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Posted: **Mon Nov 03, 2014 12:14 am**

Just heard Aker Bilk has passed away ...:0( ...RIP ....

Posted: **Mon Nov 03, 2014 3:00 am**

Acker Bilk RIP

..............Stranger on the Shore is beautiful as is this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqxTCAJEncg

Posted: **Mon Nov 03, 2014 9:50 am**

We saw Acker Bilk once, in a show with Chris Barber at the Hexagon in Reading. They both came out and chatted after the show and signed autographs. Acker's has a big smiley face next to it.
R.I.P. Acker Bilk.

Posted: **Mon Nov 03, 2014 11:33 am**

Aaawwww ...Stranger On The Shore was my dear nans fave ...my mum would cry every time she heard it ....

Not sure if this has been mentioned in the article you've given Robert but he was the first British artist to reach number one in America ....1961

Posted: **Mon Nov 03, 2014 5:47 pm**

Very sad news, a great musician.
R.I.P. Acker Bilk

Posted: **Tue Nov 04, 2014 3:23 am**

RIP Mr. Acker Bilk as he was known here. My Dad plays his records all the time.

Posted: **Tue Nov 04, 2014 3:05 pm**

Awe Eman ....

Posted: **Wed Nov 05, 2014 4:24 pm**

I always remember my mum and I listening to Stranger on the Shore together, when I was young. Beautiful piece of music.

Posted: **Thu Nov 06, 2014 4:50 pm**

Yes he was known as Mr. Acker Bilk here too but we all called him Acker Bilk.

I love Acker playiing Aria which I hav eon an LP and that was my hotel in Las Vegas, so large it was like a world on it's own!

I saw Ball,Barber & Bilk last year but Acker was in a wheel chair and did not play that well, I felt rather sorry for him as he tried.

Rest in peace Acker and your music will still be enjoyed in years to come.

Posted: **Sun Nov 09, 2014 1:17 pm**

R.I.P. Mr AKER BILK

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