Billy Ocean (born Leslie Sebastian Charles, 21 January 1950, Fyzabad, Trini… Read Full Bio ↴Billy Ocean (born Leslie Sebastian Charles, 21 January 1950, Fyzabad, Trinidad) is a Grammy Award-winning British popular music performer who had a string of rhythm and blues-tinged international pop hits in the 1970s and 1980s. He was the main British R&B singer / songwriter of the 1980s. He waited seven years after scoring his first four UK top 20 successes, before accumulating a series of transatlantic successes, including three U.S. number ones.

He was born in Fyzabad, Trinidad and Tobago to Grenadian parents, and moved to England with his family at the age of eight. Oceans' musical influence came at an early age of his life, as his father was a musician, and realised he was inline to follow those ambitions as he was growing up. During his teenage years, he sang regularly in London clubs while also working as a tailor in London's Savile Row. He released his first single in 1972 on Spark Records as Les Charles.

When in Trinidad as a boy he adopted the name Billy Ocean, taking the surname from the local football team 'Ocean's Eleven', who had gotten the name from the famous film of the same name. The next year, 1976, was when he recorded his first album, Billy Ocean, with its first single release, "Love Really Hurts Without You," charting at number 2 in the UK Singles Chart and number 22 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. More successes ensued, including "L.O.D. (Love On Delivery)". He also wrote songs for other artists, such as La Toya Jackson. In 1981, he scored the U.S. R&B chart with "Nights (Feel Like Getting Down)".

Ocean's period of greatest success began with Suddenly during 1984, and its main single, "Caribbean Queen". The song's title and lyrics were changed for different regions, such that the song is also known as "African Queen" or "European Queen". The song won Ocean the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance at the 1985 Grammy Awards. The album's title track also became a success, its score maximizing at #4 in both the US and the UK; and the song "Loverboy", while also being a #2 US success during 1985, from the album, was also the background music for the first scene of the popular UK BBC One TV series, Casualty, during 1986.

Ocean appeared at Live Aid in 1985, singing "Caribbean Queen" and "Loverboy", from the JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

His 1986 album Love Zone also sold well. It included the successful singles "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" (the theme from the film The Jewel of the Nile); this was a number one success in the UK and a number two in the U.S.; and "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" (a U.S. number one, and also a major UK success). Also included were the title track and "Love Is Forever", which were #10 and #16 U.S. successes for Ocean, respectively.

In February 1986, Ocean's video of "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" was banned by the BBC, owing to non-union members (including Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito) miming to backing vocals.

Ocean's next album, Tear Down These Walls (1988) featured another number one single, "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car", while the album was certified platinum.

His 1993 album Time to Move On failed to produce any major successes, but his 1989 Greatest Hits collection has been a steady seller over the years, and his 1997 compilation Love Is For Ever made #7 on the UK album chart. Ocean's last studio album for Jive Records was Time to Move On, which he recorded in Chicago with R&B star R. Kelly. It turned out that R. Kelly had been a long-time admirer of the way Ocean was able to mix the more emotive soul style with a crossover popular style.

In 2002, the University of Westminster awarded Ocean an honorary doctorate of music. The awards ceremony took place in the Barbican Centre, in London. He continues to tour and record in Europe. He lives in Sunningdale, Berkshire with his wife of 27 years, Judy; and their three children Cherie, Antony and Rachel. Ocean is now a patron for Tech Music Schools in London, made up of Drumtech, Vocaltech, Guitar-X and Keyboardtech. He regularly visits to hold clinics and seminars for the students.

In October 2007, Ocean commenced his first British tour in over 15 years. In February and March 2008 he toured Australia and the Far East. His new album, Because I Love You was released on 2 February 2009. To coincide with this new tour and album launch, Ocean has been working with Adoseof Design on a website revision which is due March 2009.

For more information got to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Ocean

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Billy Ocean Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Billy Ocean:

'Love Really Hurts Without You You run around town like a fool and you think…
A Change Is Gonna Come I was born by the river in a little tent Oh,…
American Hearts They were married in September back in 1969 They travelled,…
Are You Ready Baby, oh, baby We're going out tonight Meet me 10.30 And we'…
Because Of You Ooh yeah You give me such inspiration Day by day You ar…
Bitter Sweet Somebody Is been playing With my feelings My sensitivity …
Calypso Crazy Ali dances and the audience applauds Though he's beaded in s…
Caribbean Queen She's simply awesome Ooh She dashed by me in painted on jea…
Caribbean Queen (No More Love She dashed by me in painted on jeans And all heads…

Colour Of Love Ooh ooh ooh If I had to paint a picture To show…
Dancefloor Dancefloor, aye aye aye On the dancefloor, aye aye aye Dance…
European Queen She's simply awesome She dashed by me in painted on jeans…
Everything I said my heart would never break I coulda tried to…
Get Out of My Dreams Hey (hey), you (you) Get in to my car (Who me?) Yes, you Get…
Get Outta My Dreams Get Into My Car-Billy Ocean Hey you, get in to my car Who me? Yes you, get…
Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car Hey you, get in to my car Who me? Yes you, get…
Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car (extended version) Hey you, get into my car Who me? Yes you, get into…
Gun For Hire Oh oh yeah Gonna get you, yeah Right now I'm in the…
Here We lasted the years In spite of the tears And here we…
High Tide Low Tide In high seas or in low seas I′m gonna be your…
I Sleep Much Better There's a little Don Juan in everyone Who can't stop…
I Sleep Much Better (in Someone Else's Bed) There's a little Don Juan in everyone Who can't stop looking…
If I Should Lose You Baby, it's your life I don't really wanna stand in your…
It Was a Very Good Year When I was seventeen, it was a very good year It…
It's Never Too Late To Try Your eyes are wet, you scream and cry As if he…
L.O. D I want L.O.D. love on delivery guaranteed You've got to give…
Licence to Chill (Yeah Billy, yo Billy, way to go Billy, Woah Woah) Feeling,…
Lod I want L.O.D. love on delivery guaranteed You've got to giv…
LOD Love on Delivery I want L.O.D. love on delivery guaranteed You've got to give…
Love Is Forever I live the same old dream Day and night Memories of love…
Love Really Hearts Without You Love Really Hurts Without You Billy Ocean You run around to…
Love Really Hurts You run around town like a fool and you think…
Love Zone Don't you believe that I want you I need you here…
Lover Boy I don't know what you've got but it plays with…
Loverboy I don't know what you've got But it plays with…
Lucky Man One day we, we will be on top of the…
Mystery Lady Hey there mystery lady can I spend the night with…
Night You are to me as sweet as apple pie You're next…
No Woman No Cry Ummm, yea, Yea, yea No, woman, no cry No, woman, no cry Said…
On the Run She's simply awesome Ooh She dashed by me in painted on jea…
Pleasure Pleasure I'm addicted to all that you can do Oh baby It's…
Pressure You have to learn to pace yourself Pressure You're just…
Promise Me I've seen the seven wonders Of the world on display I've see…
Red Light Red light spells danger, Can't hold out much longer 'Cause r…
Rose If you wake up in the dead of night To feel…
Soon As You're Ready Are you ready for me baby Are you ready for me…
Stand and Deliver Stand and deliver Stand and deliver! You made me a promise …
Stay The Night You are to me as sweet as apple pie You're next…
Stop me Baby don't leave me waiting here Lead me to your door…
Stop Me (If You've Heard It All Before) Stop me if you've heard it all before girl Stop me…
Suddenly I used to think that love was just a fairy…
Syncopation Oh, I miss that syncopation. I guess I'll never really under…
Tear Down These Walls Tear down these walls Tear down these walls Tear down these …
Tell Him to Move Over Tell him to move over Girl I'm in love with you Tell…
The Colour Of Love Ooh ooh ooh If I had to paint a picture To show…
The Long And Winding Road Baby don't leave me waiting here Lead me to your door…
There'll Be Sad Songs Sometimes I wonder by the look in your eyes When I'm…
There'll Be Sad Songs (to Make You Cry) Sometimes I wonder by the look in youx eyes When I'm…
Therell Be Sad Songs Sometimes I wonder by the look in your eyes When I'm…
Three Little Birds Don't worry about a thing 'Cause every little thing is gonn…
Whatever Turns You On follow your heart, you gotta make your mind up from the…
When the Going Gets Tough When the going gets tough The tough get going, tough, tough,…
When The Going Gets Tough The Tough Get Going * When the going gets tough The tough get going, tough, tough…
When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going When the going gets tough The tough get going, tough, tough,…
When the Goings Gets Tought, the Tough Get Going When the going gets tough The tough get going, tough, tough …
Without You You run around town like a fool and you think…

You Send Me Darling, you send me I know you send me Darling, you send…

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