"Stranger on the Shore" is a piece for clarinet written by Acker Bilk for his young daughter and originally named "Jenny" after her. It was subsequently used as the theme tune of a BBC TV drama serial for young people entitled Stranger on the Shore. Real Name: Bernard Bilk Birth Date: 28th January 1929 Birth Place:Pensford Somerset Bilk earned the nickname Acker from the Somerset slang for friend or 'mate'. His parents tried to have him learn the piano, but Bilk as a boy found it restricting upon his love of outdoor activities including football (soccer). He also lost two front teeth in a school fight and half a finger in a sledging accident, both of which Bilk has claimed impacted his eventual clarinet style. He eventually learned the clarinet while serving in the British Army, and by the mid-1950s he was playing professionally. Bilk has been described as "Great Master of the Clarinet" Here I stand, watching the tide go out So all alone and blue Just dreaming dreams of you I watched your ship As it sailed out to sea Taking all my dreams And taking all of me The sighing of the waves The wailing of the wind The tears in my eyes burn Pleading, "My love, return" Why, oh, why must I go on like this? Shall I just be a lonely Stranger on the Shore? The sighing of the waves The wailing of the wind The tears in my eyes burn Pleading, "My love, return" Why, oh, why must I go on like this? Shall I just be a lonely Stranger on the shore? Words by Robert Mellin. + Informações

Relax with the sound of Alka Bilk playing the Clarinet while looking at Beach Photos. + Informações

music: aria artist: acker bilk my comments about this video I believe in the creation account in Genesis and although I am sure those who think otherwise could ask me questions to which I could not give adequate answers, this in no way would change my faith that all we see anywhere in the universe - on earth or out in the vastness of space has been created by the God of the bible. I do not know how the universe ends - in a way I am not too bothered - it would be interesting to know but not vital - the important thing for me is having an inner assurance that God created it at a word by his son Jesus Christ and this video actually makes me stand in awe of the majesty of God and more than that I feel not a little tearful that God who created all this beauty sent Jesus Christ to this world to save sinners and that I am not only known personally to him, but for reasons known only to him, he so worked in my heart that with the hymnist I can truly say " you ask me how I know he lives - he lives within my heart". Not having intellectual understanding of many things cannot affect that nor take me away from him.. + Informações

"Aria" - Acker Bilk is described as the "Great Master of the Clarinet". Born 28 January 1929, Bernard Stanley Bilk, in Somerset where he earned his nickname "Acker" (friend/mate). Bilk was honoured for his services to music in March 2001 when he received "MBE" from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. He wrote this tune for the 1962 BBC TV drama serial "Strangers On The Shore" and that tune became a big hit in the British music chart for 55 weeks, and entered Billboard singles charts in the USA. Bilk first became popular with "Strangers On The Shore" made for the BBC TV drama serial. He went on to record a series of albums, and had another chart success in with this tune "Aria" that enetered in 1976 British music chart. In this clip, Bilk is featured in "Top of the Top" on BBC TV. He is being introduced by top TV presenter Neol Edmunds. Bilk is known for his trademark goatee, bowler hat, striped waistcoat and his breathy, vibrato-rich, lower-register clarinet style. He has appeared on two recent albums by Van Morrison, "Down the Road" and "What's Wrong With This Picture?". More about his live music tour dates, visit www.ackersmusicagency.co.uk?spsyed. + Informações

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Stranger on the shore (Acker Bilk) Here I stand watching the tide go out so alone and blue, dreaming dreams of you I watched your ship as it sailed out to the sea, taking all my dreams, and taking all of me The sighing of the waves, the wailing of the wind, the tears in my eyes burn, pleading my love, return Why oh why, must I go on like this shall I just be a lonely stranger on the? shore?. + Informações

Acker Bilk , Rod Mason , John Mortimer 1973. + Informações

Acker Bilk High Society 1962. From the early days of traditional jazz in Britain is a clip of the fabulous Acker Bilk Band, certainly one of the leading and most exciting jazz bands from that era.. + Informações

I first heard this at a fair on Woodhouse Moor, Leeds, many many years ago when it was first released.. + Informações

Acker Bilk In a Persian market Acker Bilk In a Persian Market 1962. From the early days of traditional jazz in Britain is a clip of the fabulous Acker Bilk Band, certainly one of the leading and most exciting jazz bands from that era.. + Informações

From a poem by English writer Eleanor Farjeon (1881-1965) and featured on Acker's 1998 album 'Romantic Clarinet'!!! Please COMMENT and RATE!!!. + Informações

English clarinetist Acker Bilk and his band entertain the studio audience with a selection of jazz songs including My Blue Heaven and That's My Home.. + Informações

Song: Stranger on the Shore Album: Sentimental Journey Real Name: Bernard Bilk (Acker" is a term for "friend"). Birth Date: January 28, 1929 Birth Place:Pensford Somerset, England Acker Bilk's official website, biography: www.ackersmusicagency.co.uk Acker Bilk, born Bernard Stanley Bilk in Somerset, England has been described as "Great Master of the Clarinet" This was the first song by a British artist to top the US charts. Believe it or not Acker's music has been enjoyed in Outer Space. A cassette belonging to Gene Cernan was flown around the moon in Apollo10. Bilk took up the clarinet in the UK Royal Army in 1958, in a band he formed called the Paramount Jazz Band. It's an instrumental song featuring Bilk's clarinet. As far as I know Acker Bilk is still alive today at the ripe old age of 82. God bless you and keep you safe Acker. Your music will live on forever. (Btw, Apollo 10 was the "first manned flight" of the lunar module around the moon. Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 & 17 all landed on the moon. Apollo 13 moon landing was aborted after an oxygen tank exploded on board. The Apollo 18-20 missions were cancelled due to lack of funds. Unfortunately, all three crew members of Apollo 1 died in a training accident. www.funtrivia.com . Stranger On The Shore was originally named "Jenny" (after Acker's daughter), on his LP Sentimental Journey, the song's name was changed when Bilk played it as the theme song for a new children's TV show, Stranger On The Shore. The show, which .... + Informações

Ful of energy and feel how they play this, pure class imo. + Informações

Bernard Stanley "Acker" Bilk MBE (born 28 January 1929, Pensford, Somerset, England) is an English clarinetist. He is known for his trademark goatee, bowler hat, striped waistcoat and his breathy, vibrato-rich, lower-register clarinet style. Bilk earned the nickname Acker from the Somerset slang for 'friend' or 'mate'. His parents tried to have him learn the piano, but Bilk as a boy found it restricting upon his love of outdoor activities including football. He also lost two front teeth in a school fight and half a finger in a sledging accident, both of which Bilk has claimed to have affected his eventual clarinet style. He learned the clarinet while serving in the Royal Engineers in the Suez Canal Zone, and by the mid-1950s he was playing professionally. Bilk was part of the boom in traditional jazz that swept the United Kingdom in the late 1950s. He first joined Ken Colyer's band in 1954, and then formed his own ensemble, The Paramount Jazz Band, in 1956. Four years later, his single "Summer Set" (a pun on his home county) hit the British charts and it began a run of eleven top 50 hit singles. Bilk has been described as "Great Master of the Clarinet" and is often said to be the originator of 'Hyung-Tiger' playing, often copied by such artists as Johnny Range and Ted Morton. His clarinet sound and style was at least as singular as had been those of American jazzmen such as Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, and Russell Procope, and "Stranger on the Shore" -- which he was once .... + Informações

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Acker Bilk and His Paramount Jazz Band another fabulous Acker Bilk composition and equally fabulous Acker Bilk clarinet solo with the rhythmn section 1959 issued under "Starportrait (1959-1969)." This was the forerunner for Acker Bilk's famous Stranger on the Shore which carried him to Stardom and probably kept him in a bed of roses for the rest of his life (he said it was his pension). The Band featured here: Acker Bilk (cl); Dave Collett (Pn) Roy James (Ba); Ernie Price (bs); Ron Mackay (dr) (Thanks to "pat4170" for reminding me that Ernie Price was the Bass player). (Track 10 of 24) Submitted: ULAJAZZ. + Informações

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Acker Bilk : Clarinet Mood. + Informações

A popular song composed and written by Spanish composer Sebastian Iradier in 1863. The motif of 'La Paloma' (the dove) can be traced back to an episode that occurred in 492 BC preliminary to Darius' invasion of Greece, a time when the white dove had not yet seen in Europe. The Persian fleet under Mardonius was caught in a storm off the shore of Mt. Althos and being wrecked when the Greeks observed white doves escaping from the sinking Persian ships. This inspired the notion that such birds bring home a final message of love from a sailor who is lost at sea. This theme that a final link of love overcomes death and separation is reflected in 'La Paloma'. Bernard Stanley "Acker" Bilk (1929 - ) is a well-known English clarinetist. **UMG owned the sound recording of this video. No copyright infringement intended.. + Informações

Special Guests Mr. Acker Bilk cl and Henry Chaix p TheHarlem Ramblers Dixieland Jazzband from Zurich, Switzerland was founded in 1955, and, after various changes, settled down in 1969 to a well knit group. The band members were Guenter Sellenath (Tp), Tabis Bachmann (Cl), Thedy Schuetz (Tb), Chris Mitchell (Bj), John Treichler (B), and Gerry Ceccaroni (Dr). The band is still going strong with the hard core of Guenter, Thedy, Chris, and Gerry. The newest members are Hans Schlaepfer on Bass since 2002, and since 2005, Wastl Berger, Clarinet and Saxophone. For more information, please visit the Homepage. www.harlemramblers.ch. + Informações

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......George Lewis and Acker Bilk collaborate on this classic......... + Informações

Acker Bilk - This Masquerade -. + Informações