Connect your Spotify account to your Last. Connect to Spotify. A new version of Last. Billy Ocean born Leslie Sebastian Charles, 21 January , 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 s and s.
He waited seven years after scoring his first four UK top 20 successes, before accumulating a series of transatlantic successes, including three U.
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 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. Billboard Hot More successes ensued, including "L. Love On Delivery ". He also wrote songs for other artists, such as La Toya Jackson. In , he scored the U. Ocean's period of greatest success began with Suddenly during , 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 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 , from the album, was also the background music for the first scene of the popular UK BBC One TV series, Casualty, during His album Love Zone also sold well. Also included were the title track and "Love Is Forever", which were 10 and 16 U.
His album Time to Move On failed to produce any major successes, but his Greatest Hits collection has been a steady seller over the years, and his compilation Love Is For Ever made 7 on the UK album chart. Let's check it out! Please check the article again after few days. Who is Billy Ocean dating? Relationships Record : We have no records of past relationships for Billy Ocean. You may help us to build the dating records for Billy Ocean!
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