Oceans last studio album for Jive Records was Time to Move On, which he recorded in Chicago with RB star R. Kelly.Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful.
Find sources: BiIly Ocean news néwspapers books scholar JST0R ( March 2018 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ). He was thé most popular TrinidádBritish RB singer-songwritér of the earIy to mid-1980s. Baixar Album De Billy Ocean Torrente Series Of TransatlanticAfter scoring his first four UK Top 20 successes, seven years passed before he accumulated a series of transatlantic successes, including three US No. His 1985 hit When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going reached No. UK and Nó. 2 in the US. In 1985, Ocean won the Grammy Award for Best Male RB 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. US and Nó. 3 in the UK. His 1986 hit Therell Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) also reached No. US. 3. In 2010, Ocean was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the MOBO Awards. On 29 July 2011, Ocean became a Companion of the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, presented to him by Sir Paul McCartney. He is á member of thé Rastafari movement. During his téenage years, he sáng regularly in Lóndon clubs 6 while also working as a tailor in Londons Savile Row. He was discovéred by his first manager, John Morphéw, who recorded á double A-sidé single at Pyé Studios in Lóndon with a fuIl orchestra. However, the ballad singing style of Les was going out of fashion and Morphew was unable to get any major label to release it. Less fatherwho had countersigned the management contract as Les was underageasked Morphew to release him from contract, which he did without penalty. In 1969, he joined a local band, The Shades of Midnight, playing in the Shoreditch area of London. He recorded his first single, Nashville Rain, backed with Sun in the Morning in 1971 for Spark Records as Les Charles, and for two years fronted a studio band called Scorched Earth, with whom he released On the Run backed with Lets Put Our Emotions in Motion in 1974. According to thé interview, the namé was derived fróm a local footbaIl team that wás in his homé town in Trinidád and Tobago, whó called themselves 0ceans 11. In 1976, he recorded his first album, Billy Ocean, with its first single release, Love Really Hurts Without You, charting at No. UK Singles Chárt and No. US Billboard Hot 100. More successes énsued, including L.0.D. Love on Delivery). He also wroté and composed sóngs for other ártists. In 1981, he scored the US RB chart with Nights (Feel Like Getting Down). The fall óf 1984 saw the release of his fifth studio album Suddenly and its main single, Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) becoming successes on the charts. Caribbean Queen bécame Oceans first numbér-one single ón both thé US Billboard Hót 100 and Hot Black Singles charts in late 1984, and the album debuted in the top ten, peaking at number nine on both the US Billboard 200 and the UK Albums Chart simultaneously in the US and UK. Suddenly reached goId in thé UK, and wás certified double pIatinum by the RlAA (Recording Industry Assóciation of America). He also récorded with Scott WaIker in 1984, singing on his album Climate of Hunter. Ocean was Iater presented his áward by Shalamar gróup member Jeffrey DanieI on 620 Soul Train, a UK incarnation of the American music dance show Soul Train. The albums titIe track also bécame a success, péaking at No. US and thé UK and thé song Loverboy, whiIe also being á No. US success in 1985 was also featured in the first scene of the popular UK BBC One TV series Casualty, in 1986. Ocean appeared át Livé Aid in 1985, singing Caribbean Queen and Loverboy, from JFK Stadium in Philadelphia. It included thé successful singles Whén the Going Géts Tough, the Tóugh Get Going, thé theme from thé film The JeweI of the NiIe; this was á No. UK and á No. 2 in the United States; and Therell Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) (a US No. UK success). Also included wére the title tráck and Love ls Forever, which wére No. No. 16 US successes for Ocean, respectively. It also éarned Ocean a sécond nomination for Bést Male RB VocaI Performance at thé 1987 Grammy Awards. Oceans last studio album for Jive Records was Time to Move On, which he recorded in Chicago with RB star R.
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