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: Acker Bilk - The Absolutley Essential Collection (CD3)
Artist: Mr. Acker Bilk
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Title: Three In the Morning (Out of Print)
Artist: John Barnes, Bobby Worth, Dave Green, Humphrey Lyttelton, Mr. Acker Bilk, Dave Cliff
Genre: Jazz
Title: At Sundown
Artist: Bobby Worth, Dave Green, Humphrey Lyttelton, Mr. Acker Bilk, Dave Cliff
Genre: Jazz
Title: Love & the Clarinet
Artist: Mr. Acker Bilk, His Paramount Jazz Orchestra
Genre: Jazz, Easy Listening
Title: Cocktails For Two
Artist: Bent Fabric-Cocktails For Two, The Leon Young String Chorale, Mr. Acker Bilk, Bent Fabric
Genre: Jazz
Title: A Golden Hour Of Acker Bilk
Artist: Mr. Acker Bilk
Genre: Jazz, Instrumental, Smooth Jazz, Instrumental, Easy Listening
Title: Acker Bilk - The Absolutley Essential Collection (CD1)
Artist: Mr. Acker Bilk
Genre: Jazz, Smooth Jazz
Collections
Title: Mind Expanders Vol. 2
Genre:
Title: MindExpanders (Mind Expanders) Volume 2 - Remastered
Genre: Rock
Title: Themes & Dreams (British Light Orchestral Classics)
Genre:
Title: Treme Ii- More Classic Sounds from New Orleans
Genre: Jazz
Title: A Decade of Calligraph
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Greatest Oldies, Vol. 5
Genre: Rock
Title: Reference Highlights Nr. 1 2 (Part 1)
Genre: Jazz, World Music
Title: Greatest Jazz & Swing Hits of 1961, Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Greatest Songs, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Big Hits of 1962, Vol. 39
Genre: Pop
Title: Orchestrals & Instrumental Songs
Genre: Pop
Title: The Premier Instrumental Hits, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Instrumental Moods Vol 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Relax, Unwind and Listen Vol 4
Genre: Pop
Title: It's Trad Dad (Original Film Soundtrack)
Genre: Jazz, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Reference Highlights High-Tech-Sound-Sampler, Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: Gospel: Jazz
Genre: Gospel
Title: The Ultimate Unity & Love Album
Genre: Pop
Title: Rolling Back the Years, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Big Hits of 1961, Vol. 23
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Big Hits of 1961, Vol. 26
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Hits of 1960, Vol. 13
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Hits of 1960, Vol. 9
Genre: Pop
Title: Out of Limits: 60's Instrumentals
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock
Title: Greatest Hits of 1960, Vol. 14
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Hits of 1960, Vol. 16
Genre: Pop
Title: Hit Instrumentals of 1960, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop, Instrumental
Title: Popcorn Oldies 6
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Hit Instrumentals of 1960, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop, Instrumental
Title: Dinner Lounge - Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Classic Voices 1
Genre: Gospel
Title: 56 Greatest Jazz & Swing Hits Of 1961
Genre: Jazz
Title: British Traditional Jazz - A Potted History 1936-1963
Genre: Jazz
Title: Greatest Jazz & Swing Hits of 1961, Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: The 1961 British Hit Parade: The B Sides Pt. 2 Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Hit Instrumentals of 1960, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop, Instrumental
Title: Dixieland Forever
Title: British Traditional Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Best of Dixieland
Title: Best - Jazz Blues
Genre: Blues
Title: No. 1 Hits of the 60s, Vol. 2 (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Pop
Title: Golden Years of Revival Jazz Vol. 9
Genre: Jazz
Title: Greatest Big Hits of 1962, Vol. 8
Genre: Pop
Title: The 1960 British Hit Parade: The B Sides, Pt. 1, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Big Hits of 1962, Vol. 12
Genre: Pop
Title: Brit Hits, Vol.2
Genre: Pop
Title: British Classics, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Reference Highlights, Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz, World Music
Title: A Big Mix of Hits, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Big Hits of 1962, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Relaxation Techniques
Title: Dixieland Forever Vol. 3
Title: Dixieland Forever, Vol. 2
Title: Cabaret Night in London
Genre: Pop
Title: Golden Years of Revival Jazz Vol. 8
Genre: Jazz
Title: 50 Great British Jazz Tracks, Pt. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Beatles Box Versions Vol.09 - Hey Jude
Genre: Pop
Title: Golden Years of Revival Jazz Vol. 13
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Golden Years of Revival Jazz Vol. 6
Genre: Jazz
Title: Lot's of Love - Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Reference II
Genre: Jazz, World Music
Title: Smooth Classic Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Great American Songbook Vol 1
Genre: Pop
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