Billy Ocean - When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going (1985) Tv - February 1986 /RE

Billy Ocean aka Leslie Sebastian Charles. Was one of the first Caribbean singers, alongside Grace Jones, to be embraced by MTV, resulting in a string of Top Ten hits during the mid-1980s. UK raised, he recorded as Les Charles in the early 70s adopting the name Billy Ocean by the mid 70s. The song “When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going“ became a major international success, reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart for four weeks in February 1986, and number two on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was used as the theme song for the Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner film “The Jewel of the Nile“ (1985), a sequel to “Romancing the Stone“ (1984). Archiv Tv Public English BBC (Top of the Pops - February 1986) White City, West London, London, (England, UK). --------------------------------------------------------------------- Billy Ocean - When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going (1985) 15 November 1985 Written – Barry James Eastmon