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"Suddenly" is a song from 1985 co-written and performed by UK-based singer Billy Ocean. Co-written and produced by Keith Diamond , it is the title track to Ocean's 1984 breakthrough album . Released as the third single from the album (following the success of " Caribbean Queen " and " Loverboy "), the ballad became the album's most successful ...
Suddenly is the fifth studio album by British singer Billy Ocean, released on 12 September 1984 by Jive Records. It featured his first major US pop hit single " Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) ", which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 .
Leslie Sebastian Charles MBE (born 21 January 1950), known professionally as Billy Ocean, is a Trinidadian-born British singer and songwriter. Between 1976 and 1988, he had a series of hit songs in the UK and internationally.
Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) The Colour of Love (Billy Ocean song) G. ... Suddenly (Billy Ocean song) T. There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry) W.
Ian Sime from York's The Press says Ocean's cover of "A Simple Game" is richly infused with Northern Soul angst, calling it "the perfect hit single". However, his interpretations of "A Change Is Gonna Come", "No Woman No Cry" and "Having a Party" have a "distinct air of Cabaret Classic, and the least said about his rendition of "Cry Me a River" the better."
Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by British R&B singer and songwriter Billy Ocean, released in 1989.The album features Ocean's biggest hit singles of the 1980s, along with two new singles, "I Sleep Much Better (In Someone Else's Bed)" and "Licence to Chill", the latter of which became Ocean's twelfth and final US top 40 hit to date, reaching No. 32.
"Let the River Run" is the first of only two songs to have won all three major awards (Oscar, Golden Globe, Grammy) while being composed and written, as well as performed, entirely by a single artist [5] – the other being "Streets of Philadelphia" by Bruce Springsteen from Philadelphia.
The album's title is a reference to then-President Ronald Reagan's "tear down this wall!" speech.It features guest backing vocals from artists including the Manhattans, Will Downing, Carroll Thompson, and Mary Cassidy, and is generally regarded as the culmination of the smoother, more adult-oriented sound of Ocean's later work.