On 26 May 1962, "Stranger on the Shore" became the first British recording to reach number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 where it was issued by Atlantic Records on the Atco label, but it was quickly followed, on 22 December, by British band The Tornados ' "Telstar", another instrumental.
The show, which aired on the BBC was about a French "Au Pair" girl living in England; she was the Stranger On The Shore.
In 1962 the #11 song in the charts was Stranger On the Shore by Mr Acker Bilk. Watch the music video and discover trivia about this classic Pop song now.
Mr Acker Bilk - Stranger On the Shore (1962 Music Video) | #11 Song
Originally named "Jenny" (after his daughter) on his LP Sentimental Journey, the song's name was changed when Bilk played it as the theme song for a new children's TV show, Stranger On The Shore.
Stranger on the Shore: With Richard Vernon, Beatrix Mackey, Amanda Grinling, Denis Gilmore. Marie-Hélène, a shy Normandy teenager, speaking little English, works as an au pair for a family in Brighton, Sussex, to improve her English while also adjusting to the culture shock.
‟Stranger on the Shore” was released in October 1961, credited to Mr Acker Bilk with the Leon Young String Chorale. It became 1962’s biggest-selling single in the UK, spending 55 weeks in...
Stranger on the Shore — Acker Bilk came to hate his haunting ... - FT
The song Stranger on the Shore was written by Acker Bilk and was first released by Mr. Acker Bilk with The Leon Young String Chorale in 1961. It was covered by David Syme, The Challengers [US2], Billy Strange & The Challengers [US2], Eiji Kitamura and other artists.