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Jazz clarinettist Acker Bilk dies aged 85
Published Mon, Nov 3, 2014 · 09:50 PM
London
BRITISH jazz clarinettist Acker Bilk, who became an international star with his 1961 single Stranger On The Shore, died on Sunday aged 85.
The first British act to top US charts in the 1960s, the goateed musician came to personify the jazz revival of the period with his signature outfit of a waistcoat and bowler hat.
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