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Leslie Sebastian Charles (Fyzabad, Trinidad y Tobago; 21 de enero de 1950), más conocido como Billy Ocean, es un cantautor trinitense nacionalizado británico que comenzó a hacerse famoso a partir de la década de los 70's. Entre sus éxitos, se pueden destacar las canciones When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Gets Going (parte de la banda sonora de la película La joya del Nilo, de 1985), Suddenly, Get Outta of My Dreams, Get Into My Car (parte de la banda sonora del filme License to Drive), Caribbean Queen, Loverboy y There'll Be Sad Songs to Make You Cry.

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Billy Ocean

Ocean tocando en vivo en Nueva York en 1988.
Información personal
Nombre de nacimiento Leslie Sebastian Charles
Nacimiento 21 de enero de 1950 (72 años)
Fyzabad, Trinidad y Tobago
Nacionalidad Trinitense y británica
Información profesional
Ocupación Cantautor
Años activo 1967 - actualmente
Géneros Soul, funk, rhythm and blues y pop
Instrumento Vocal · Guitarra · Tambores metálicos de Trinidad y Tobago
Tipo de voz Tenor
Discográfica GTO Records · Epic · Jive · Aqua Music
Distinciones
  • Miembro de la Orden del Imperio británico
Web
Sitio web
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Álbumes



Canciones


Año Canción US Hot 100 US R&B US Dance UK singles Álbum
1976 "Love Really Hurts Without You" 22 - 8 2 Billy Ocean
1976 "L.O.D. (Love On Delivery)" - 55 - 19 Billy Ocean
1976 "Stop Me (If You've Heard It All Before)" - - - 12 Billy Ocean
1977 "Red Light Spells Danger" - - - 2 Billy Ocean
1979 "American Hearts" - - - 54 City Limit
1980 "Are You Ready/Stay The Night" - - 83 42 City Limit
1981 "Night (Feel Like Gettin' Down)" - 7 4 - Night (Feel Like Getting Down)
1982 "Calypso Funkin'" - 72 - - Inner Feelings
1984 "European Queen (No More Love On The Run) - - - 82 Suddenly (European version)
1984 "Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)" 1 1 1 6 Suddenly
1985 "Loverboy" 2 20 1 15 Suddenly
1985 "Suddenly" 4 5 - 4 Suddenly
1985 "Mystery Lady" 24 10 - 49 Suddenly
1986 "When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going" 2 6 31 1 The Jewel of the Nile soundtrack
1986 "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" 1 1 - 12 Love Zone
1986 "On The Run (Hold On Brother)" - - 48 - Love Zone
1986 "Love Zone" 10 1 - 49 Love Zone
1986 "Bittersweet" - - - 44 Love Zone
1986 "Love Is Forever" 16 10 - 34 Love Zone
1988 "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car" 1 1 25 3 Tear Down These Walls
1988 "Calypso Crazy" - - - 35 Tear Down These Walls
1988 "The Colour Of Love" 17 10 - 65 Tear Down These Walls
1988 "Stand And Deliver" - - - 97 Tear Down These Walls
1989 "License To Chill" 32 33 - 81 GREATEST HITS
1990 "I Sleep So Much Better (In Someone Else's Bed)" - 60 - - Greatest Hits
1993 "Everything's So Different Without You" - 91 - - Time to Move On
1993 "Pressure" - - - 55 Time to Move On

На других языках

[en] Billy Ocean

Leslie Sebastian Charles, MBE (born 21 January 1950),[1] known professionally as Billy Ocean, is a Trinidad and Tobago-born British recording artist who had a string of R&B international pop hits in the 1970s and 1980s. He was the most popular British R&B singer-songwriter of the early to mid-1980s.[2] After scoring his first four UK Top 20 singles including two No. 2 hits in 1976 and 1977, seven years passed before he accumulated a series of transatlantic successes, including three US No.1's.[2] His 1985 hit "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" reached No. 1 in the UK and No. 2 in the US. In 1985, Ocean won the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for his worldwide hit "Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)" and in 1987 was nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Male Artist.[3] His 1988 hit "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" reached No. 1 in the US and No. 3 in the UK. His 1986 hit "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" also reached No. 1 in the US.[4]
- [es] Billy Ocean

[ru] Билли Оушен

Билли Оушен (англ. Billy Ocean) — сценическое имя англо-карибского музыканта Лесли Себастиана Чарльза (англ. Leslie Sebastian Charles, род. 21 января 1950 г.), который является одним из наиболее характерных представителей поп-музыки 1980-х.


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