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Biography
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Billy Ocean
Real name: Leslie Sebastian Charles
Effective period / Period of releases: 1975 - 2021
Born in Trinidad on January 21, 1950. Billy Ocean was one of the first Caribbean singers, alongside Grace Jones, to be embraced by MTV, resulting in a string of Top Ten hits during the mid-1980s. UK raised, he recorded as Les Charles in the early 70s adopting the name Billy Ocean by the mid 70s.:format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/A-77019-1146054283.jpeg.jpg){kind=link}
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