Ocean (band)
Canadian gospel/soft rock band
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::summary Canadian gospel/soft rock band ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox musical artist"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Ocean |
| landscape | |
| background | group_or_band |
| origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| genre | Gospel rock, soft rock, Christian music |
| years_active | – |
| label | Yorkville, Kama Sutra |
| website | |
| past_members | *Greg Brown |
| :: |
| name = Ocean | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | landscape = | alt = | caption = | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | genre = Gospel rock, soft rock, Christian music | years_active = – | label = Yorkville, Kama Sutra | associated_acts = | website = | past_members = *Greg Brown
- Jeff Jones
- Janice Morgan
- Dave Tamblyn
- Chuck Slater Ocean was a Canadian gospel/soft rock band formed in 1970 in Toronto, Ontario. They are best known for their 1971 single "Put Your Hand in the Hand". The single peaked at No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and reached No. 4 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.
"Put Your Hand in the Hand" was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, in 2006.
Background
Ocean consisted of Greg Brown (vocals, keyboard), Jeff Jones (bass, vocals), Janice Morgan (guitar, vocals), Dave Tamblyn (guitar), and Chuck Slater (drums). Dave Tamblyn had previously been in the group Natural Gas.
Career
They recorded their debut album, Put Your Hand in the Hand, in Toronto in 1970. The album, originally released on the Yorkville label in Canada, contained eight songs, including covers of songs by Robbie Robertson and Gene MacLellan. The album was picked up in the U.S. by the Kama Sutra label, which also released the band's second album, Give Tomorrow's Children One More Chance, in both the U.S. and Canada.
Ocean managed additional hits in Canada with the songs "We've Got a Dream" and "One More Chance", both written by the British songwriting team of Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway, but they failed to make any further impact in the U.S., and the group disbanded in 1975 after having released two albums.
Later years
Chuck Slater died by suicide in 1987.
Discography
Albums
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| Year | Album | Chart Positions | CAN | US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Put Your Hand in the Hand | 47 | 60 | |
| 1972 | Give Tomorrow's Children One More Chance | — | — | |
| :: |
Singles
::data[format=table] | Year | Single | Chart Positions | Album | CAN | CAN AC | CAN Country | US | US AC | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1971 | "Put Your Hand in the Hand" | 10 | 6 | 34 | 2 | 4 | Put Your Hand in the Hand | | | author=Ritchie Yorke|title=Content legislation boon for local product|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=twgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA47-IA17|date=17 July 1971|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=47–|issn=0006-2510}} | 54 | — | — | 73 | — | | | | | "We Got a Dream" | 47 | — | — | 82 | 37 | | | | | 1972 | "Make the Sun Shine" | 75 | 19 | — | — | — | Give Tomorrow's Children One More Chance | | | "One More Chance" | 12 | 1 | — | 76 | 30 | | | | | 1973 | "I Have a Following" | 83 | — | — | — | — | | | ::
References
References
- "The Hot 100 Chart".
- Whitburn, Joel. (1993). "Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993". Record Research.
- "Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame: Put Your Hand in the Hand".
- (1992). "[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music". [[Guinness Publishing]].
- Music Metason - [https://music.metason.net/artistinfo?name=Dave%20Tamblyn ArtistInfo, Dave Tamblyn]
- (2005-07-26). "Ocean - Put Your Hand in the Hand CD Album Canada".
- Bowling, David. (31 August 2012). "Put Your Hand In The Hand '45' by Ocean".
- "Canadian Bands.com - Ocean".
- "Rock Music and Suicide".
- Whitburn, Joel. (2011). "Top Pop Singles 1955–2010". Record Research, Inc.
- Ritchie Yorke. (17 July 1971). "Content legislation boon for local product". Nielsen Business Media, Inc..
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