Ocean was born as Leslie Sebastian Charles in Fyzabad, Trinidad and Tobago, to Hainsley Charles, a Grenadian musician and his wife Violet. 4 Ocean-penned songs recorded by other artists.1.1.1 The prime of his international success.He is a member of the Rastafari movement. On 29 July 2011, Ocean became a Companion of the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, presented to him by Paul McCartney. In 2010, Ocean was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the MOBO Awards. In 2002, the University of Westminster, London, awarded Ocean an honorary doctorate of music. In 1985, Ocean won the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for his worldwide hit, " Caribbean Queen", and in 1987 was nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Male Artist.
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After scoring his first four UK Top 20 successes, seven years passed before he accumulated a series of transatlantic successes, including three US number ones. He was the most popular British R&B singer-songwriter of the early to mid-1980s. p. 39.Billy Ocean (born Leslie Sebastian Charles 21 January 1950) is a Trinidadian-born British recording artist who had a string of R&B international pop hits in the 1970s and 1980s. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. ^ "1985 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles".^ "Forum – ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts – 1985".^ " Billy Ocean – Loverboy" (in Dutch).Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. "The Number Ones: Billy Ocean's "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" ". "Greatest Hits - Billy Ocean | Songs, Reviews, Credits". "Loverboy" (DJ Nikko Dirty Club) (4:14)."Loverboy" was released on a 5-track CD single it debuted at peaked at #12 on the ARIA singles chart. In 2002, Australian group "Boystar", consisting of Ian Starr, Decklyn Jaxx and Steven Childs, released a cover version of "Loverboy". The song was ranked by the "80 of the 80s" podcast as #38 of the decade.
The song was played in an episode of the American television drama series The Fall Guy.South African Singles Chart (Springbok Radio) "Loverboy" (Extended Club Remix) - 8:08ġ2": Jive / JIVE T 80 (UK - Limited Edition).Track listings 7": Jive / JS1-9284 (US) JIVE 80 (UK) The video is interspersed with scenes of Ocean (appearing in a pyramid hologram) performing the song. He tries to attract the attention of a female alien inside the cave, and after he shoots her partner with a laser, they ride off on the horse together at the end. The sci-fi-themed music video was directed by Maurice Phillips and it was shot at Durdle Door in Dorset, England, and features an alien rider on horseback riding up the coast to a bar built inside a cave. 2.3 12": Jive / JIVE T 80 (UK - Limited Edition).1 single of 1985 on that country's year-end charts. 1 on the Springbok Charts, remaining in that position for 11 of the 26 weeks it charted. The single was also a massive success in South Africa, reaching No. The song was played in the first episode of the long-running BBC One medical drama Casualty on 6 September 1986. The track was released on the Jive label under the catalogue reference, JIVE 80. It also reached the top spot of the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in the U.S., in an extended version. Billboard Hot 100 as well as hitting number 20 on the soul chart, and number 15 on the UK Singles Chart in February 1985. It was produced by Keith Diamond and reached number 2 on the U.S. " Loverboy" is Billy Ocean's second single from his 1984 album, Suddenly. " Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)" Keith Diamond, Billy Ocean, Robert John "Mutt" Lange
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