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Billy Ocean
Details of Billy Ocean (Person), information and links
WIKIPEDIA:
“ Billy Ocean (born Leslie Sebastian Charles; 21 January 1950) is a British recording artist who had a string of R&B international pop hits in the 1970s and 1980s. He was the most popular British-based R&B singer-songwriter of the early to mid-1980s. After scoring his first four UK top 20 successes, seven years passed before he accumulated a series of transatlantic successes, including three U.S. number ones. In 1985, Ocean won the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for his worldwide hit, "Caribbean Queen".Biography
Early life and stardom
He was born in Trinidad and Tobago to Grenadian parents, and moved to Romford, London, England with his family at the age of eight. Ocean's musical influence came at an early age of his life, as his father was a musician, and realised he was in line 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. He is a supporter of West Ham United.
He took his stage name from the Ocean Estate, Stepney, where [......] ”
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Begin date: 01/21/1950
Similar artists: Thompson Twins, David Gilmour, Squeeze, Babylon Zoo, Ozzy Osbourne, The Move, Manfred Mann, Fatboy Slim, The Clash, Mojave 3
Official website(s): http://www.billyocean.co.uk/
Links
- BBC Music page: http://www.bbc.co.uk
- discogs: http://www.discogs.com
- IMDb: http://www.imdb.com
- myspace: http://www.myspace.com
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