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Red Light Spells Danger
This discography documents albums and singles released by British R&B/soul/pop singer Billy Ocean. Albums Studio albums Compilation albums Singles 1970s 1980s 1990s–2010s Ocean-written songs recorded by other artists *"Are You Ready?" – La Toya Jackson *"Stay the Night" – La Toya Jackson *"Love Is a Dangerous Game" – Millie Jackson *"Love Is" – Randy Crawford *"Love Really Hurts Without You" – Bad Boys Blue *"Taking Chances" – Ray, Goodman & Brown *"Waiting for You" – Boyzone *"Whatever Turns You On" – The Dells *"Who's Gonna Rock You" – The Nolans *"Red Light Spells Danger" – Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May Feat Justin Hawkins as the "Top Gear Band" on ''Top Gear of the Pops'' *"Suddenly" – Marti Pellow *"Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" – Gwar *"When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" – Boyzone Boyzone were an Irish boy band created in 1993 by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Ocean
Leslie Sebastian Charles (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. After releasing several recordings under other stage names, he achieved breakthrough success with the 1976 single "Love Really Hurts Without You". It was the second single released under the stage name Billy Ocean and peaked at no. 2 in the UK and no. 3 in Australia. Later that year, he achieved two additional top 20 singles in the UK. In 1977, his single "Red Light Spells Danger" also peaked at no. 2. After a period of limited chart success, he released the single "Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run)" in 1984. In the UK, the song peaked at no. 6. In the U.S., it entered the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 at no. 85 but peaked at no. 1 ten weeks later. Ocean won the 1985 Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for the song. It also cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sverigetopplistan
Sverigetopplistan (, lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from IFPI Sverige. It was formerly known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and has been known by its current name since October 2007. Before Topplistan, music sales in Sweden were recorded by Kvällstoppen, whose weekly chart was a combined albums and singles list. History For the period of 1976 to 2006, the official Swedish music charts were published by Sveriges Radio P3, a station owned by Sveriges Radio. At the end of 2006, it stopped publishing the general charts, which were entrusted to Swedish Recording Industry Association in the beginning of 2007. However, Sveriges Radio P3 continued to publish the most downloaded music charts, according to the statistics compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The new strictly-download chart was called DigiListan. Since late 2006, the chart has included legal Music downloading, downloads. The charts became the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tear Down These Walls
''Tear Down These Walls'' is the seventh studio album by the British singer Billy Ocean, released in March 1988 by Jive Records as the follow-up to Ocean's critically and commercially successful 1986 album '' Love Zone''. Background 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. One of Ocean's most commercially successful studio albums, it went on to peak at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart and reached number 18 on the US ''Billboard'' 200. The album launched four charting singles in the UK: " Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" peaked at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart; " Calypso Crazy" peaked at 35; "The Colour of Love" at 65 and "Stand and Deliver" at 97. "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Zone
''Love Zone'' is the sixth studio album by the British singer Billy Ocean, released on 6 May 1986 by Jive Records. Three singles were released from the album, including Ocean's second US No. 1 single "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" and the US top ten entry " Love Zone". It also features the UK No. 1 and US No. 2 single "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going", which had originally been released as a single from the soundtrack to the 1985 film ''The Jewel of the Nile''. A critical and commercial success, it became his highest charting album in both the UK and the US, where it peaked at number two and number six respectively, and has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of over two million copies. Critical reception ''Love Zone'' received favourable reviews from critics. ''People'' noted that "Ocean just floats along on this smooth" album and that "the moods ecreates are so richly romantic they sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recording Industry Association Of America
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the music recording industry in the United States. Its members consist of record labels and distributors that the RIAA says "create, manufacture, and/or distribute approximately 85% of all legally sold recorded music in the United States". RIAA is headquartered in Washington, D.C. RIAA was formed in 1952. Its original mission was to administer recording copyright fees and problems, work with trade unions, and do research relating to the record industry and government regulations. Early RIAA standards included the RIAA equalization curve, the format of the stereophonic record groove and the dimensions of 33 1/3, 45, and 78 rpm records. RIAA says its current mission includes: #to protect intellectual property rights and the First Amendment rights of artists #to perform research about the music industry #to monitor and review relevant laws, regulations, and policies Between 2001 and 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Canada
Music Canada is a non-profit Industry trade group, trade organization that was founded 9 April 1963 in Toronto to represent the interests of companies that record, manufacture, produce, and distribute music in Canada. It also offers benefits to some of Canada's leading independent record labels and distributors. It was known as the Canadian Record Manufacturer's Association () until 1972 and the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) () until 2011. History Originally formed as the 10-member Canadian Record Manufacturer's Association, the association changed its name to Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) in 1972 and opened membership to other record industry companies. In 2006, a number of smaller labels resigned their memberships, complaining that the organization was not representing their interests. On 7 July 2011, the CRIA changed its name to Music Canada, and began offering special benefits to some of the leading independent labels and distributors. Organ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Phonographic Industry
BPI (British Recorded Music Industry) Limited, trading as British Phonographic Industry (BPI), is the British recorded music industry's trade association. It runs the BRIT Awards; is home to the Mercury Prize; co-owns the Official Charts Company with the Entertainment Retailers Association; and awards UK music sales through the BRIT Certified Awards. Structure Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies, including ( Sony Music UK, Universal Music UK, Warner Music UK), and over 500 independent record labels and small to medium-sized music businesses. The BPI council is the management and policy forum of the BPI. It is chaired by the Chair of BPI, and includes the Chief Executive, Chief Operating Officer (COO), General Counsel, Chief Strategy Officer and 12 representatives from the recorded music sector: six from major labelstwo each from the three "major" companiesand six from the independent sector, who are selected by voting of all BPI independent label members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jive Records
Jive Records (later stylized as JIVE Records) was a British-American independent record label founded by Clive Calder in 1981 as a subsidiary of the Zomba Group of Companies, Zomba Group. In the US, the label had offices in New York City and Chicago. Jive was best known for its successes with hip hop music, hip hop, R&B, and dance acts in the 1980s and 1990s, along with teen pop and boy bands during the late 1990s and early 2000s. Jive was acquired by Bertelsmann Music Group in 2002. In 2008, BMG itself was bought out by Sony Music Entertainment. Jive Records thereupon remained a unit wholly owned by Sony up until the label’s dissolution in 2011, when Jive was absorbed into RCA Records. History 1970s: Beginnings In 1971, South African businessmen Clive Calder and Ralph Simon began a publishing and management company. It was named Zomba Group of Companies, Zomba Records and relocated to London, England, four years later; their first client was a young Robert "Mutt" Lange. Zomba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suddenly (Billy Ocean Album)
''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. Prior to that, his biggest success on the US charts had been a number-22 placing for " Love Really Hurts Without You" in 1976, which was one of a number of UK hits he had achieved by the release of this album. Despite these earlier hits, ''Suddenly'' became Ocean's first charting album in the United Kingdom, reaching number nine on the UK Album Chart. It also reached number nine in the US, and spawned two additional US top-five singles in the title track and "Loverboy", while a fourth single, "Mystery Lady", reached the US top 40. " Caribbean Queen" and " Suddenly" also reached the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart. Track listing All songs written by Keith Diamond and Billy Ocean, except where noted. Expanded edition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony is a Japanese multinational conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered at Sony City in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The Sony Group encompasses various businesses, including Sony Corporation (electronics), Sony Semiconductor Solutions (i .... The label was founded predominantly as a jazz and classical music label in 1953, but later expanded its scope to include a more diverse range of genres, including pop music, pop, Rhythm and blues, R&B, rock music, rock, and hip-hop. Epic Records' current artists roster includes Travis Scott, Future (rapper), Future, 21 Savage, Tyla, Meghan Trainor, André 3000, Tori Kelly, Beam (hip-hop musician), Beam, Bia (rapper), Bia, Judas Priest, Sade (band), Sade, Lamb of God (band), Lamb of God, Coi Leray, DDG (rapper), DDG, Zara Larsson, Doe Boy (rapper), Doe Boy, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GTO Records
GTO Records was a British record label which released many hits during the 1970s. It ran from 1974 to 1981 and mainly concentrated on pop music and disco music, disco. The acronym represented the Gem Toby Organization. Background The record label was co-founded by Bell Records, Bell Records UK's Dick Leahy and Gem Records's Laurence Myers in 1974, after Myers had set up GTO Films and Arcade Records in the period between 1972 and 1974. The first GTO release – on June 28th 1974 was Scott Fitzgerald - “Judy Played The Jukebox” (Gt 1) and the second release, on July 5th 1974, was the single "Up in a Puff of Smoke" by Polly Brown (GT 2) and the label's focus would remain on pop and disco acts such as Billy Ocean, The Dooleys and Heatwave (band), Heatwave, and released Donna Summer's albums in the UK, all of which proved to be successful. Lulu (singer), Lulu also briefly recorded for the label. The biggest hit released by the label was Donna Summer's "I Feel Love", which reached ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Ocean (album)
''Billy Ocean'' is the debut studio album by the British recording artist Billy Ocean, released in 1976 by GTO Records. It includes the hit singles "Love Really Hurts Without You", "L.O.D. (Love on Delivery)" and "Stop Me (If You've Heard it All Before)". According to session drummer Paul Robinson, basic tracking was completed over one day. All three songs appeared in the UK Singles Chart in 1976. Critical reception Dave Thompson, in ''Reggae & Caribbean Music'', wrote that the album "placed Ocean firmly in a disco-funk-lite vein." ''The New Rolling Stone Record Guide'' called the album's single, "Love Really Hurts Without You," "trite radio fodder." Track listing All tracks composed by Ben Findon and Leslie Charles; except where indicated # "Tell Him to Move Over" (3:26) # "Stop Me (If You've Heard it All Before)" (Findon, Charles, Mike Myers) (3:56) # "Let's Put Our Emotions in Motion" (3:09) # "Let's Do it All Again" (Findon, Charles, Mike Myers) (3:40) # "Love Really Hurts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
