Miss Sutton said: "Age caught up with him." Born Bernard Stanley
Bilk, in Pensford, Somerset, in 1929, he changed his name to Acker - Somerset slang for mate - after learning to play the clarinet in the Army at the age of 18.
Stranger on the Shore stayed in the charts for over a year following its release in 1961, winning
Bilk four gold discs.
Acker
Bilk and the Paramount Jazz Band performing at Brecon Jazz
Acker
Bilk, famous for his track Stranger On The Shore, recorded in 1961, first learnt the clarinet while serving in the Royal Engineers, later joining Ken Colyer's jazz band in 1954.
This year's festival, which featured greats such as Acker
Bilk and Stan Tracey, was chosen by Jazz Yorkshire Board from a shortlisted nominated in a poll organised by Jazz Yorkshire earlier this year.
The two men must also repay the money they stole; between 2002 and 2004 they were engaged in a scheme to
bilk the V.I.
"He was a wonderful dancer in his day and told us he was great friends with Acker
Bilk, the jazzman.
9 What is British jazzman Acka
Bilk's real first name: a) Cyril b) Oscar c) Bernard?
Birthdays: 1929: Acker
Bilk, 76, English jazz clarinetist.
DO
BILK SHAREHOLDERS & EMPLOYEES OUT OF $7.9 BILLION AS A SWINDLING WORLDCOM EXECUTIVE.
"I keep thinking, Is this my life?" Oscar's good fortune began last year when he was cast as Nathan Lane's understudy in The Producers, Mel Brooks's stage adaptation of his comic film about two shysters who attempt to
bilk investors with an intended theatrical flop called Springtime for Hitler.
Among the other pieces available are signed autobiographies by Felicity Kendall and June Whitfield, a signed reed from the clarinet of Acker
Bilk and a rugby ball signed by Welsh internationals.
Following an eye-catching fifth at Sandown recently, Native Jazz won the Craiglee running away under Brett Prebble by a length from Aka
Bilk.
But there was a note of warning in the land of
bilk and money.