A track from a failed debut album became a radio phenomenon while its creators were on opposite sides of the Atlantic.
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A track from a failed debut album became a radio phenomenon while its creators were on opposite sides of the Atlantic.
Before Beatlemania, a gentle instrumental from a Somerset-born trad jazz musician quietly topped the US charts. The accidental origins of Acker Bilk’s “Stranger on the Shore” trace back to a soldier’s boredom overseas.
The group confirmed her death on Sunday, closing the final chapter for one of the most influential girl groups of the 1960s.
