Bernard Stanley Bilk(Acker Bilk)

1929 - Born on the 28th of January in Pensford, Somerset South West England.

1950-1960 - Bilk was part of the boom in traditional jazz that swept the United Kingdom.

1954-1956 - Joined Ken Colyer's band and then after he formed his own ensemble in (1956).

1960 - Wrote "Summer Set" hit the British charts and it began a run of eleven top 50 hit singles.

1962 - He wrote "Stranger on the Shore" for a British television serial series was backed by the Leon Young String Chorale amde a hit even on the American charts.

1976 - Wrote "Aria," which went to number five in England.

2000 -  Bilk was reportedly semi-retired and started taking painting as his hobby.