Acker Bilk And Bent Fabric With The Leon Young String Chorale - 33SX 1719 - Condition - 85-90%

Bernard Stanley "Acker" Bilk, MBE (28 January 1929 – 2 November 2014) was an English clarinettist and vocalist known for his appearance – goatee, bowler hat and striped waistcoat – and breathy, vibrato-rich, lower-register clarinet style. Bilk's 1962 instrumental tune "Stranger on the Shore" became the UK's biggest selling single of 1962: it was in the UK charts for more than 50 weeks, peaked at number two, and was the first No. 1 single in the United States by a British artist in the era of the modern Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.

Bent Fabricius-Bjerre (born December 7, 1924 in Frederiksberg, Denmark), better known internationally as Bent Fabric, is a Danish pianist and composer. Bent Fabricius-Bjerre started a jazz ensemble after World War II and founded a label, Metronome Records, in 1950. However, he is best known for his 1961 instrumental "Omkring et flygel" (literally, "Around a Piano") which became a hit in Denmark.[1] The song was re-released worldwide under the name "Alley Cat" on Atco Records the following year, and went to #1 in Australia and #49 in Germany. The tune also became a hit in the United States; the song hit #2 on the AC chart and #7 on the Billboard Hot 100,[2] and the LP of the same name hit #13 on the Billboard 200.[3] "Alley Cat" also won a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental.[4] It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.[5] The follow-up single, "Chicken Feed", hit #63 in the U.S.

• Cocktails For Two

• Summer Set

• Alley Cat

• What'll I Do

• These Foolish Things

• Handsome Gigolo

• Blue Hours

• Lullaby Of The Leaves

• Come Take My Hand

• My Love Forgive Me

• Stranger On The Shore

• Let's Put Out The Lights And Go To Sleep