. . "solo_singer" . . "Singer-songwriter" . . "Billy Ocean"@en . . "1950-01-21Z"^^ . "Billy Ocean (born Leslie Sebastian Charles; 21 January 1950) is an Trinidadian-born English 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. After scoring his first four UK Top 20 successes, seven years passed before he accumulated a series of transatlantic successes, including three U.S. number ones."@en . "1950Z"^^ . "Ocean, Billy"@en . "Charles, Leslie Sebastian (birth name)"@en . . "Leslie Sebastian Charles"@en . . . . "1971Z"^^ . . . .