Tag: Instrumental

“Stranger On The Shore”
Written by: Acker Bilk, Robert Mellin
Recorded:  1961
Producer: Denis Preston
Engineer: Adrian Kerridge
Arranger: Leon Young

Released: October 1961

Available on:
Stranger On The Shore
Is This The Blues

Personnel:
Acker Bilk – clarinet
Featuring The Leon Young String Chorale

Acker Bilk said he thought up the song’s melody in a taxi and named the gentle tune ‟Jenny” in honor of his daughter. Having scored several hits since his first, 1960’s ‟Summer Set”, Bilk was famous enough to be asked to create the theme for a BBC TV children’s series about a French au pair in Brighton. Bilk offered them ‟Jenny” but was asked to change its title to the name of the program, Stranger on the Shore. Its wistful, airy tones, with Bilk’s ‟liquorice stick” accompanied by silken strings, was heard on TV on Sunday afternoons, accompanying the culture-shocked lead character longingly staring out across the English Channel towards her home in France. The song is certified gold by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America). 

This is “Stranger On The Shore” by Acker Bilk

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