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Hopeton Lewis

Hopeton Lewis has been played on NTS over 10 times, featured on 18 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…

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Tom Drunk
Hopeton Lewis, Hugh Roy, Tommy McCook & The Supersonics
Treasure Isle1971
Tom Drunk
Hopeton Lewis, Hugh Roy, Tommy McCook & The SupersonicsTreasure Isle1971
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Peace On Earth
Primo Davidson, Hopeton Lewis
Lee's0
Peace On Earth
Primo Davidson, Hopeton LewisLee's0
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Everybody Rocking
Hopeton Lewis
Island Records1967
Everybody Rocking
Hopeton LewisIsland Records1967
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Think Positive
Hopeton Lewis
W-H Records1977
Think Positive
Hopeton LewisW-H Records1977
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Take It Easy
Hopeton Lewis
Merritone1967
Take It Easy
Hopeton LewisMerritone1967
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Soul Man
Hope Town Lewis, Glenmore Brown
Fab1968
Soul Man
Hope Town Lewis, Glenmore BrownFab1968
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Happy Christmas
Hopeton Lewis
Merritone, Dub Store Records2013
Happy Christmas
Hopeton LewisMerritone, Dub Store Records2013
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Take My Heart
Phyllis Dillon, Hopeton Lewis
Trojan Records2004
Take My Heart
Phyllis Dillon, Hopeton LewisTrojan Records2004
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Boom Shaka Laka
H. Lewis, C. Few
Treasure Isle0
Boom Shaka Laka
H. Lewis, C. FewTreasure Isle0
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Tom Drunk
U Roy, H. Lewis
Culture Press2007
Tom Drunk
U Roy, H. LewisCulture Press2007
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