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RIP Acker Bilk

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Acker Bilk, a British jazz clarinetist whose "Stranger on the Shore" reached the top of the pop charts on both sides of the Atlantic, died on Sunday in Bath, England. He was 85. His death was announced by his manager, Pamela Sutton. She did not specify a cause. Mr. Bilk had been a leading figure on Britain's traditional jazz scene for several years when he recorded "Stranger on the Shore", a wistful ballad that he wrote with Robert Mellin, with string accompaniment in 1961. It reached No. 1 on the Billboard singles chart in 1962, making him one of the first British performers to achieve that distinction.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/03/a...british-jazz-clarinetist-dies-at-85.html?_r=0
 
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