fred flinstone 9:13 Sun Nov 2
RIP Acker Bilk
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Gone aged 85
No longer a stranger on the shore
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Far Cough
8:56 Mon Nov 3
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Yeah, it was the first INSTRUMENTAL
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sanfrancis-co-uk
8:55 Mon Nov 3
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"in that year"could be the key here Coff.
*shuffles out of thread*
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sanfrancis-co-uk
8:54 Mon Nov 3
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"Telstar" is a 1962 instrumental performed by The Tornados.[1]
The song reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in December 1962 (the second British recording to reach No. 1 on that chart in the year, after "Stranger on the Shore" in May), and was also a number one hit in the UK Singles Chart. It was the second instrumental single to hit No. 1 on both the US and UK weekly charts.[note 1]
I have no idea then.
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Far Cough
8:52 Mon Nov 3
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That was in 1952
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Far Cough
8:51 Mon Nov 3
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From Wiki:
Lynn's "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" became the first record by a British performer to top the charts in the United States,[17] remaining there for nine weeks.
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Far Cough
8:46 Mon Nov 3
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I thought Vera Lynn was first?
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sanfrancis-co-uk
8:46 Mon Nov 3
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MikeHammer 9:53 Sun Nov 2
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After the Tornedos "Telstar" was the second British act to have a number one in US. That's one for Mr Polite's pub quiz!
That answer would score you nil point on Polite's pub quiz according to wiki which states Stranger on the shore as being the first.
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GL1800
8:01 Mon Nov 3
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I remember when we jokingly referred to Utter Bilge and the Paramount Crap Band a long time ago.
Looking back it really wasn't that bad. Or just a case of mellowing as you get older ?
RIP , Acker
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easthammer
7:09 Mon Nov 3
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Sorry to read this, first band I saw live Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Band - at Popular Civic circa 1961.
Trad Jazz was cool then -(two years before the Beatles first album.)
Remember him saying "the next number is Gotta See Baby Tonight - in A flat". Didn't get it at first - innocent or what
Happy Days
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fred flinstone
6:22 Mon Nov 3
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Or Dogshit on the Shore
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Joke Whole
6:19 Mon Nov 3
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If Acker Bilk was really Northern Sold, that song would have been called "Vulcans Won the War".
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Far Cough
12:06 Mon Nov 3
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Acker Bilk was really Northern Sold?
Explains a lot
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Swiss.
12:05 Mon Nov 3
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Seem to remember from earliest childhood him playing this and a black lab running along the shore I think.
RIP.
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riosleftsock
11:16 Mon Nov 3
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Went to see him as a kid too. He even came to our school once, me and my mate met him as we both played clarinet and sax.
Top bloke. RIP
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Banjo
11:15 Mon Nov 3
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R.I.P. Acker.
Love your music
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terry-h
11:13 Mon Nov 3
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Born and died in Somerset. Oh aar.
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SurfaceAgentX2Zero
11:01 Mon Nov 3
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MISTER Acker Bilk and the Paramount Jazz Band.
Lovely choon. RIP.
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fred flinstone
10:37 Sun Nov 2
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why the Garth Crooks icon choice?
Well Acker Bilk is an anagram of black (w)i(n)ker, obvious really !!!
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ted fenton
10:32 Sun Nov 2
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Oh dear another one :-(
R.I.P.
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