One year after winning 'Festival', Hopeton Lewis became lead singer of Byron Lee And The Dragonaires. Their version peaked at number 82 on the Billboard pop chart, way off the top 20 success they had with songs like Bread And Butter and Everything's Alright during the early 1960s. His Merritone label was new on the scene when The Newbeats, a group with roots in Texas and Georgia, recorded Groovin' (Out on Life) in 1969. That mid-tempo track, according to many musicologists, launched the rocksteady craze that lasted until 1968.ĭue to Blake's knowledge of American music, he usually advised Federal Records about songs that could be covered in Jamaica and become hits.
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Produced by Winston “Merritone” Blake and distributed by Dynamic Sounds, it was originally recorded by American pop trio, The Newbeats.īlake had a solid professional relationship with the Khouri family, owners of Federal Records, which released Take it Easy in 1966. However, he never gets his due among reggae's great singers.Īnother song Lewis is known for is Grooving Out on Life, released in 1971. HOPETON Lewis is believed to have recorded the first rocksteady song (Take it Easy), won the Festival Song Competition in 1970 with Boom Shacka Lacka, and made his name as a gospel act late in his career.
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