Billy Ocean, the most successful black recording star Britain has ever produced will join the ‘Royal family of Reggae’ Morgan Heritage as headline performers at the annual Groovin’ In The Park concert at Roy Wilkins Park in Queens, NY on Sunday, June 28, 2015.
The triple platinum selling Ocean has had a solid performance track record of riveting live audiences with his enviable barrage of hit songs and he is expected to ignite New York City with musical flames with favorites like ‘Caribbean Queen’, `Mystery Lady,` `Lover Boy,` `Get Out of My Dreams,’ `Suddenly’ and `Love Zone`.
Billy Ocean was born in Trinidad with the bubbling beat of calypso in his blood. When he migrated from the Caribbean to London’s East End at seven years old, his passion for music was further fueled by soul idols Otis Redding and Sam Cooke. He got his first break when he recorded ‘Love Really Hurts Without You’, which reached No. 2 in the UK charts. Two top twenty singles followed; ‘Love on Delivery’ and ‘Stop Me’. Later on in the US, there were number one singles, ‘There’ll be Sad Songs,’ and ‘Get Outta My Dreams & Into My Car.’
His move to Jive Records in 1984 provided instant success with the million selling ‘Caribbean Queen’ which won a Grammy Award for ‘Best R&B Vocal.’ He struck gold again with his 1986 hit ‘When the Going gets Tough,’ the theme song to the Michael Douglas/Kathleen Turner/Danny Devito movie ‘Jewel of the Nile.’
“We have had our eyes on Billy Ocean for a long time and I am just elated that we have finally got our man for Groovin In The Park this year” Christopher Roberts, CEO of Groovin In The Park said.
“Billy is a global superstar who has sold over 30 million records. He has collected a pile of Gold and Platinum records and hit the number one spot worldwide on pop charts in the USA, Australia, Germany and Holland”, Roberts added.
Log on to http://www.groovininthepark.com or http://www.groovinradiony.com for concert information.
MARIA JACKSON 27 MAGAZINE 