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RIP Acker Bilk

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    RIP Acker Bilk

    BBC News - Acker Bilk: legendary jazz clarinettist dies aged 85


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      Last edited by mudskipper; 2 November 2014, 20:25.

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        #4
        Rest in piece legend.
        Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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          #5
          Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
          Rest in piece legend.
          peace

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            #6
            Auto correct. Don't fricking start pet.
            Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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              #7
              Originally posted by zeitghost
              IIRC "stranger on the shore" was the theme to a tv programme back in the 60s.
              Indeed.

              Originally posted by Wikipedia

              Stranger on the Shore is a British television drama serial first broadcast by the BBC in 1961. It was written by Sheila Hodgson, and produced and directed by Kevin Sheldon. The five-episode series portrays Marie-Hélène Ronsin, a young French teenager, on her first trip to England as an au pair. Speaking some English, but very shy, she lives with a family in Brighton, and faces the challenges of culture shock. The series was followed the following year by a sequel, entitled Stranger in the City.

              Acker Bilk's "Jenny" was renamed "Stranger on the Shore" when it was chosen as the theme for the series.[1] It was subsequently released as a single, spending 55 weeks in the UK singles chart[2] and becoming the best-selling record of 1962 in the U.S. chart.[3]
              "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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                #8
                Originally posted by zeitghost
                IIRC "stranger on the shore" was the theme to a tv programme back in the 60s.
                Vaguely recall it.

                About a French au pair in the UK.

                The opening sequence had her walking alone on a beach.

                Can't remember what she looked like.
                Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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