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Biography

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.

Top Tracks

1	Take It Easy	92
2	Sounds And Pressure	20
3	Express Yourself	16
4	Grooving Out On Life	11
4	Cool Collie	11
4	Mighty Quinn	11
7	Feel Like Traveling On	8
8	Sounds & Pressure	7
8	Boom Shacka Lacka	7
8	When They Ring Those Golden Bells	7
11	Boom, Shaka-Lacka - Original	5
12	Let Me Come On Home	4
12	Rivers Of Babylon	4
12	Run Down	4
15	God Bless Whoever Sent You	3