Billy Ocean Billy Ocean Billy Ocean (born Leslie Sebastian Charles; 21 January 1950) is a Trinidadian-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 US number ones. His 1985 hit "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" reached number one in the UK and number two in the US. In 1985, Ocean won the Grammy Award for
Billy Jonas he has been featured at festivals and venues nationwide. Jonas has shared stages with Patti Larkin, Ani DiFranco, David Wilcox, Richard Thompson, and Pete Seeger. Billy has developed a number of workshops. Each focuses on a component of his music. These include “foraged, found, and homemade instruments”, “songwriting”, “performance and presence”, “Neo-tribal hootenanny 101”, “teacher training”, and more. For Family Audiences: • "Build It Back Again" (2014) • "Happy Accidents" (2009) • "What Kind of Cat Are You?!" (2002) For Adult/General Audiences: • "habayta (homeward)" (2015) • "Get Real" (2004) • "Billy Jonas Live" (2002) • "Life So Far" (2000)