"singles chart and garnering radio play across the United States and UK. A remix of the single by will.i.am was released in 2005. In October 2007, Ocean commenced his first UK tour in more than 15 years. In February and March 2008 he toured Australia and the Far East. His album ""Because I Love You"" was released on 2 February 2009. In April 2010, an 18-track compilation album was released in the UK by Sony Music titled ""The Very Best of Billy Ocean"" to tie in with a 30-date tour of the UK and Ireland. Featuring Ocean's biggest hits, the"
"Billy Bob Thornton Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an American actor, filmmaker, singer, songwriter, and musician. Thornton had his first break when he co-wrote and starred in the 1992 thriller ""One False Move"", and received international attention after writing, directing, and starring in the independent drama film ""Sling Blade"" (1996), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He appeared in several major film roles in the 1990s following ""Sling Blade"", including Oliver Stone's neo-noir ""U Turn"" (1997), political drama ""Primary Colors"" (1998), science"
"first single recorded and released (8 August 1975) in the name Billy Ocean. Ocean had written the original version of ""Love Really Hurts Without You"" several years earlier while working as a pattern cutter at a fashion house on Savile Row: when a co-worker mentioned that she was selling her piano Ocean impulsively borrowed £23 from his boss to purchase it - ""We carried the piano up to the third floor and it fitted perfectly in my little bedroom"" (Ocean was living in his parents' council flat off Brick Lane) - and taught himself to play it: ""The novelty of"
"isn't as consistently unforgettable as earlier works like Love Zone or Nights, but is still considerably strong."" Time to Move On (album) Time to Move On is the eighth studio album by R&B singer Billy Ocean, released in 1993. It would be Ocean's last studio album until 2009's ""Because I Love You"". Since releasing his first album, ""Suddenly"", with Jive Records in 1984, Ocean achieved worldwide success with 1986's ""Love Zone"" and 1988's ""Tear Down These Walls"". Jive issued a Greatest Hits collection in 1989, which achieved further commercial success, while Ocean took a four-year recording hiatus. In a 1993"
"mile off. They have a different vibe. Not as much dust."" Thornton is a baseball fan; his favorite team is the St. Louis Cardinals, and he has said that his childhood dream was to play for them. He narrated ""The 2006 World Series Film"", the year-end retrospective DVD chronicling the Cardinals' championship season. He is also a professed fan of the Indianapolis Colts football team. Billy Bob Thornton Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an American actor, filmmaker, singer, songwriter, and musician. Thornton had his first break when he co-wrote and starred in the 1992 thriller ""One False"
"Time to Move On (album) Time to Move On is the eighth studio album by R&B singer Billy Ocean, released in 1993. It would be Ocean's last studio album until 2009's ""Because I Love You"". Since releasing his first album, ""Suddenly"", with Jive Records in 1984, Ocean achieved worldwide success with 1986's ""Love Zone"" and 1988's ""Tear Down These Walls"". Jive issued a Greatest Hits collection in 1989, which achieved further commercial success, while Ocean took a four-year recording hiatus. In a 1993 interview on Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, Ocean explained why he took the hiatus: ""My mother"
"Billy Idol William Michael Albert Broad (born 30 November 1955), known professionally as Billy Idol, is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and actor. He first achieved fame in the 1970s as a member of the punk rock band Generation X. Subsequently, he embarked on a solo career which led to international recognition and made Idol one of the lead artists during the MTV-driven ""Second British Invasion"" in the United States. The name ""Billy Idol"" was inspired by a schoolteacher's description of him as ""idle"". Idol began his music career in late 1976 as a guitarist in the punk rock band"
"singer-songwriter. He has released four solo albums and is the vocalist of the blues rock band The Boxmasters. Billy Bob Thornton was born on August 4, 1955, in Hot Springs, Arkansas, the son of Virginia Roberta (""née"" Faulkner; died July 29, 2017), a self-proclaimed psychic, and William Raymond ""Billy Ray"" Thornton (November 1929 – August 1974), a high school history teacher and basketball coach. His brother, Jimmy Don (April 1958 – October 1988), wrote a number of songs, two of which (""Island Avenue"" and ""Emily"") Thornton has recorded on his solo albums. He is of part Irish descent. He also"
"Danny Ocean (singer) Daniel Morales (born 5 May 1992), known by his stage name Danny Ocean is a Venezuelan singer, songwriter and record producer born in Caracas, Venezuela but resident of Miami, Florida. Began in music professionally around the year 2009 when he created his video channel on YouTube. He is best known for his song ""Me Rehúso"", released in September 2016, and relaunched in 2017 for its late success in several countries of Latin America, Europe and the United States, with an English version of it, called ""Baby I Won't"". The success of the song made him a pioneering"
"Billy Kidman Peter Alan Gruner Jr. (born May 11, 1974) is an American wrestling road agent and retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Billy Kidman. He is currently signed to WWE, where he works as a producer. As a wrestler, Kidman is best known for his work with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment (WWF/E) throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s. While in WCW, Kidman gained fame as a key member of several stables. In addition to being a member of Raven's Flock, he also was a member of The Filthy Animals"
"Frank Ocean Christopher Francis Ocean (born Christopher Lonny Edwin Breaux; October 28, 1987) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer and photographer. Ocean began his musical career as a ghostwriter, prior to joining hip hop collective Odd Future in 2010. The following year, Ocean released ""Nostalgia, Ultra"", his debut mixtape. The mixtape was a critical success, and generated the single ""Novacane"", which peaked at number 82 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and was later certified platinum. Ocean subsequently secured a recording contract with Def Jam Recordings in 2012. Ocean released his debut studio album, ""Channel Orange"", in July 2012;"
"Bill Nighy William Francis Nighy (; born 12 December 1949) is an English actor. He worked in theatre and television before his first cinema role in 1981, and made his name in television with ""The Men's Room"" in 1991, in which he played the womaniser Professor Mark Carleton. Nighy became widely known for his performance as Billy Mack in ""Love Actually"". Other notable roles in cinema include his portrayal of Davy Jones in ""Pirates of the Caribbean"" film series, as well as Viktor in the ""Underworld"" film series. He is also known for his roles in the films ""Lawless Heart"","
"various music genres, and he is considered one of the most acclaimed artists of the 21st century. Ocean was born on October 28, 1987, in Long Beach, California. He is the only son to father Calvin Edward Cooksey, and mother Katonya Breaux, and was given the birth name Christopher Edwin Breaux. When he was five years old, Ocean and his family relocated to New Orleans, Louisiana. Ocean was first introduced to music through his mother, who would often play recordings by jazz musicians on her car stereo, which included albums by Celine Dion and Anita Baker, as well as the"
"fashion show, Kaulitz opened and closed the show with the song Screamin'. Bill Kaulitz Bill Kaulitz (born September 1, 1989), also known mononymously as Billy (stylized as BILLY) for his solo act, is a German singer, songwriter, voice actor, designer, and model. He is best known for his work from 2001 to the present as the lead singer of the band Tokio Hotel. Bill Kaulitz was born on 1 September 1989 in Leipzig, German Democratic Republic. He has an identical twin brother, Tom, who is older by ten minutes. His parents, Simone Kaulitz and Jörg W., separated when Kaulitz and"
"with Fiona Apple performing the song. Studio albums Frank Ocean Christopher Francis Ocean (born Christopher Lonny Edwin Breaux; October 28, 1987) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer and photographer. Ocean began his musical career as a ghostwriter, prior to joining hip hop collective Odd Future in 2010. The following year, Ocean released ""Nostalgia, Ultra"", his debut mixtape. The mixtape was a critical success, and generated the single ""Novacane"", which peaked at number 82 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and was later certified platinum. Ocean subsequently secured a recording contract with Def Jam Recordings in 2012. Ocean released his"
"Billy Gunn Monty Kip Sopp (born November 1, 1963), better known by his ring name Billy Gunn, is an American professional wrestler. Gunn is best known for his appearances in the World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/E) from 1993 to 2004 and from 2012 to 2015. He also served as a coach on WWE's ""Tough Enough"" and was a trainer in its developmental branch, NXT. He is also known for his appearances with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) from 2005 to 2009. Primarily a tag team wrestler, Gunn is a total 11-time tag team champion in WWE with three different partners (with"
"a reunited Pixies. Many performers refer to their stage name as their ""professional name"". In some cases, performers subsequently adopt their stage name as their legal name. For instance, the former Robert Allen Zimmerman's legal name has been Robert Dylan (Bob Dylan) since he changed it in New York City Supreme Court in August 1962. Elton John was born Reginald Kenneth Dwight but changed his name by deed poll, making Elton Hercules John his real name. When he was knighted, he became Sir Elton Hercules John rather than Sir Reginald Kenneth Dwight. Elvis Costello (born Declan MacManus), who had adopted"
"The Ocean (Mike Perry song) ""The Ocean"" is a song by Swedish DJ and music producer Mike Perry, featuring vocals from Shy Martin. It was released as a digital download in Sweden on 15 April 2016. The song peaked at number 1 in Sweden, and reached the top 20 in Australia, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland. The song has additionally peaked at number 39 in the UK. The song was performed by Perry during the Summerburst Festival at Ullevi in Gothenburg, Sweden. Mike Perry, whose real name is Mikael Persson, only produces music alongside his regular"
"Ryan Idol Ryan Idol (born August 10, 1964) Real name Marc Anthony Donais, is an American gay pornographic film actor who performed in the 1990s and later onstage in mainstream theater. He has French, Irish, and Native American ancestry. Idol describes himself as ""the creation of Marc Anthony Donais."" Idol was raised in a series of foster homes as a child. He never knew his father, and had little contact with his mother while growing up. After high school, Idol spent a brief period in the United States Navy, then worked as a construction worker. To generate income, he began"
"Fish Karma Fish Karma (real name Terry Owen, b. 1959) is an American punk rock/comedy rock/folk rock musician from Tucson, Arizona. Fish Karma has been called everything from Neil Young's bastard brother to the most horrible thing you've ever seen in your life. He has also been described as ""one of the worst vocalists ever to have the gall to step in front of a mic, his voice falling somewhere between Neil Young after a swift boot to the naughty bits and the dying screech of a depleted air horn"". His career in creative antagonism began at the University of"
"Bill Kaulitz Bill Kaulitz (born September 1, 1989), also known mononymously as Billy (stylized as BILLY) for his solo act, is a German singer, songwriter, voice actor, designer, and model. He is best known for his work from 2001 to the present as the lead singer of the band Tokio Hotel. Bill Kaulitz was born on 1 September 1989 in Leipzig, German Democratic Republic. He has an identical twin brother, Tom, who is older by ten minutes. His parents, Simone Kaulitz and Jörg W., separated when Kaulitz and his brother were seven years old. Simone married Gordon Trümper, the guitarist"
"""Ocean's 11"". In March 2014 it was reported that Breaux was legally changing his name to Frank Ocean. In November 2014, it was revealed that the name change had not been legalized due to multiple speeding offenses. On April 23, 2015, Ocean changed his legal name to Frank Ocean, but he has still been credited as Christopher Breaux in the liner notes of some releases. Ocean wrote an open letter, initially intended for the liner notes on ""Channel Orange"", that preemptively addressed speculation about his attraction in the past to another man. Instead, on July 4, 2012, he published an"
"Harry Belafonte Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927) is an American singer, songwriter, activist and actor. One of the most successful Jamaican-American pop stars in history, he was dubbed the ""King of Calypso"" for popularizing the Caribbean musical style (originating in Trinidad & Tobago) with an international audience in the 1950s. His breakthrough album ""Calypso"" (1956) is the first million-selling LP by a single artist. Belafonte is perhaps best known for singing ""The Banana Boat Song"", with its signature lyric ""Day-O"". He has recorded in many genres, including blues, folk, gospel, show tunes, and American standards."
"Billy Corben William Cohen (born 1978), better known by the stage name Billy Corben, is an American documentary film director. As a co-founder of the Miami-based studio Rakontur, along with producing partner Alfred Spellman, he has created films such as ""Cocaine Cowboys"", ""Dawg Fight"", and ESPN's 30 for 30 ""The U"" and ""The U Part 2"". Corben was born in Fort Myers, Florida and raised in South Florida. As a child actor, he spent a large portion of his early days in Los Angeles, California. He attended New World School of the Arts High School and graduated with honors from"
"on the closing credits of the 2013 film Filth. ""Love Really Hurts Without You"" is unique among Billy Ocean's twelve Hot 100 hits in that it failed to also rank on the ""Billboard"" R&B chart, where Ocean would place an overall total of eighteen singles beginning with the followup to ""Love Really Hurts"": ""L.O.D (Love on Delivery)"" (#55 R&B). A major factor in Ocean's ""Love Really Hurts"" failing to rank as an R&B hit was that concurrent with the single's US release a cover version by Alex Brown was recorded for the Chelsea Records Roxbury label with John Madara producing."
"Jamie Foxx Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), known professionally as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer, songwriter, record producer, and comedian. For his portrayal of Ray Charles in the 2004 biographical film ""Ray"", he won an Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. That same year, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the crime film ""Collateral"". Since spring 2017, Foxx has served as the host and executive"
"Billy De Wolfe Billy De Wolfe (February 18, 1907 – March 5, 1974) was an American character actor. He was active in films from the mid-1940s until his death in 1974. Born William Andrew Jones in the Wollaston neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts, DeWolfe was the son of a Welsh bookbinder who encouraged him to become a Baptist minister. Instead, Billy developed an interest in the theatre. He found work as an usher before becoming a dancer with the Jimmy O'Connor Band. It was at this point that he changed his last name to De Wolfe, which was the last name"
"Omarion Omari Ishmael Grandberry (born November 12, 1984), known by his stage name Omarion, is an American singer, songwriter, actor and dancer. He is best known as the lead singer of the American R&B boy band B2K; the group achieved success in the early 2000s with singles like ""Bump, Bump, Bump"", ""Uh Huh"", and ""Girlfriend"", which all reached success on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. After the group disbanded in 2004, Omarion embarked on a solo career and released his debut album, ""O"" in 2005, which debuted atop the ""Billboard"" 200 and received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Contemporary R&B"
"fan convention circuit, Coleman began playing music acoustically for the audience; he covered mainstream music as well as singing original songs he had written. In January 2017, Coleman, along with friends Chris Weaver and Micah Parker, formed the band, Mercy Mode. Their first single, ""Take It All,"" was released on March 15, 2017 and is available on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, and Google Play. Chase Coleman Chase Coleman (born March 20, 1985) is an American actor, director, and musician. Coleman is best known for portraying the character of Billy Winslow in the HBO TV series ""Boardwalk Empire"" as well as his"
"Anonymous Boy Tony Arena (born circa 1965, Franklin Square, New York) – also known by his pen name Anonymous Boy – is an openly queer artist, writer, and filmmaker. He is known for his queer punk comics, his column in ""Maximum Rocknroll"" magazine, his public-access television program ""The Wild Record Collection"", and animation such as his film ""Green Pubes"". He adopted the pen name ""Anonymous Boy"" after G.B. Jones, the editor of queer punk zine ""J.D.s"", credited an illustration he'd submitted to ""an anonymous boy"". His erotic and romantic drawings of punks garnered much attention, and after the demise of"
"worked with producer Trevor Horn, Horn's former Buggles and Yes bandmate Geoff Downes and Greg Kurstin. Idol's autobiography, entitled ""Dancing With Myself"", was published on 7 October 2014. Idol's current band consists of: Former members The MTV Video Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony established in 1984 by MTV. The Brit Awards are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. Billy Idol William Michael Albert Broad (born 30 November 1955), known professionally as Billy Idol, is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and actor. He first achieved fame in the 1970s as a member of the punk rock band"
"as one of the 50 best-dressed over 50s by ""The Guardian"" in March 2013 and one of ""GQ's"" 50 best-dressed British men in 2015. Bill Nighy William Francis Nighy (; born 12 December 1949) is an English actor. He worked in theatre and television before his first cinema role in 1981, and made his name in television with ""The Men's Room"" in 1991, in which he played the womaniser Professor Mark Carleton. Nighy became widely known for his performance as Billy Mack in ""Love Actually"". Other notable roles in cinema include his portrayal of Davy Jones in ""Pirates of the"
"by Sir Paul McCartney. He is a member of the Rastafari movement. Ocean was born as Leslie Sebastian Charles in Fyzabad, Trinidad and Tobago, to Hainsley Charles, a Grenadian musician and his wife Violet. He moved to Romford, London, England, with his family at the age of ten. He was exposed to music at an early age. During his teenage years, he sang regularly in London clubs while also working as a tailor in London's Savile Row. He was discovered by his first manager, John Morphew, who recorded a double A-side single at Pye Studios in London with a full"