Acker Bilk United Kingdom

Biography

Acker Bilk (b. 1929) is an English clarinettist specialising in trad jazz and popular music. Born on 28th January 1929 in Pensford, Somerset, christened Bernard Stanley Bilk, he has been one of the world's best known clarinettists since the late 1950s. His trademark goatee, bowler hat, and striped waistcoat are almost as recognisable as his breathy, vibrato-rich, middle-register clarinet style. Although playing mainly jazz in Dixieland and trad styles

Popular Songs

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  Is This the Blues?

  Stranger on the Shore

  65 BPM
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  Here's That Rainy Day

  Feelings 2

  82 BPM
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  Hushabye Mountain

  Feelings 2

  173 BPM
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  When

  Feelings 2

  96 BPM
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  What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life

  Feelings 2

  101 BPM

Discography

I Think the Best Thing About This Record Is the Music

2007

Stranger on the Shore

2006

Stranger on the Shore

2001

Stranger on the Shore

2000

Everybody's Talkin'

1999

A Love Album for the Nineties

1998

Feelings 2

1998

Feelings 4

1998

In a Mellow Mood

1998

In a Mellow Mood

1993

Stranger on the Shore

1988

Relaxin'

1981

Mellow Music

1980

Sheer Magic

1977

Ack's Back

1973

Some of My Favorite Things

1973

Mr. Acker Bilk's Folio of Great Songs

1968

London Is My Cup of Tea

1967

Mood for Love

1966

Together!

1965

A Touch of Latin

1964

Above the Stars

1962

Stranger on the Shore

1961