Talk:Acker Bilk

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:AckerBilk1.jpg

message: Do we have a source for Acker having died today, as is stated in the article - I can find no other mention of this in the British news media (and he's well enough known in Britain that I'd expect his death to have got a mention on the BBC news).AndyofKent (talk) 00:28, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Death?

message: Well, I saw him last night at a 'party in the park' style performance at Matlock in Derbyshire, he certainly isn't dead and I thought he did remarkably well for 79! And he told some surprisingly good jokes. Doug Weller (talk) 06:25, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent performance 

message: This article says that it was written for the BBC programme, but the entry for Stranger on the Shore states that it was written for his daughter Jenny. Paul Magnussen (talk) 16:47, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stranger on the Shore 

message: The article has no details on family or ancestry. Does anyone know the country of origin of the surname? It's pronunciation was a real proble for Ameruicans, apparenty. Quite as few dictionaries define  word as meaning "to cheat", but am not sure if this helps with its origin as a surname. Dr.O.Farr-Kinnel (talk) 09:36, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah, Dr.O. we meet again. Sorry to hear about your disciplinary problem. But still no suggestions after three years. This source gives a UK distribution , but not a single entry in Somerset, for some strange reason. Martinevans123 (talk) 22:19, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin of the surname 

message: Is "borrowed" in "He then borrowed a better instrument from the Army, which he kept with him on demobilisation" a euphemism? 86.132.223.111 (talk) 17:33, 27 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Borrowed" 

message: With reference to the Acker Bilk section on Wiki, I can confirm that last night at the Sutton Coldfield Jazz Club, Chris Walker the co-leader of the Pedigree Jazz Band advised us that Acker Bilk has now officially retired.  Chris will be speaking to Acker next week as part of a radio programme.
Regards,Gary Saunders81.174.166.66 (talk) 13:41, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Many thanks, but is there any WP:RS, i.e. publicly-available written source, for this? Otherwise it's just unconfirmed hearsay which cannot be used. Martinevans123 (talk) 13:54, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

text: On today's The Last Word, his drummer Ritchie Bryant said his last gig was in Brecon last year, when he performed from a wheelchair. He received two standing ovations. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:48, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Acker Bilk retires 

message: Hi. The text says that AB played on Van M's Born to Sing: No Plan B; I followed the link to the WP article about that album, and AB isn't listed among the musicians. Which is right - the album page or the AB page? Regards to all. Notreallydavid (talk) 16:30, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Work with Van Morrison 

message: The lead image seems to be the only one available at Commons. Yes, it's very dramatic. But could it be trimmed? Martinevans123 (talk) 23:54, 15 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image