Billy Ocean Bio (Biography)
Real name:
Leslie Sebastian Charles
Date of birth:
January 21. 1950
Place of birth:
Trinidad, West Indies
Astrology Sign:
Aquarius
Biography
His real name is Leslie Sebastian Charles, a music performer based from UK and a popular music icon in the 1970-1980s. A real music talent by heart, Billy Ocean was born on January 21, 1950 in Tobago and moved to England with his family when he was eight years old.
His first hit single was released in 1972 under his name Les Charles. Later in 1976, he adopted Billy Ocean with his debut album. The said album carried his hit single "Love Really Hurts Without You" and this song marked 2nd in the UK music board and 22 in the International music billboard.
Billy Ocean is not just a singer by profession. He also writes songs for other music artists like LaToya Jackson. Then in 1982, Ocean penetrated the US music territory with "Nights (Feel Like Getting Down) single. In 1984 further, Ocean's hit single "Carribean Queen" was customized to fit his audience both in the UK and USA. On the same album entitled "Suddenly," Ocean's other songs include "When the Going gets tough, the tough get going" which was adopted for the movie Jewel of the Nile. Other song of the same album is the song "There'll Be Sad Songs (to Make you cry) and this song was rated number in the US top lists.
Billy Ocean's upbeat song tempo with popular rhythm and blues were greatly appreciated by his UK and USA fans. One of his admirers is the OutKast artist Big Boi who used the name 'Billy Ocean' as an honor to Ocean himself and a sign of respect to him. Also, it is believed that Billy Ocean was the one who discovered the moonwalk, a prominent dance step attached to Pop Icon Michael Jackson.
Lastly, R. Kelly, a prominent USA music artist partnered with Billy Ocean during the production of his last studio album entitled Time to Move On. During the production, Ocean learned that R. Kelly is a big fan and most willing to have another production with Ocean in the future.
His first hit single was released in 1972 under his name Les Charles. Later in 1976, he adopted Billy Ocean with his debut album. The said album carried his hit single "Love Really Hurts Without You" and this song marked 2nd in the UK music board and 22 in the International music billboard.
Billy Ocean is not just a singer by profession. He also writes songs for other music artists like LaToya Jackson. Then in 1982, Ocean penetrated the US music territory with "Nights (Feel Like Getting Down) single. In 1984 further, Ocean's hit single "Carribean Queen" was customized to fit his audience both in the UK and USA. On the same album entitled "Suddenly," Ocean's other songs include "When the Going gets tough, the tough get going" which was adopted for the movie Jewel of the Nile. Other song of the same album is the song "There'll Be Sad Songs (to Make you cry) and this song was rated number in the US top lists.
Billy Ocean's upbeat song tempo with popular rhythm and blues were greatly appreciated by his UK and USA fans. One of his admirers is the OutKast artist Big Boi who used the name 'Billy Ocean' as an honor to Ocean himself and a sign of respect to him. Also, it is believed that Billy Ocean was the one who discovered the moonwalk, a prominent dance step attached to Pop Icon Michael Jackson.
Lastly, R. Kelly, a prominent USA music artist partnered with Billy Ocean during the production of his last studio album entitled Time to Move On. During the production, Ocean learned that R. Kelly is a big fan and most willing to have another production with Ocean in the future.