Peak
1
Weeks
21
Score
4,623
Chart Year
1962
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position1
Peak DateMay 26, 1962
Weeks at Peak1
Weeks Charted21
Weeks in Top 4015
Weeks in Top 1011
Weeks at #24
Weeks at #11
Scoring
Summary Calc2,486
Weekly Calc2,137
Total Score4,623
Rankings
Year Ranking#4
Decade Ranking#36
Billboard Year#3
Top 5000#1,348
Details
- Album
- Single
- Label
- ATCO Records
- Genre
- Jazz
- Media Type
- 45
- Duration
- 2:52
- Composer(s)
- Acker Bilkñ;Robert Mellin
- Entered Chart
- Mar 17, 1962
- Peak Date
- May 26, 1962
- Released
- October 1961
- Recorded
- Unknown
- Catalog #
- Atco 45-6217
- B-Side
- Cielito Lindo
Music Video
Notes
"Stranger on the Shore" is a piece for clarinet written by Acker Bilk for his young daughter and originally named "Jenny" after her. The tune was written on a single scrap of paper by Bilk and handed over to arranger Leon Young who crafted the string arrangement, including the characteristic harmonic shifts at the very end. The recording was subsequently used as the theme tune of a BBC TV drama serial for children, Stranger on the Shore. It was first released in 1961 in the UK, and then in the US, and reached number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 2 on the UK Singles Chart
Instrumental
Chart History (21 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mar 17, 1962 | 80 | 46 |
| 2 | Mar 24, 1962 | 69 | 57 |
| 3 | Mar 31, 1962 | 43 | 83 |
| 4 | Apr 7, 1962 | 31 | 95 |
| 5 | Apr 14, 1962 | 19 | 107 |
| 6 | Apr 21, 1962 | 10 | 116 |
| 7 | Apr 28, 1962 | 7 | 119 |
| 8 | May 5, 1962 | 4 | 122 |
| 9 | May 12, 1962 | 3 | 123 |
| 10 | May 19, 1962 | 2 | 124 |
| 11 | May 26, 1962 | 1 | 125 |
| 12 | Jun 2, 1962 | 2 | 124 |
| 13 | Jun 9, 1962 | 2 | 124 |
| 14 | Jun 16, 1962 | 2 | 124 |
| 15 | Jun 23, 1962 | 5 | 121 |
| 16 | Jun 30, 1962 | 9 | 117 |
| 17 | Jul 7, 1962 | 19 | 107 |
| 18 | Jul 14, 1962 | 36 | 90 |
| 19 | Jul 21, 1962 | 44 | 82 |
| 20 | Jul 28, 1962 | 53 | 73 |
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