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Hopeton Lewis

Hopeton Lewis has been played on NTS over 20 times, featured on 21 episodes and was first played on 18 December 2017.

Hopeton Lewis is a Jamaican singer.

Lewis began recording in the mid-1960s, and had one of the earliest rocksteady hits with "Take It Easy" in late 1966. He had several more Jamaican hits in the late 1960s and early 1970s, including the first 'herb' song ever recorded in Jamaica, "Cool Collie", worked for Duke Reid as an arranger and backing singer, and won the Festival Song Contest in 1970 with "Boom Shaka Lacka". He began working as a singer with Byron Lee & the Dragonaires, and in 1971 had a hit with "Grooving Out On Life". He continued to release records, but his success after the early 1970s was limited.

Since the late 1990s, Lewis has re-emerged as a Gospel singer.

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Hopeton Lewis

Hopeton Lewis has been played on NTS over 20 times, featured on 21 episodes and was first played on 18 December 2017.

Hopeton Lewis is a Jamaican singer.

Lewis began recording in the mid-1960s, and had one of the earliest rocksteady hits with "Take It Easy" in late 1966. He had several more Jamaican hits in the late 1960s and early 1970s, including the first 'herb' song ever recorded in Jamaica, "Cool Collie", worked for Duke Reid as an arranger and backing singer, and won the Festival Song Contest in 1970 with "Boom Shaka Lacka". He began working as a singer with Byron Lee & the Dragonaires, and in 1971 had a hit with "Grooving Out On Life". He continued to release records, but his success after the early 1970s was limited.

Since the late 1990s, Lewis has re-emerged as a Gospel singer.

Original source: Last.fm

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Tom Drunk
Hopeton Lewis, Hugh Roy, Tommy McCook & The Supersonics
Treasure Isle1971
Sounds And Pressure
Hopton Lewis
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Right Track
Phyllis Dillon, Hopeton Lewis
Trojan Records2003
Live It Up
Hopeton Lewis
Baron's0
Peace On Earth
Primo Davidson, Hopeton Lewis
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Everybody Rocking
Hopeton Lewis
Island Records1967
Think Positive
Hopeton Lewis
W-H Records1977
Take It Easy
Hopeton Lewis
Merritone1967
Soul Man
Hope Town Lewis, Glenmore Brown
Fab1968
Happy Christmas
Hopeton Lewis
Merritone, Dub Store Records2013