Stranger on the Shore
1961 single by Mr. Acker Bilk and the Leon Young String Chorale / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Stranger on the Shore" is a piece for clarinet written by Acker Bilk for his young daughter and originally named "Jenny" after her.[2] The tune was written on a single scrap of paper by Bilk and handed over to Leon Young (1916-1991) who crafted the string arrangement, including the characteristic harmonic shifts at the very end.[3]
"Stranger on the Shore" | ||||
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Single by Mr. Acker Bilk and the Leon Young String Chorale | ||||
B-side | "Take My Lips" (UK) "Cielito Lindo" (US) | |||
Released | October 1961 | |||
Genre | Jazz[1] | |||
Length | 2:52 | |||
Label | Columbia DB4750 (UK) Atco 45-6217 (US) | |||
Songwriter(s) | Acker Bilk, Robert Mellin | |||
Producer(s) | Denis Preston | |||
Mr. Acker Bilk and the Leon Young String Chorale singles chronology | ||||
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The recording was subsequently used as the theme tune of a BBC TV drama serial for young people, Stranger on the Shore.[4] It was first released in 1961 in the UK, and then in the US, and reached number 1 in the US and number 1 in the UK.[5]
In May 1969, the crew of Apollo 10 took "Stranger on the Shore" on their mission to the moon. Gene Cernan, a member of the crew, included the tune on a cassette tape used in the command module of the Apollo spacecraft.