One of the reasons you didn't know about Billy is because he is British. "Suddenly" is a popular song from 1985 co-written and performed by UK-based singer Billy Ocean. Co-written and produced by Keith Diamond, it is the title track to Ocean's 1984 breakthrough album. 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. Peace out.
My favorite song by him is "the long and winding road" but "loverboy" is the rocker and "Caribbean Queen is the jam... He does a recent acoustic version of this song that's just perfect...
There is a Live version of this song , Billy Ocean being older., acoustic version....it is so so beautiful, a beautiful song from a beautiful man ❤ FYI : The UK - a sovereign state that includes England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Great Britain - an island situated off the north west coast of Europe. British Isles - a collection of over 6,000 islands, of which Great Britain is the largest. England - a country within the UK.
Leslie Sebastian Charles, MBE (born 21 January 1950),[1] better known by his stage name Billy Ocean, 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 R&B singer-songwriter of the early to mid-1980s.[2] After scoring his first four UK top 20 singles including two No. 2 hits in 1976 and 1977, seven years passed before he accumulated a series of transatlantic successes, including three US number ones. Ocean was born on 21 January 1950 in Fyzabad, Trinidad and Tobago, to Hainsley Charles, a Grenadian musician,[7] and his wife Violet.[8] He moved to Romford, England, when he was ten years old, just before Trinidad and Tobago became independent in 1962.
I thought you would say you've heard this song before because of your parents or other relatives. Old school love song 🎵 even this rocker knows this song word for word. That comes along with being married over 20 years Much Love Wilburns PEACE ✌️
This. I grew up with the best smooooothest love songs ever. 80’s R&B is sooooo good. He had some very popular upbeat songs but his slower ones like this, There’ll Be Sad Songs and The Colour of Love are 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼 But Luther is tops. 😉😉
Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr. (April 20, 1951 - July 1, 2005) Vandross worked as a backing vocalist in the 1970s, and appeared on albums by artists such as Roberta Flack, Donny Hathaway, Todd Rundgren, Judy Collins, Chaka Khan, Bette Midler, Diana Ross, David Bowie, Ben E. King, Stevie Wonder, and Donna Summer. Never Too Much is the debut solo studio album by American singer Luther Vandross, released on August 12, 1981. Between 1976 and 1982, Billy Ocean released four studio albums (Billy Ocean, City Limit, Nights (Feel Like Getting Down) and Inner Feelings)
His parents moved to England when he was 10. Studio albums Billy Ocean (1976) City Limit (1980) Nights (Feel Like Getting Down) (1981) Inner Feelings (1982) Suddenly (1984) Love Zone (1986) Tear Down These Walls (1988) Time to Move On (1993) Because I Love You (2009) Here You Are (2013) One World (2020)
Go right back "Love Really Hurts without you", catalogue is great, mid 80s at school Billy was on a high with great songs, Bit of that Caribbean soul pop rock different but relevant and cool, I agree with Dee, Billy for me over the Luther man. Bet ya Luther didn't have 3 of the big movie and TV stars in the 80s appear in his video. But ya can't go wrong 2 different styles. great dive into the Billy Ocean catalogue you guys won't be disappointed.
Love Billy Ocean!!! I think you will really enjoy "Caribbean Queen," " When the Going gets Tough," " Get Outta My Dreams, Get into my Car," " There'll Be Sad Songs," and "The Colour of Love."
I know you both read this but not comment, that's ok I'm from Derry , Ireland Mr Billy Ocean was the biggest star in the eighties and I met him in Paris France he was such a kind wonderful gentleman. Don't make them like that anymore ☘️
