Acker Bilk

Bernard Stanley "Acker" Bilk MBE (28 January 1929 – 2 November 2014) was an English clarinettist and vocalist. He was known for his trademark goatee, bowler hat, striped waistcoat and breathy, vibrato-rich, lower-register clarinet style. Bilk's 1962 instrumental tune "Stranger on the Shore" became the UK's biggest selling single and his best known work."Acker Bilk 'fed up' with Stranger on the Shore". BBC. Retrieved 2 November 2014

Bilk died in Bath, Somerset, England, aged 85.

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Category:1929 births
Category:2014 deaths
Category:Musicians from Somerset