Billy Ocean with whom he released "On The Run" backed with "Let's Put Our Emotions in Motion" in 1974. Ocean took his stage name from the Ocean Estate, Stepney in London's East End, where he was living at the time. In 1976, he recorded his first album, "Billy Ocean", with its first single release, "Love Really Hurts Without You", charting at No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart and No. 22 in the US "Billboard" Hot 100. He enjoyed club success from the songs "Are You Ready" and "Stay The Night" from the album "City Limit"—both of which were later covered by
Billy Name his theatrical surname was explained this way: "He acquired his superstar identity. While he was filling in an official form, his pen hovered… Name… Billy… He wrote. He had become Billy Name." Prior to his association with Warhol, Name had worked in theatrical lighting design. Name began his career as a lighting designer in the theater in 1960, while working as a waiter at Serendipity 3, the mid-town dessert establishment. His first apprenticeship was with Nick Cernovich, part of the Black Mountain College contingency in New York in the 1950s, who had won an Obie Award for best lighting. "It