Singer

Billy Ocean had enjoyed chart success with a pair of #2 hits prior to ‘Suddenly’ (‘Love Really Hurts Without You’, ‘Red Light Spells Danger’) but this record catapulted him to new heights. Its lead single ‘Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)’ raced to #1 in the States and #6 in the UK, with the follow-ups ‘Loverboy’ and the title track also international smash hits. The album was similarly successful, leading to his first Top 10 album positions in both the UK and US, while ‘Caribbean Queen’ would later be rewarded with a Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Performance.

Billy Ocean

The Brighton Centre

Known for smash hits like ‘Caribbean Queen‘, ‘When the Going Gets Tough’, and ‘Get Outta My Dreams’ Billy Ocean earned a Grammy for Best Male R&B Performance in the 80s. After some years out of the spotlight, his reputation flourished again in the 21st century with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the MOBOs, a return to the upper reaches of the charts and an MBE.

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Bristol Beacon

Billy Ocean is the biggest black recording star Britain has ever produced, one who has sold over 30
million records in his lifetime to date. He has collected a pile of Gold and Platinum records across the world and hit the number one spot worldwide in the pop charts including the USA, Australia, Germany, Holland, and the UK. Billy has achieved extraordinary success as both an artist and a songwriter. Born in Trinidad, Billy settled in London’s East End when just seven years old. The calypso crazy kid soon got turned on to soul singers like Otis Redding and Sam Cooke, as well as pop groups like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, leading him to spend much of his study time in the music room. Billy got his first break when he signed to GTO records, for whom his second single was the Motown-ish Love Really Hurts Without You, which reached No. 2 in the UK charts and No. 12 in the US. Two top twenty singles followed; Love on Delivery and Stop Me, then Red Light Spells Danger became a smash in both the UK and the US. Billy changed record labels and his move to Jive Records provided instant success, with the million selling American number one single Caribbean Queen (for which Billy won a Grammy for best R&B Vocal), followed by Loverboy, and Suddenly, which became the first of Billy’s killer ballads. The Album from which these singles came from spent a year in the US Charts selling double platinum (triple in Canada). Billy also performed on the American half of Live Aid, making 1985 a truly incredible year for him.

Billy Ocean & The Pointer Sisters: Legends of Love

Wind Creek Bethlehem

Known for hits like “Get Out of My Dreams and Into My Car” and his GRAMMY-winning “Caribbean Queen (No More Love On the Run),” the iconic R&B star Billy Ocean makes a rare Music City appearance Thursday, October 12 at Schermerhorn Symphony Center. Ocean’s hits will take you back to the 80s, with “When the Going Gets Tough (The Tough Get Going),“ Loverboy,” “There’ll be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry),” and newer hits, “Because I Love You,” and “Here You Are.” 

Shermerhorn Symphony Center

Billy Ocean has spent more of his life onstage than anywhere else. In 2023, Billy returns to his natural environment with a set hand-packed with greatest hits and crowd favourites.

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