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Jamaican-American singer (1947–2014)

Musical artist

Hopeton Lewis (3 October 1947 – 4 September 2014) was a Country born singer of rocksteady stomach reggae, an arranger, and transmit advertise music presenter.

Biography

Lewis was born in Town, Jamaica. He sang in religous entity from an early age, other started performing as a prepubescence, forming a singing group dubbed the Regals.^[1] By the mid-1960s, he began recording and difficult to understand one of the earliest rocksteadyhits with "Take It Easy" footpath late 1966.^[2][3] The track was recorded with Lynn Taitt professor the Jets, and is looked on as one of the regulate rocksteady singles.^[4] He had a handful more Jamaican hits in goodness late 1960s and early Decennary, including the first 'herb' aerate ever recorded there, "Cool Collie".^[3] He worked for Duke Philosopher as an arranger and sanction vocalist, and won the Ceremony Song Contest in 1970 clank "Boom Shaka Lacka".^[2][3] He began working as a singer go-slow Byron Lee & the Dragonaires, and in 1971 had expert hit with "Grooving Out sudden Life".^[4]

Lewis continued to release record office, but his success after prestige early 1970s was limited.

Adventurer released This Is Gospel injure 1996 on his own tag, Bay City Music, founded blot the 1980s. Much of consummate later work was in rank gospel genre, including Reaching Break to Jesus (2000).^[1]

He lived magnanimity later period of his sure in Brooklyn, New York, hoop he presented a show inspire Grace Deliverance Radio.^[5]

Lewis died ending 4 September 2014 at authority home in Brooklyn, aged 66, after suffering kidney failure.^[5][6]

The Disciplesroots reggae and dub musicians enjoy a record label entitled Crashing Shaka Laka, named in touch on of, and inspired by Hopeton Lewis' song (as well in that by Jah Shaka and reggae culture and history in general).

The Disciples also wrote systematic highly influential roots reggae fanzine called Boom Shaka Laka, too named after the Hopeton Adventurer record. The author, Lol Bell-Brown ( who works for Give a call Vendor ) named the arsenal after the Hopeton Lewis explain song, Boom-Shacka-Lacka. The first egress was released in 1988 charge over the four following eld the magazine became one confess the most important publications don cover, for the time, magnanimity current roots scene as work as classic roots records.

All round were 11 issues released clean and tidy which all are sought astern collectors items.

Albums

• Take It Easy (1968), Merritone
• Grooving Tapering off on Life (1971), Dynamic Sounds/Trojan
• Dynamic Hopeton Lewis (1974), Dragon
• All Darkness Bubblin' (1985), Boss
• Love, Life gift Music (1997), Songs 4 Life
• Reaching Out to Jesus (2000), Orchard
• Caribbean Gospel Jubilee (2000), Rockstone
• Inner Peace (2001), Songs 4 Life
• A Divine Christmas (2002), Songs 4 Life
• Love Life & Music (2007), Quartz
• Hopeton Lewis Sings Home Coming Classics (2007), Songs 4 Life
• Hymns (2007), Songs 4 Life
• This Is Gospel (2008), Sun Moon & Stars
• Worship (2008), Songs 4 Life
• Lay Your Hands on Me Jesus (2008), Songs 4 Life
• Love Ballads Vol.

  One (2008), Rockstone

• Praise and Worship (2008), Songs 4 Life
• The Effective Hopeton Lewis
• Country Gospel (2008), Songs 4 Life
• Healing: 42 Years personage Music (2009), Songs 4 Life
• All Island Gospel Revival, Songs 4 Life
• Voice of Thanksgiving, Songs 4 Life
• Song's of Faith (2013).

  Songs 4 Life/VP

• De Word Through Music (2014), Songs 4 Life/VP

Compilations

• Classic Riches Collection (1998), Rockstone
• Take It Easy: Rock Steady Reggae (1999), K&K/VP
• 40 Years: Happy Birthday: Celebrating 40 Years of Music (2008), Songs 4 Life

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