Jazz singer and clarinettist Acker Bilk has died at the age of 85, his manager said today. The performer was best known for writing and performing the clarinet piece 'Stranger On The Shore' which was ...

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, ...

The celebrated jazz clarinettist Acker Bilk has died aged 85. Bilk was perhaps best known for his 1961 song Stranger on the Shore and was one of the most important figures in the revival of ...

English clarinet player Acker Bilk, who beat the Beatles and other British rockers to the top of the US music charts with the instrumental Stranger on the Shore, has died at the age of 85. Manager ...

You may not be familiar with his name, but if you're into some of the biggest hits of the '60s, you've likely heard his work. Acker Bilk, born Bernard Stanley Bilk, was a jazz clarinetist who, among ...

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 of 85. By ...

There are performers who are best known for something which is not representative of their principal work – Don McLean's "American Pie", Lita Roza's "Doggie In The ...

'Stranger on the Shore' stayed in the UK chart for one year. 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.

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 ...

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 ...