"[Acker had] been ill for some time. He was my great friend and his music was legendary," Sutton said. The Somerset-born musician emerged as a major figure in the traditional jazz revival in the 1950s ...

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, ...

Somerset jazz musician Acker Bilk has announced he's giving up live performances after 60 years on stage. The clarinet player from Pensford is best known for his multi-million selling instrumental ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pamela Sutton, Bilk’s manager, said he died on Sunday at a hospital in Bath, south-western England. The cause of death was not announced. Born Bernard Stanley Bilk in 1929 in the south-western English ...

Acker Bilk, the legendary jazz Clarinettist, has died after a period of illness, aged 85 reports the BBC. 'Stranger on the Shore' released in 1962 pushed him to international fame. Born Bernard ...

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 ...

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 ...