Acker Bilk, who has died aged 85, was a jazz musician who rose to fame on a wave of enthusiasm for trad jazz but, with his distinctive look of long sideburns, goatee beard, garish waistcoat, and ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Veteran British jazz clarinettist and singer Acker Bilk has died at the age of 85. The performer, best known for his laid back signature tune Stranger On The Shore, died at Bath's Royal United ...

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 ...

The great master of the clarinet has to be heard to be believed. The name Acker means mate or friend and an apt sobriquet for the leader of the Paramount Jazz band whose sense of humour and ...

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 ...

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.

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, ...