Billy Ocean: My family values

The singer talks about his familyMy family lived in Trinidad until I was 10. There wasn't a lot of money, or a lot of food, or a lot of anything really. That's why they came to England – they were taking immigrants to do menial tasks, the things the English weren't too keen to do. For us, it was a chance.My father was a calypso singer – a calypsonian, we call them. He wasn't very successful, but he inspired me to take it on. My mother used to sing as well – in that environment, where you d...

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