Billy Ocean
Saturday, September 30, 2017 – 8pm
NO FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY.
Billy Ocean is the biggest black recording star Britain has ever produced, one who has sold over 30 million records in his lifetime. He has collected a pile of Gold and Platinum records across the world and hit the number one spot worldwide on pop charts including the USA, Australia, Germany, Holland, and the UK. Billy has achieved extraordinary success as both an artist and a songwriter.
Billy got his first break when he signed to GTO records, for whom his second single was the Motown-ish “Love Really Hurts Without You”, which reached No. 2 in the UK charts and No. 12 in the US. Two top twenty singles followed including “Love on Delivery” and “Stop Me”, then “Red Light Spells Danger” became a smash in both the UK and the US.
Billy changed record labels and his move to Jive Records provided instant success, with the million selling American number one single “Caribbean Queen” (for which Billy won a Grammy for best R&B Vocal), followed by “Loverboy” and “Suddenly”, which became the first of Billy’s killer ballads. The album from which these singles came from spent a year in the US Charts selling double platinum. Billy also performed on the American half of Live Aid, making 1985 a truly incredible year for him.
1986 wasn’t bad either, opening with “When the Going gets Tough (the tough gets going)”, the theme song to the Michael Douglas/Kathleen Turner/Danny Devito movie Jewel of the Nile. Billy then launched the Love Zone album, which went straight to No. 2 in the UK charts, staying in the top 40 for six months. In the US, there was a No. 1 single with “There’ll be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)”.
More Hits were to follow with the now classic “Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car”, giving Billy yet another US No. 1 hit.
In 2016, Billy released his double CD Here You Are: The Best Of Billy Ocean, featuring new tracks along with a selection of his greatest hits.
Tickets are $55, $45 & $35 plus tax and an online/phone ticketing fee (this fee is waived when tickets are purchased in the Gift Shop). Tickets in the ADA section are for patrons with mobility disabilities and up to three companions. If companion seating is not available because the ADA section is sold out, RCGR will offer other seats as close as possible to the accessible seat, if available, at the purchase price of the other section. Tickets are on sale in the Gift Shop, by calling 877-677-3456 or online.
Hotel packages are available by calling 877-677-3456. Packages are $285 plus tax and include a one night stay in a deluxe king or double queen room, two tickets to the show and two dinners at Robert's Buffet. There are a limited number of hotel packages available.
Doors open at 7pm for the 8pm show.
NO FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY.
Billy Ocean is the biggest black recording star Britain has ever produced, one who has sold over 30 million records in his lifetime. He has collected a pile of Gold and Platinum records across the world and hit the number one spot worldwide on pop charts including the USA, Australia, Germany, Holland, and the UK. Billy has achieved extraordinary success as both an artist and a songwriter.
Billy got his first break when he signed to GTO records, for whom his second single was the Motown-ish “Love Really Hurts Without You”, which reached No. 2 in the UK charts and No. 12 in the US. Two top twenty singles followed including “Love on Delivery” and “Stop Me”, then “Red Light Spells Danger” became a smash in both the UK and the US.
Billy changed record labels and his move to Jive Records provided instant success, with the million selling American number one single “Caribbean Queen” (for which Billy won a Grammy for best R&B Vocal), followed by “Loverboy” and “Suddenly”, which became the first of Billy’s killer ballads. The album from which these singles came from spent a year in the US Charts selling double platinum. Billy also performed on the American half of Live Aid, making 1985 a truly incredible year for him.
1986 wasn’t bad either, opening with “When the Going gets Tough (the tough gets going)”, the theme song to the Michael Douglas/Kathleen Turner/Danny Devito movie Jewel of the Nile. Billy then launched the Love Zone album, which went straight to No. 2 in the UK charts, staying in the top 40 for six months. In the US, there was a No. 1 single with “There’ll be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)”.
More Hits were to follow with the now classic “Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car”, giving Billy yet another US No. 1 hit.
In 2016, Billy released his double CD Here You Are: The Best Of Billy Ocean, featuring new tracks along with a selection of his greatest hits.
Tickets are $55, $45 & $35 plus tax and an online/phone ticketing fee (this fee is waived when tickets are purchased in the Gift Shop). Tickets in the ADA section are for patrons with mobility disabilities and up to three companions. If companion seating is not available because the ADA section is sold out, RCGR will offer other seats as close as possible to the accessible seat, if available, at the purchase price of the other section. Tickets are on sale in the Gift Shop, by calling 877-677-3456 or online.
Hotel packages are available by calling 877-677-3456. Packages are $285 plus tax and include a one night stay in a deluxe king or double queen room, two tickets to the show and two dinners at Robert's Buffet. There are a limited number of hotel packages available.
Doors open at 7pm for the 8pm show.
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