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The Number Ones: Mr. Acker Bilk’s “Stranger On The Shore”

2435 days ago
Stereogum — In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present.… more info
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Greatest hits that end up like a broken record

3702 days ago
The Telegraph — Acker Bilk wasn't the only artist who couldn't bear to play the track that made him famous, says Neil McCormick more info
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Acker Bilk: five great songs

3703 days ago
The Telegraph — Acker Bilk, who had a hit with Stranger on the Shore, has died aged 85 more info
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Jazz clarinettist Acker Bilk dies aged 85

3704 days ago
The Telegraph — The singer is most famous for his 1961 hit Stranger on the Shore more info
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Pop at the pictures: the Beatles sweep all before them in 1963

4408 days ago
Guardian Music — In 1963, the Beatles became the biggest band in Britain. Here are some authentic slices of the hysteria that greeted their concerts, courtesy of the British Pathé newsreel archiveAlong with much of the mainstream British media, Pathé came to the Be... more info
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Tribute to Disc Stars - 1963 British Pathé video

4408 days ago
Guardian Music — Pathé first caught up with the Beatles in October 1963 at the Savoy Hotel in London, where they were guests at a Variety Club bash, alongside the likes of Frank Ifield, Acker Bilk and Charlie Drake. Sgt Pepper seems a very long way distant more info
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Stan Greig obituary

4413 days ago
Guardian Music — Brilliant blues pianist, drummer and founder of the London Jazz Big Band in 1975The jazz pianist – and occasional drummer – Stan Greig, who has died aged 82 after suffering from Parkinson's disease, performed with such leading lights of British t... more info
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The Original Downtown Syncopators

4463 days ago
Guardian Music — From from the British Pathé newsreel archive, Jon Savage unearths footage of the hip young band who rode the trad jazz wave in 1962, inspired by the Original Dixieland Jazz BandReading this on mobile? Watch clip hereThis is a charming period piece, ... more info
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From the Observer archive, 31 July 1960: Riot at the Beaulieu jazz festival

4530 days ago
Guardian Music — The bucolic peace of Hampshire is shattered when fighting mars a set from Acker Bilk's bandThirty-nine people were hurt, three of them seriously when, as a BBC commentator said, "things got out of hand" at the Beaulieu jazz festival last night.The BB... more info
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Mr. Acker Bilk Topped the Music World 50 Years Ago

4592 days ago
Topix — During the American rock and roll era , several hundred British singles have topped the American charts but the very first was by a former traditional jazz artist who never had another top 40 hit in the U.S. Bernard Stanley Bilk was born January 28, ... more info
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