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Billy Ocean with The Trammps, Tavares, and more

Sep 9, 2023 at 12:00  ·  Apps Court Farm, Walton-on-Thames Apps Court Farm, Walton-on-Thames

Billy Ocean
Sep 9
Billy Ocean
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Tavares is a five-brother singing group best known for hits like Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel, More Than a Woman, Whodunit, and the ballad Check It Out. Known for their clean-cut image, they achieved a number one R&B hit with She's Gone in 1974.
Loose Ends is a group active since the early 1980s. In 1988, Carl McIntosh replaced departing members and continued producing hits through the 1990s. The group released the album Look How Long, produced by McIntosh and featuring vocalists Laurneá Wilkerson, Linda Carriere, Christine Levin, and Sunay Suleyman.
Formed by producer Sylvia Robinson, New York hip-hop trio Sugarhill Gang released the multi-platinum 1979 global hit Rapper's Delight, inaugurating recorded hip-hop. Despite follow-up tracks like 8th Wonder and Apache, the group faded by the mid-eighties.
English electronic group Crazy P formed in 1995 by Chris Todd and Jim Baron. Known for blending disco, soul, and house, the duo expanded into a full live band featuring vocalist Danielle Moore. They have released multiple albums, including The Wicked Is Music and Age of the Ego, and toured worldwide.
Armand Van Helden is a renowned house and dance music producer and DJ. Rising to fame in the 1990s through club hits like Witch Doktor and major remixes, he later formed the chart-topping duo Duck Sauce with A-Trak and secured U.K. number one hits with U Don't Know Me and Bonkers.
Formed in London in the mid-1990s by Andy Cato and Tom Findlay, electronic dance act Groove Armada gained major recognition with their million-selling album Vertigo. Known for hits like At the River, the duo earned Grammy and Brit nominations for their acclaimed albums and pioneering live shows.
Trevor Nelson is an alternative artist from Atlanta, Georgia, who grew up playing piano, guitar, and drums. Encouraged by his best friend Atticus Roness, he began releasing music in 2018, starting with a cover of Shape of You and his debut track All of Me.
Craig Charles, born in Liverpool, England, is a multifaceted talent known as an actor, comedian, and celebrated funk and soul DJ. He gained widespread recognition for roles in Red Dwarf and Coronation Street, and as a presenter for Robot Wars. Charles's musical style encompasses funk, soul, rhythm and blues, and jazz. He hosts a popular BBC Radio 6 Music show, which received a Gold Aria award, and has released "Trunk of Funk" compilation albums.
Originating from Soul Train, US group Shalamar became known for catchy dance music blending funk, disco, R&B and pop. Their classic line-up scored multiple Gold and platinum albums like Friends and Three for Love, featuring hits including the million-selling The Second Time Around.
Born in Kingston, South Carolina, powerhouse vocalist Jocelyn Brown shaped classic disco as a member of Musique and Inner Life, scoring hits like Keep on Jumpin and I'm Caught Up. She broke out as a solo artist with her 1984 R&B smash Somebody Else's Guy and sang sessions for Lou Reed, Chic, and Diana Ross.
The Trammps are an American disco and soul band formed in Philadelphia in the mid-1960s, known as one of the first disco bands. They broke through with a 1972 cover of Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart and won a Grammy for Disco Inferno.
Evelyn “Champagne” King is a Philadelphia singer best known for disco and R&B hits “Shame” (1977), “I’m in Love” (1981) and “Love Come Down” (1982). Her debut LP Smooth Talk was gold, and “The Dance” (2008) extended her Billboard dance chart run across three decades.
Trinidad and Tobago-born singer Billy Ocean (Leslie Sebastian Charles) moved to England at 10. He became an ’80s pop/R&B star with hits like Caribbean Queen, Loverboy, Suddenly and Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car; 1989 Greatest Hits went platinum.
DJ Spoony, UK Garage pioneer, reimagines classic anthems with a 36-piece orchestra on Garage Classical, featuring stars like Paloma Faith and Sugababes, after sell-out shows at iconic venues like the Royal Albert Hall, collaborating with famed conductor Katie Chatburn.
Jazzie B, born Trevor Beresford Romeo in London to Antiguan parents, founded Soul II Soul, pioneering British black music with a unique "Funki Dred" style. Known for hits like "Keep On Movin'" and "Back to Life," his genre blends soul, R'n'B, hip-hop, and dance. An OBE recipient, he earned an Ivor Novello Inspiration Award and a Mobo Lifetime Achievement Award in 2024. He collaborates with artists including James Brown and Faithless.
Tottenham-born London R&B/soul singer Lemar rose via Fame Academy (3rd, 2002); hits incl “Got Me Saying (Ooh).” Won 2 MOBOs & 2 Brit Best Urban; collab Beverley Knight.
Born in the early '70s, Fatback Band, later known as Fatback, is a seminal funk group known for '70s hits like "Spanish Hustle" & "I Like Girls." Famous for the first rap single "King Tim III," they collaborated with Wild Sugar and Evelyn Thomas.

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