Get Outta My Dreams Get Into My Car - Musica

Billy Ocean Born Leslie Sebastian Charles 21 January 1950 Fyzabad Trinidad 1 2 Is A Grammy Award Winning Popular Music Performer Who Had A String Of Rhythm And Blues International Pop Hits In The 1970s And 1980s. He Was The Main British-Based R&B Singer / Songwriter Of The 1980s. 3 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. 3 He Was Born In Trinidad And Tobago To Grenadian Parents And Moved To Romford Essex England With His Family At The Age Of Eight. 2 Oceans' 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 2 While Also Working As A Tailor In London's Savile Row. Citation Needed He Released His First Single In 1972 On Spark Records As Les Charles. Citation Needed When In Trinidad As A Boy He Adopted The Name Billy Ocean Taking The Surname From The Local Football Team 'Ocean's Eleven' Who Got The Name From The Film Of The Same Name. Citation Needed In 1976 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. He Enjoyed Club Success From The Songs "Are You Ready" And "Stay The Night" From The Album City Limit - "Stay The Night" Was Later Covered By La Toya Jackson See Below . More Successes Ensued Including "L.O.D. Love On Delivery ". He Also Wrote Songs For Other Artists Such As La Toya Jackson. 2 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 Peaking At #4 In Both The US And The UK And The Song "Loverboy" While Also Being A #2 US Success In 1985 Was Also Featured In The First Scene Of The Popular UK BBC One TV Series Casualty In 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. 4 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. 2 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. 5 In 2002 The University Of Westminster Awarded Ocean An Honorary Doctorate Of Music. 6 The Awards Ceremony Took Place In The Barbican Centre In London. 7 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 8 Made Up Of Drumtech Vocaltech Guitar-X And Keyboardtech. He Regularly Visits To Hold Clinics And Seminars For The Students. In 2004 "Caribbean Queen" Was Re-Released As A Digital Single For Its 20th Anniversary Shooting Up To #25 On The Billboard Digital Singles Chart And Garnering Radio Play Across The US And UK. A Remix Of The Single By Will.I.Am Was Released In 2005 And It Later Appeared On Pitchfork's "Top 500 Tracks Of The 2000s" Countdown At #87. 9 In October 2007 Ocean Commenced His First British Tour In Over 15 Years. 10 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. 11 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. Ocean Is Mentioned Many Times By The Character Tonya Rock As Her Celebrity Idol And Crush On The CW Sitcom Everybody Hates Chris. In April 2010 An Eighteen Track Compilation Album Was Released In The UK By Sony Music Entitled The Very Best Of Billy Ocean To Tie In With A Thirty Date Tour Of The UK And Ireland. Featuring Ocean's Biggest Hits The Album Debuted In The UK Albums Chart At Number 17. 12 1. ^ Biography On His Official Website 2. ^ A B C D E F Allmusic Biography - Accessed January 2008 3. ^ A B Roberts David 2006 . British Hit Singles & Albums 19th Ed. . London Guinness World Records Limited. Pp. 402–403. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 4. ^ Tobler John 1992 . NME Rock 'N' Roll Years 1st Ed. . London Reed International Books Ltd. Pp. 415. CN 5585. 5. ^ Ticketline.Co Website Mini-Biography Archived Version At 1 Accessed 2010-02-06 6. ^ Whatever Happened To Weht.Net - Accessed January 2008 7. ^ TCM Breaking News @archives.Tcm.Ie 8. ^ Retroland.Com Biography - Accessed January 2008 9. ^ Pitchfork.Com's Top 500 Tracks Of The 2000s 10. ^ Manchestereveningnews.Co.Uk Article 11. ^ Tower.Com 12. ^ Billy Ocean Interview By Pete Lewis 'Blues & Soul' May 2010 Discography
Studio Album And Live 1976 Billy Ocean 1979 City Limit 1981 Nights Feel Like Getting Down 1982 Inner Feelings 1984 Suddenly 1986 Love Zone 1988 Tear Down These Walls 1993 Time To Move On
2009 Because I Love You
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