English clarinet player Acker Bilk, who reached the top of the U.S. music charts with the instrumental “Stranger on the Shore,” has died. He was 85. Bilk died Sunday at a hospital in Bath, ...

LONDON (AP) - English clarinet player Acker Bilk, who beat the Beatles and other British rockers to the top of the U.S. music charts with the instrumental "Stranger on the Shore," has died at the age ...

These days, Kenny G’s whole public existence seems to be limited to TV commercials where he makes fun of himself. But those of us who are old enough remember when Kenny G was running shit. In the late ...

Clarinettist Acker Bilk, who personified the trad jazz revival of the 1950s and '60s, has died after a lengthy illness at the age of 85. His most famous song Stranger on the Shore was the UK's biggest ...

Bernard Stanley "Acker" Bilk, MBE (28 January 1929 – 2 November 2014) was a British clarinetist and vocalist known for his breathy, vibrato-rich, lower-register style, and distinctive appearance – of ...

LONDON — Clarinet player Acker Bilk, whose smooth sound topped music charts on both sides of the Atlantic, has died at the age of 85. Manager Pamela Sutton says Bilk died Sunday at a hospital in Bath, ...

LONDON (AP) — Clarinet player Acker Bilk, whose smooth sound topped music charts on both sides of the Atlantic, has died at the age of 85. Manager Pamela Sutton says Bilk died Sunday at a hospital in ...

In this file photo dated March 13, 2001, clarinettist and vocalist Acker Bilk holds his MBE awarded to him for services to the music industry, who has died Sunday Nov. 2, 2014, aged 85. The legendary ...