# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/acker-bilk
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:56:08.761Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/acker-bilk"
name: "Acker Bilk"
slug: "acker-bilk"
description: "Bernard Stanley \"Acker\" Bilk was an English clarinetist and vocalist known for his breathy, vibrato-rich, lower-register style, and distinctive appearance – of goatee, bowler hat and striped waistcoat."
tagline: "English recording artist; clarinetist and vocalist (1929-2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Acker_bilk.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1929-01-28"
deathDate: "2014-11-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.89
  momentum:             6.605228731394237
  historical:           22.44376133333333
  currentAttention:     8.92
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0082254/"
    handle:    "nm0082254"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.ackersmusicagency.co.uk/"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "اكير بيلك"
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    title: "Acker Bilk"
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    title: "Acker Bilk"
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    title: "Acker Bilk"
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    title: "Acker Bilk"
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    title: "Acker Bilk"
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    title: "Acker Bilk"
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    title: "アッカー・ビルク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Acker Bilk"
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    title: "Acker Bilk"
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    title: "Acker Bilk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Acker Bilk"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1238850"
    title: "Acker Bilk"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump