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: Funiculi Funicula - Amore 2019 (CD2)
Genre: Jazz, Rock, Pop, Easy Listening
Title: Latitud Latina: Jazz & Sabor
Genre: Latin
Title: Mastermix Classic Cuts 166 (Elegant Dining)
Genre: Downtempo, Electronica, Post Disco, Deep House, Acid Jazz, Dub, Latin, Disco, Easy Listening
Title: Jazz Latino: Calmante
Genre: Samba, Latin, Classical, Bossanova, Easy Listening
Title: Traditional Jazz In London & The British Isles
Genre: Jazz
Title: Restez Chez Vous - Les Annees 60 (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Rock & Roll, World Music, Acoustic, Classical, Folk
Title: 200 Vintage (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: The Hits: The 60S (CD3)
Genre: Soul, Blues, Rock, Garage Rock, Classical, Easy Listening
Title: Bossa Nova & Smooth Jazz Sensation
Genre: Jazz
Title: Greatest Ever Golden Anthems (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: Greatest Ever Golden Anthems (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: Swinging 50s (Original Soundtrack) (CD7)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Rock & Roll, World Music, Country, Rockabilly, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Acoustic, Classical, Folk
Title: The Great Revival Traditional Jazz 1949-58, Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: 200 Top 60 Years (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Rock, Rock & Roll, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Acoustic, Classical
Title: The Best 60s In The World... Ever! (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: Jazz For Cocktails: Another 'Superior Musical Evening'
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Coolest In The World Ever! (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: All The Time In The World (CD1)
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Greatest Hits Of The 60's (200 Classics Remastered) (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Punk Rock, Pop
Title: British Jazz: Trad, Big Band, Vocal And More
Genre: Jazz
Title: Feelings: Great Pop Ballads 2024
Genre: Pop
Title: Mastermix Decades USB: 60s
Genre: Electro, Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Rock, Punk Rock, Dancefloor, Country, Pop
Title: Autumn Moods: Songs For Rainy Days And Cozy Nights 2024
Genre: Pop
Title: Tea For Two: British Artists Play American Standards 2024
Genre: Pop
Title: If You Go Away: Torch Songs
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