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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. It was subsequently used as the theme tune of a BBC TV drama serial for young people, Stranger on the Shore. It was first released in 1961 in the UK, and then in the US, and reached number 1 in the US and number 2 in the UK.
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.
The track, performed by Bilk (as "Mr. Acker Bilk") with backing by the Leon Young String Chorale, was released as a single on Columbia Records DB 4750 in October 1961, with the label of the single openly proclaiming "Theme from the BBC TV. Series". The B-side was "Take My Lips". The single became a phenomenal success, topping the NME singles chart and spending nearly a year on the Record Retailer Top 50. It was the UK's biggest-selling single of 1962, the biggest-selling instrumental single of all time, and appears fifty-eighth in the official UK list of best-selling singles issued in 2002. it has sold 1.16 million copies as of November 2012. One of songwriter and music publisher Robert Mellin's major songwriting successes came in 1962, when he wrote lyrics for Acker Bilk's instrumental smash "Stranger on the Shore," allowing it to be covered by vocal acts like Andy Williams and the Drifters.
A shore is the fringe of land at the edge of a large body of water.
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On the Shore is the second (and last) album by British folk rock band Trees. It was recorded in October 1970, and released in January 1971 on CBS Records (64168). It was later released on CD by the BGO label.
Sleeve design by Hipgnosis. The cover photographs were taken at The Hill Garden, part of Inverforth House, Hampstead Heath in North West London, designed by landscape architect Thomas Mawson. The Model in the photo was Katie Meehan Daughter of Tony Meehan.
Tennessee (i/tɛnᵻˈsiː/) (Cherokee: ᏔᎾᏏ, Tanasi) is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. Tennessee is the 36th largest and the 17th most populous of the 50 United States. Tennessee is bordered by Kentucky and Virginia to the north, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, and Arkansas and Missouri to the west. The Appalachian Mountains dominate the eastern part of the state, and the Mississippi River forms the state's western border. Tennessee's capital and second largest city is Nashville, which has a population of 601,222. Memphis is the state's largest city, with a population of 653,450.
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1955 Fender Stringmaster quad. My site: www.playsteelguitar.com
From Mad Men: Music Heard On The Hit Series. Season 2 Episode 13 "Meditations In An Emergency" I do not own this music. Check out http://charliecrews38.hubpages.com/ for full mad men song lists -uploaded in HD at http://www.TunesToTube.com
00:00 Doggies In The Window 02:26 Changing Partner 05:27 Tennessee Waltz 08:22 I Went To Your Wedding 11:35 Autumn Leaves 14:08 Stranger On The Shore 17:10 The Trees In Philadelphia 20:09 Try To Remember 23:15 Red Sails In The Sunset 26:18 Old Cape Cod 28:53 Moon River 31:41 Conquest
Peter Zaremba & Rob Sweeney play around with Acker Bilk's "Stranger On The Shore"
Taken at a Fund raiser for the Mosaic Club in Ochre Court,Salve Regina college in Newport.
Teddy Parker singt Welthits Für alle Ewigkeit (Stranger on the shore)
A shadow puppet play about a scrappy Island’s redemption. Based on the short story The Handsomest Drowned Man In the World by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
1955 Fender Stringmaster quad. My site: www.playsteelguitar.com
From Mad Men: Music Heard On The Hit Series. Season 2 Episode 13 "Meditations In An Emergency" I do not own this music. Check out http://charliecrews38.hubpages.com/ for full mad men song lists -uploaded in HD at http://www.TunesToTube.com
00:00 Doggies In The Window 02:26 Changing Partner 05:27 Tennessee Waltz 08:22 I Went To Your Wedding 11:35 Autumn Leaves 14:08 Stranger On The Shore 17:10 The Trees In Philadelphia 20:09 Try To Remember 23:15 Red Sails In The Sunset 26:18 Old Cape Cod 28:53 Moon River 31:41 Conquest
Peter Zaremba & Rob Sweeney play around with Acker Bilk's "Stranger On The Shore"
Taken at a Fund raiser for the Mosaic Club in Ochre Court,Salve Regina college in Newport.
Teddy Parker singt Welthits Für alle Ewigkeit (Stranger on the shore)
A shadow puppet play about a scrappy Island’s redemption. Based on the short story The Handsomest Drowned Man In the World by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
00:00 Doggies In The Window 02:26 Changing Partner 05:27 Tennessee Waltz 08:22 I Went To Your Wedding 11:35 Autumn Leaves 14:08 Stranger On The Shore 17:10 The Trees In Philadelphia 20:09 Try To Remember 23:15 Red Sails In The Sunset 26:18 Old Cape Cod 28:53 Moon River 31:41 Conquest
01 Theme From 'Love Story' 02 Morning Has Broken 03 Killing Me Softly With His Song 04 Let It Be 05 Moon River 06 Angie 07 Beautiful Noise 08 Love Theme From 'The Godfather' 09 Yesterday Once More 10 Le Reve 11 Clair 12 You Are The Sunshine Of My Life 13 La Mer 14 Red Sails In The Sunset 15 Stranger On The Shore 16 Verde 17 Tennessee Waltz 18 Guitar Serenade 19 Cast Your Fate To The Wind
Flowers, originals and covers. Third part. 7 melodies covered: "Yellow Bird" "Annie's Song" "Leaving on a Jet Plane" "Sukiyaki (上を向いて歩こう)" "Paris Bells" "Stranger on the Shore" "Tennessee Waltz" 9 originals: "Flowers beside a New Hampshire Forest, Part Five" "Flowers beside a New Hampshire Forest, Part Six" "Flowers beside a New Hampshire Forest, Part Seven" "Flowers beside a New Hampshire Forest, Part Eight" "Petite Parmis les Géants" "Electrica and the Wild Unatended Garden" "Carlsbad California Noon - Part Two" "The Small Garden" I created this video with the YouTube Video Editor (http://www.youtube.com/editor)
Michael Card
In the early morning mist
They saw a Stranger on the sea shore
He some how seemed familiar
Asking what the night had brought
With taught anticipation then
They listen to His order
And pulling in the net
Found more than they had ever caught
The one He loved first recognized
The stranger there was Jesus
And he alone remembered
This had happened once before
The one who had denied Him
Who had once walked on the water
Jumped in and swam to Him
To be confronted on the shore
Chorus
You need to be confronted
By the Stranger on the shore
You need to have Him search your soul
You need to hear the call
You need to learn exactly
What it means for you to follow
You need to realize that He's asking for your all
The meal He had prepared for them
Was waiting on the fire
The smell of bread
The sizzle of the fish upon the coals
The laughter and the joy
That once more being all together
They didn't realize that He was searching all their souls
Then came the painful questions
That would pierce the soul of Simon
A three fold chance to reaffirm the love he had denied
The gentle eyes that saw his heart
And waited for an answer
Had seen the look upon his face
The moment he had lied
Chorus
Now realize that you must
Face and answer all His questions
As you stand before the Stranger
On the shore inside your heart