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Acker Bilk

Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz clarinettist Acker Bilk.

Favourite track: Papa Dip by New Orleans Wanderers
Book: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Luxury: Apple seeds

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7 minutes

Last on

Mon 10 Dec 1962 13:40

Music Played

  • George Lewis & His Ragtime Band

    Burgundy Street Blues

  • Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

    Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue

  • Jelly Roll Morton鈥檚 Red Hot Peppers

    Doctor Jazz Stomp

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • New Orleans Wanderers

      Papa Dip

  • Edmond Hall & Ruben Lopez Furst

    You Made Me Love You

  • Bix Beiderbecke

    Singin' the Blues

  • The Famous Ward Singers

    I Know it was the Lord

  • Benny Goodman

    Stompin' at the Savoy

  • Book Choice

    • The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame

  • Luxury Choice

    • Apple seeds

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Acker Bilk

Broadcast

  • Mon 10 Dec 1962 13:40

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