Music legend Billy Ocean returns to Dreamland Margate with a Summer Series gig in July.
Billy is the biggest black recording star Britain has ever produced and has sold over 30 million records in his lifetime to date.
Born in Trinidad, Billy settled in London’s East End when just seven years old and found a love for soul singers like Otis Redding and Sam Cooke, as well as pop groups like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, leading him to spend much of his study time in the music room.
Billy got his first break when he signed to GTO records, for whom his second single was the Motown-ish Love Really Hurts Without You, which reached No. 2 in the UK charts and No. 12 in the US.
Two top twenty singles followed; Love on Delivery and Stop Me, then Red Light Spells Danger became a smash in both the UK and the US. Billy changed record labels and his move to Jive Records provided instant success, with the million selling American number one single Caribbean Queen (for which Billy won a Grammy for best R&B Vocal), followed by Loverboy, and Suddenly, which became the first of Billy’s killer ballads.
In 2018 he played The Royal Albert Hall in London which he felt was a real landmark. In 2020 he celebrated his 70th birthday, received an MBE in the New Year Honours list and released his 11th studio album ‘One World,’ which was his first new material in 10 years.
He last played at Dreamland in 2021 and returns for a show on July 11 with special guests including Sister Sledge, Shalamar, and guest DJs.
Tickets go on sale on Friday 31st January from 10am at www.margatesummerseries.co.uk
