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 — 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, ...

Acker Bilk has won immortality on rock oldies radio for his surprise 1962 hit "Stranger on the Shore," an evocative ballad featuring his heavily quavering low-register clarinet over a bank of strings.

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 US music charts with the instrumental Stranger on the Shore, has died at the age of 85. Manager ...

'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.

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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 ...

Acker Bilk, the legendary jazz clarinettist, has died at the age of 85. The musician, who lived in Pensford, Somerset, died this afternoon at Bath's Royal United Hospital, his manager Pamela Sutton ...