Suddenly (Billy Ocean song) Suddenly (Billy Ocean song) "Suddenly" is a popular song from 1985 written and performed by the Trinidadian-born, British-based pop music singer Billy Ocean. It is the title track to the singer's 1984 breakthrough album, which was produced by Keith Diamond. Released as the third single from the album (following the success of "Caribbean Queen" and "Loverboy"), the ballad, "Suddenly", reached the top five on the UK Singles Chart in mid-1985, peaking at number four. The song reached the same chart peak on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart in the US, spending two weeks at number four in June of that
What Wondrous Love Is This Bryan included "What Wondrous Love Is This" in his folk opera "Singin' Billy". In 1958, American composer Samuel Barber composed "Wondrous Love: Variations on a Shape Note Hymn" (Op. 34), a work for organ, for Christ Episcopal Church in Grosse Pointe, Michigan; the church's organist, an associate of Barber's, had requested a piece for the dedication ceremony of the church's new organ. The piece begins with a statement that closely follows the traditional hymn; four variations follow, of which the last is the "longest and most expressive". Dwayne S. Milburn composed a prelude on "Wondrous Love" as the first movement