"[Acker had] been ill for some time. He was my great friend and his music was legendary," Sutton said. The Somerset-born musician emerged as a major figure in the traditional jazz revival in the 1950s ...
In The Number Ones, I’m reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart’s beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. These days, ...
In this file photo dated March 13, 2001, clarinettist and vocalist Acker Bilk holds his MBE awarded to him for services to the music industry, who has died Sunday Nov. 2, 2014, aged 85. The legendary ...