£24.50
Date February 1961
Acker Bilk Album Souvenir Programme – 1961
An original Acker Bilk Album souvenir programme dated February 1961.
It dates from the peak of the British trad jazz craze, when clarinettist Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Band were among the most popular acts in the country, instantly recognisable in their bowler hats and striped waistcoats.
Souvenir programmes from the trad jazz era are a lively corner of music memorabilia, and Acker Bilk items are always popular with collectors.
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Condition: V Good, Vlcr, nof
Did you know?
- Acker Bilk’s instrumental Stranger on the Shore, released later in 1961, became the first British recording to top the US Billboard Hot 100.
- Bilk came from Somerset, and ‘Acker’ is Somerset slang for friend or mate.
- He learned to play the clarinet while doing national service in the Canal Zone in Egypt.
SKU: T01671
