Hopeton Lewis

Hopeton Lewis (born 3 October 1947, Kingston, Jamaica, died 4 September 2014 in Brooklyn, New York, USA) was a Jamaican singer (with his baritone voice).
He started the band [a4748034] with Eddie & [a5571662] around 1965 and it's the following year that the success comes with [url=https://www.discogs.com/fr/master/626020-Hopeton-Lewis-Take-It-Easy-Why-Must-I-Cry]Take it Easy[/url] announced by some as the first Rocksteady and the apotheosis with [r=3902809] which won the Festival Song contest in 1970. He became the lead singer of the [url=https://www.discogs.com/fr/artist/29820-Byron-Lee-And-The-Dragonaires]Dragonaires[/url] from 1969 to 1971. Around 1977 he opened a record store in Montego Bay "Hopetone Lewis Bay City Music" which gave the name to his label ([l818309]).
In the 80's he returned to his love of Gospel music and released a decade of albums