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Kenneth Daniel Ball (22 May 1930 [1] – 7 March 2013) was an English jazz musician, best known as the bandleader, lead trumpet player and vocalist in Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen. [ 2 ] Career
Bilk was one of two British band leaders associated with an early 1960s revival in the popularity of trad jazz to top the Easy Listening/Middle-Road chart in 1962; [10] his number one came a month after Kenny Ball spent three weeks at number one with "Midnight in Moscow".
Live It Up! (U.S. title: Sing and Swing) is a 1963 British musical second feature ('B') [1] film directed by Lance Comfort and starring David Hemmings, featuring Gene Vincent, Jenny Moss, the Outlaws, Patsy Ann Noble, the Saints, Heinz Burt and Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen. [2]
Eleven singles from 1960 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while "Midnight in Moscow" by Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen, "Moon River" by Danny Williams with Geoff Love and His Orchestra and "Stranger on the Shore" by Mr Acker Bil" were all released in 1961 but did not reach their peak until 1962.
The Best of Ball, Barber & Bilk is a compilation album consisting of tracks by British trumpeter Kenny Ball, trombone player Chris Barber and clarinetist and band leader Acker Bilk. The album reached number 1 in the UK, spending two non-consecutive weeks at the top in 1962. [ 1 ]
"Moon River" by Danny Williams with Geoff Love and His Orchestra, "Midnight in Moscow" by Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen and "Stranger on the Shore" by Mr Acker Bilk were the singles from 1961 to reach their peak in 1962. Twenty-three artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1962.
Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen "March of the Siamese Children" † 10 March 1962: 1 132 The Shadows "Wonderful Land" 17 March 1962: 9 [nb 4] 133 B. Bumble and the Stingers "Nut Rocker" 12 May 1962: 1 [nb 4] 134 Elvis Presley "Good Luck Charm" 19 May 1962: 5 135 Mike Sarne with Wendy Richard "Come Outside" 23 June 1962: 2 136 Joe Brown and the Bruvvers
The arrangement of Jan Burgers was published by Les Editions Int. Basart N.V. and was also used by Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen, who recorded the song in November 1961, also under the title "Midnight in Moscow". [3] This version peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart in January 1962.