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Acker Bilk 'fed up' with Stranger on the Shore | |
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Clarinet player Acker Bilk is "fed up" with playing his most famous tune - Stranger on the Shore. | |
The 83-year-old jazz musician who lives in Pensford, Somerset, had a hit with it in the early 1960s and has played it regularly ever since. | The 83-year-old jazz musician who lives in Pensford, Somerset, had a hit with it in the early 1960s and has played it regularly ever since. |
His record was the UK's biggest selling single of 1962 and it made him an international star. | His record was the UK's biggest selling single of 1962 and it made him an international star. |
He said: "I'm fed up with playing it. It's all right but you do get fed up with it after 50 years." | He said: "I'm fed up with playing it. It's all right but you do get fed up with it after 50 years." |
Stranger on the Shore stayed in the UK charts for more than 50 weeks. It also reached number one in America. | Stranger on the Shore stayed in the UK charts for more than 50 weeks. It also reached number one in America. |
The tune was an expanded version of a piece originally called Jenny, named after his daughter. | The tune was an expanded version of a piece originally called Jenny, named after his daughter. |
Sales of it took off after it was used as the signature tune for the BBC TV series Stranger on the Shore. | Sales of it took off after it was used as the signature tune for the BBC TV series Stranger on the Shore. |
Mr Bilk, whose real name is Bernard Stanley Bilk, was made an MBE in 2001 for services to the music industry. | Mr Bilk, whose real name is Bernard Stanley Bilk, was made an MBE in 2001 for services to the music industry. |
He was speaking about Stranger on the Shore ahead of the 50th anniversary of it topping the charts in the UK and America. | He was speaking about Stranger on the Shore ahead of the 50th anniversary of it topping the charts in the UK and America. |
You can see a full interview with Acker Bilk on 'Inside Out West' which is being broadcast at 19:30 GMT on 13 February on BBC One in the West of England. | You can see a full interview with Acker Bilk on 'Inside Out West' which is being broadcast at 19:30 GMT on 13 February on BBC One in the West of England. |
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