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Hopeton Lewis

Hopeton Lewis’ high baritone has already established a profound effect on Jamaican music, and his combination of gospel and spirit elements helped set the template for early rocksteady. Given birth to Oct 3, 1947, in Kingston, Lewis’ mom passed away when he was two, and he rotated coping with numerous …

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