(ThyBlackMan.com) There’s something about Billy Ocean’s music that feels like a warm breeze on a tough day—comforting, familiar, and deeply soulful. Growing up, his songs were always somewhere in the ...

Leslie Sebastian Charles, aka Billy Ocean, was born in Fyzabad, Trinidad and Tobago and moved to England with his family at the age of eight. In his teenage years, he sang regularly in London clubs.

Billy Ocean was a stalwart of the charts during his heyday in the 1980s, and is well-loved by fans today. His top hits include When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going and Get Outta My Dreams, ...

The 80s pop prince and Sunningdale resident is back in the limelight with a forthcoming album and a UK tour. Here he reflects back on a career that made him the biggest-selling black artist of all ...