"L.O.D. (Love On Delivery) by Billy Ocean

Listen to an 80s station and it won't be long before you hear one of the classic songs by Billy Ocean. The singer and songwriter from Trinidad, whose real name is Leslie Sebastian Charles, got his start on the charts in 1976 when "Love Really Hurts Without You" landed at #22. 

Ocean laid low on the chart for the rest of the 70s but came back in a big way with his first #1 smash, "Caribbean Queen (No More Love On The Run)," from 1984. Ocean would continue to rack up hit after hit, including two more #1 singles, "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" and "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car." He was so popular in 1986 that he ranks as the most successful chart artist of that year. He couldn't sustain his phenomenal success into the next decade, however, and his final chart appearance came in 1989 when "License To Chill" stalled at #32.

Before he dominated the 80s, Ocean recorded a number of good old fashioned soul tunes, like the excellent "L.O.D. (Love On Delivery)." It bubbled under the chart in 1976.