Acker Bilk

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Acker_Bilk

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:musician gptkb:person gptkb:saxophone
gptkbp:activeYears	1950s–2013
gptkbp:associatedAct	gptkb:Acker_Bilk_and_His_Paramount_Jazz_Band
gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:Member_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkbp:birthDate	1929-01-28
gptkbp:birthName	gptkb:Bernard_Stanley_Bilk
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Pensford,_Somerset,_England
gptkbp:causeOfDeath	illness
gptkbp:children	1
gptkbp:deathDate	2014-11-02
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Bath,_Somerset,_England
gptkbp:genre	jazz trad jazz
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Acker Bilk
gptkbp:instrument	gptkb:saxophone
gptkbp:label	gptkb:Columbia_Records gptkb:Pye_Records gptkb:EMI
gptkbp:nationality	British
gptkbp:notableAchievement	first British artist to have a US number one single with an instrumental
gptkbp:notableWork	gptkb:Stranger_on_the_Shore
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:musician
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Jean_Hawkins
gptkbp:website	http://www.ackerbilk.co.uk/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Kenny_Ball_and_his_Jazzmen gptkb:Royal_Garden_Blues gptkb:Sunday_Night_at_the_London_Palladium gptkb:Upbeat_Records
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6