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aka: Leslie Sebastian Charles
Based in: England
Based in: Berkshire
Based in: Sunningdale
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GRAMMY award-winning Leslie Sebastian Charles, MBE, known professionally as Billy Ocean, is a Trinidad and Tobago-born British recording artist.
Billy Ocean was the most popular British R&B singer-songwriter of the early to mid-1980s. After he had scored his first four UK top-20 singles, including No. 2 hits in 1976 and 1977, seven years passed before he accumulated a series of transatlantic successes, including three US number ones.
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Released in late 1985, his hit “When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going” peaked in 1986, reaching No. 1 in the UK and No. 2 in the US.
His 1986 hit “There’ll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)” also reached No. 1 in the US.
In 1985, Billy 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. His 1988 hit “Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car” reached No. 1 in the US and No. 3 in the UK.
In 2002, the University of Westminster, London, awarded Ocean an honorary doctorate of music.
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In 2010, he 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, with the award being presented to him by Sir Paul McCartney.
Billy Ocean has performed more than 495 concerts throughout the course of his career. In June 2023, he performed at The Cambridge Club Festival along with others, including Lionel Richie, Grace Jones, Kool & The Gang, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Odyssey.
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- March 3, 2026 — Billy Ocean
Wells Hall at The Parker, Ft Lauderdale, Florida
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Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
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Goodyear Theater, Akron, Ohio
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Bally's Event Center, Lincoln, Rhode Island
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L'Auberge Casino Resort - Lake Charles, Lake Charles, Louisiana
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Leigh Sports Village Stadium, Leigh,
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Lincoln Castle, Lincoln,
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Southampton Summer Sessions, Southampton,
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Live at Llangollen, Llangollen Pavilion, Llangollen,
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Scarborough Open Air Theatre, Scarborough,
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Cardiff Castle, Cardiff,
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The Piece Hall, Halifax,
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