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 ...

Acker Bilk, MBE was born Bernard Stanley Bilk on January 28, 1929 in Pensford, Somerset, and was an English clarinettist and vocalist. After Acker left school, he worked in a cigarette factory and ...

THIS year’s Porthcawl Jazz Festival has a truly international flavour. THIS year’s Porthcawl Jazz Festival has a truly international flavour. The four-day event, from April 15 to 18, features ...

England's Acker Bilk's big hit of 1961, the sugary, vibrato packed "Stranger on the Shore" masked the fact that Bilk had been (and continues to be ) a fine New Orleans jazz performer. Bilk was a ...

During the American rock and roll era (1955-present), several hundred British singles have topped the American charts but the very first was by a former traditional jazz artist who never had another ...

Veteran British jazz clarinettist and singer Acker Bilk has died at the age of 85, his manager said today. The performer, best known for his laid back signature tune Stranger On The Shore, died this ...

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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 ...

BRITISH jazz clarinettist Acker Bilk, who became an international star with his 1961 single Stranger On The Shore, died on Sunday aged 85. The first British act to top US charts in the 1960s, the ...

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 ...