jazzklarinettist und Sänger, der mit seiner #Klarinette weltweite Bekanntheit erlangte. Sein markanter Look – Melone, Ziegenbart und gestreifte Westen – sowie sein berühmter Hit "Stranger on the Shore", geschrieben für seine Tochter Jenny, bleiben unvergessen. Bilks musikalisches Erbe inspiriert weiterhin Jazzliebhaber weltweit. #AckerBilk #Jazz

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Acker Bilk - Stranger On The Shore

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"Acker" Bilk was an English clarinetist
His instrumental tune "Stranger on the Shore" became the UK's biggest selling single of 1962. He was born in Pensford Somerset. In 1954 Bilk married his childhood sweetheart, Jean Hawkins, whom he met in the same class at school. He earned the nickname "Acker" from the Somerset slang for "friend" or "mate". After living near London for many years, the couple retired back to Pensford. And he loved cider. #cider #AckerBilk #books