Mr. Acker Bilk
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Biography
[Edit]Acker Bilk — or Mr. Acker Bilk, as he was billed — has won immortality on rock oldies radio for his surprise 1962 hit "Stranger on the Shore," an evocative ballad featuring his heavily quavering low-register clarinet over a bank of strings. To the jazz world, though, he has a longer-running track record as one of the biggest stars of Britain's trad jazz boom, playing in a distinctive early New Orleans manner. After learning his instrument in the British Army, Bilk joined Ken Colyer's trad band in 1954 before stepping out on his own in 1956. By 1960, a record of his, "Summer Set" — a pun on the name of his home county — landed on the British pop charts, and Bilk was on his way, clad in the Edwardian clothing and bowler hats that his publicist told his Paramount Jazz Band to wear. Several other British hits followed, but none bigger than "Stranger," which Bilk wrote for his daughter Jenny. The single stayed 55 weeks on the British charts and crossed the sea to America, where it hit number one in an era when radio was open to oddball records of all idioms (Bilk gratefully called "Stranger" "my old-age pension"). Released on English Columbia in Britain, several Bilk albums came out in America on the Atco label, and he continued to have hits until the British rock invasion of 1964 made trad seem quaint. With that, Bilk moved into cabaret and continued to have some success in Europe, leading jazz bands, recording with lush string ensembles, and even scoring another hit, "Aria" (number five in Britain), in 1976. Continuing to perform through the 2000s, Bilk slackened his pace so that he could pursue, like Miles Davis, a hobby of painting. ~ Richard S. Ginell, Rovi
Title: A Golden Hour Of Acker Bilk
Artist: Mr. Acker Bilk
Genre: Jazz, Instrumental, Smooth Jazz, Instrumental, Easy Listening
Title: Mood For Love
Artist: Mr. Acker Bilk, The Leon String Chorale
Genre: Jazz, Instrumental, Instrumental
Title: The Swing Code
Artist: Kenny Ball, Chris Barber, The Dutch Swing College Band, Mr. Acker Bilk, Papa Bue
Genre: Jazz
Title: I Think the Best Thing About... / A Song Was Born
Artist: Mr. Acker Bilk, Papa Bue
Genre: Jazz
Collections
Title: 20 Best Songs From the Movies
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: A Jazzy Christmas Time
Genre: Jazz, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Instrumental Gold (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Pop
Title: Instrumental Hits, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Oldies But Goldies (Rerecorded Version)
Genre: Pop
Title: The 1961 British Hit Parade: The B Sides Pt. 3 Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: 1960's British Hit Parade, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Soul and R&B Hits of 1961, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Brit Hits, Vol.3
Genre: Pop
Title: 60 Instrumental Golden Oldies
Genre: Pop
Title: A Mixed Bag of Hits, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: The 1960 British Hit Parade: The B Sides, Pt 2, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Britain's Greatest Hits 1960
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Big Hits of 1961, Vol. 18
Genre: Pop
Title: Classic Essential Hits, Vol. 6
Genre: Pop
Title: Best of Dixieland
Title: Very Best of Dixieland
Genre: Jazz, World Music
Title: Mother's Day
Genre: Pop
Title: Simply Songs for the Seaside
Genre:
Title: Discover 60s One Hit Wonders
Genre: Rock
Title: The 1960 British Hit Parade: The B Sides, Pt. 3, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: The 1960 British Hit Parade: The B Sides, Pt. 2, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: 40 Instrumental Hits - The Big Hits of the 50's Era
Genre: Jazz, Instrumental
Title: Joe Meek Recordings
Genre: Rock
Title: Discover 50s Crooners
Genre:
Title: Greatest Big Hits of 1961, Vol. 22
Genre: Pop
Title: Top of the Chart & Doo Wop, Vol. 9
Genre: Rock
Title: Greatest Big Hits of 1962, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Pure Instrumental Hits, Vol.2
Genre: Pop
Title: Joe Meek: Sound Engineer
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Giantz of Jazz (Live)
Genre: Jazz
Title: It's Pop & Doo Wop, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: New York, You've Got Me Dancin' + More Classics
Genre: Pop
Title: Top of the Chart & Doo Wop, Vol. 9
Genre: Rock
Title: The Hits & The Best of Doo Wop, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Pure Love Moods Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Swingin' on a Star, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: The Most Beautiful Instrumental Music Vol 3
Genre: Pop
Title: A Mixed Bag of Hits, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Doo Wop & Pop Hits, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Hits of 1960, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Rolling Back the Years
Genre: Pop
Title: Rolling Back the Years, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: The Finest Jazz Ballads
Genre: Jazz
Title: Berlin bleibt Berlin
Genre: Pop
Title: The Best in Instrumentals, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: The Best Instrumental Hits, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Songs from the Mad Men Era
Genre:
Title: Radio Days - Music from the Golden Age, Vol. 1
Genre:
Title: Golden Years of Revival Jazz Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Golden Years of Revival Jazz Vol. 14
Genre: Jazz
Title: Trad Mad! - The Pye Trad-Jazz Anthology (1956-1963)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Golden Years of Revival Jazz Vol. 5
Genre: Jazz
Title: Golden Years of Revival Jazz Vol. 7
Genre: Jazz
Title: Golden Years of Revival Jazz Vol. 10
Genre: Jazz
Title: At the Jazz Band Ball: 1962
Genre: Jazz
Title: Chill Out Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Frühschoppen-Hits / Fruhschoppen-Hits
Genre: Jazz
Title: It's Trad, Dad - Original Soundtrack
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: British Traditional Jazz Goes to the Movies
Genre: Jazz
Title: 50 Great British Jazz Tracks, Pt. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Greatest Hits of Trad
Genre: Jazz
Featuring albums
Title: Late Night Tales: Röyksopp / Late Night Tales: Royksopp
Artist: Röyksopp / Royksopp
Genre: Electronica, Rock, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Various Artists
Artist: 100 Clarinet Classics
Genre: Electronica, Techno, Jazz, Drum & Bass, Dancefloor, World Music, Dance Pop, Hardcore
Title: Late Night Tales: Röyksopp / Late Night Tales: Royksopp
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor
Title: Three in the Morning
Artist: John Barnes, Dave Green, Humphrey Lyttelton, Dave Cliff, Bobby Worth Acker Bilk
Genre: Jazz
Title: AnotherLateNight & LateNightTales Complete Collection Vol. 34
Artist: Röyksopp / Royksopp
Genre: Electronica, Funk, Experimental
Title: LateNightTales
Artist: Röyksopp / Royksopp
Genre: Downtempo, Trip Hop, Electronica, Soul, Indie Rock, Disco, Funk, Experimental
Title: Love, Love Me Do (CD3)
Artist: Lemon Popsicles And Strawberry Milkshakes
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Title: The Best Of The Love Songs (CD2)
Artist: Petticoats, Dreamboats
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: Best Of British (CD2)
Artist: Len Goodmans Legends
Genre: Jazz, New Wave, Country, Pop, Ska, Theatre/Soundtrack, Musical
Title: Latin Groove Mix
Artist: Разные Исполнители / Raznye Ispolniteli
Genre: Free Improvisation, Samba, Latin, Experimental, Fusion
Title: Alchemy In Sound: Vol. 1 The Wizard Of The Studio
Artist: Joe Meek
Title: From Stan, With Love: With Love From Jazz / We Love You Madly
Artist: Stan Tracey
Genre: Jazz