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Borderstone · 12-03-2014, 10:28 PM

Oh my gosh,Jim I just now noticed this!

First and foremost,my apologies for not noticing sooner.

Mr. Acker Bilk (born Bernard Stanley Bilk 1/28/1929)
and his #1 hit song (2 weeks U.S.) & album "Stranger On The Shore" & I go back over 28 years.

In 1986,my mother got me a copy of Billboard Book Of #1 Hits and this is where I read about him first. Not long after,in my record collecting travels,I bought his album and even got the single later.

I think it's one of the greatest instrumentals ever. Manly for it's simplicity. His style of clarient playing is unmistakably his. It's a too bad the U.S. didn't give him more hits but a number one hit is nothing to chide about either.

Especialy since that became the #1 song of 1962 overall here in
the states,having stayed on the Hot 100 longer than any other single.

In an odd coincidence,I just bought a single by Mike Douglas (yes the talk show host). The A side is The Men In My Little Girl's Life and the B side is a vocal version of "Stranger On The Shore". Still,Bilk's is always the best.

P.S. - For those who don't know he earned the
nickname "Acker" from the Somerset slang for "friend" or "mate".

RIP Bernard or Our good musical "Acker".

12-03-2014, 10:28 PM	#2
Borderstone Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Phoenix,Arizona -America Posts: 4,427	Re: Acker Bilk Oh my gosh,Jim I just now noticed this! First and foremost,my apologies for not noticing sooner. Mr. Acker Bilk (born Bernard Stanley Bilk 1/28/1929) and his #1 hit song (2 weeks U.S.) & album "Stranger On The Shore" & I go back over 28 years. In 1986,my mother got me a copy of Billboard Book Of #1 Hits and this is where I read about him first. Not long after,in my record collecting travels,I bought his album and even got the single later. I think it's one of the greatest instrumentals ever. Manly for it's simplicity. His style of clarient playing is unmistakably his. It's a too bad the U.S. didn't give him more hits but a number one hit is nothing to chide about either. Especialy since that became the #1 song of 1962 overall here in the states,having stayed on the Hot 100 longer than any other single. In an odd coincidence,I just bought a single by Mike Douglas (yes the talk show host). The A side is The Men In My Little Girl's Life and the B side is a vocal version of "Stranger On The Shore". Still,Bilk's is always the best. P.S. - For those who don't know he earned the nickname "Acker" from the Somerset slang for "friend" or "mate". RIP Bernard or Our good musical "Acker". __________________ "A knight of the road,going back to a place where he might get warm." - Borderstone Last edited by Borderstone; 12-03-2014 at 10:35 PM.