How many Billy Ocean releases are on Riffiter?

29 releases are catalogued, spanning 1975 to 2023.

When was Billy Ocean formed?

Billy Ocean formed in 1972, in Romford, UK.

What genre is Billy Ocean?

Billy Ocean is catalogued under Soul.

What is the most recent Billy Ocean release on Riffiter?

Love Really Hurts without You, released in 2023.

Artist

Billy Ocean

Billy Ocean is a soul artist from Romford, UK formed in 1972. 29 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.

Soul · Romford, UK · Best soul albums

29
Releases: 1975–2023
Active years: 1972
Formed

Singles & EPs

6

Upcoming shows

About

Billy Ocean (born Leslie Charles; 21 January 1950 in Fyzabad, Trinidad) is a British recording artist who had a string of R&B international pop hits in the 1970s and 1980s. He was the most popular British-based R&B singer-songwriter of the early to mid-1980s. After scoring his first four UK top 20 successes, seven years passed before he accumulated a series of transatlantic successes, including three U.S. number ones. In 1985, Ocean won the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for his worldwide hit, "Caribbean Queen". Early life and stardom Ocean was born as Leslie Charles in Trinidad and Tobago to Grenadian parents, and moved to Romford, Essex, England with his family at the age of eight. Ocean's musical influence came at an early age of his life as his father was a musician, and Ocean realised he was in line to follow those ambitions as he was growing up. During his teenage years, he sang regularly in London clubs while also working as a tailor in London's Savile Row. He released his first single in 1972 on Spark Records as Les Charles. Ocean took his stage name from the Ocean Estate, Stepney, where he was living at the time. In 1976, he recorded his first album, Bil…

Billy Ocean in brief

How many Billy Ocean releases are on Riffiter?: 29 releases are catalogued, spanning 1975 to 2023.
When was Billy Ocean formed?: Billy Ocean formed in 1972, in Romford, UK.
What genre is Billy Ocean?: Billy Ocean is catalogued under Soul.
What is the most recent Billy Ocean release on Riffiter?: Love Really Hurts without You, released in 2023.

Discography

Singles & EPs

Upcoming shows

About

Billy Ocean in brief