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Billy Ocean

Fyzabad, Trinidad and Tobago · b. 1950-01-21

Billy Ocean is credited on 1,462 releases across 376 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1976–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,462

Credits

376

Albums

6

Decades active

108

In collections

Biography

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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.

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Credited work

1,462 releases · 376 albums · active 1976–2025

  • Performance · 2,732
  • Production · 87
  • Other credits · 27

Studios: Battery Studios, London · Sarm West Studios · The Town House · Soundtrack Studios

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