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maxine
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AKER BILK.....

Post by maxine » Mon Nov 03, 2014 12:14 am

Just heard Aker Bilk has passed away ...:0( ...RIP ....
Softly, I will leave you softly
For my heart would break if you should wake and see me go.....

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Post by ROBERT M. » 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 :)
"My Tears Will Fall Now That You're Gone,
I Can't Help But Cry, But I Must Go On" :(

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Post by Marian » 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.

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Post by maxine » 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
Softly, I will leave you softly
For my heart would break if you should wake and see me go.....

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Re: AKER BILK.....

Post by john » Mon Nov 03, 2014 5:47 pm

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

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Post by Eman » Tue Nov 04, 2014 3:23 am

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

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Re: AKER BILK.....

Post by maxine » Tue Nov 04, 2014 3:05 pm

Awe Eman .... 8)
Softly, I will leave you softly
For my heart would break if you should wake and see me go.....

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Post by geoff83 » 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.

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Post by karl » 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.

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Re: AKER BILK.....

Post by Christine Hampshire » Sun Nov 09, 2014 1:17 pm

R.I.P. Mr AKER BILK

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