1980 Olivia Newton‐John & Electric Light Orchestra Bob Marley & The Wailers Queen Odyssey Jona Lewie Lewie was born on 14 March 1947 in Southampton into a Jewish family.[2] Jona Lewie joined his first group, the Johnston City Jazz Band, while still at school in 1963, and by 1968 had become a blues and boogie singer and piano player. In 1969, as a singer/songwriter, he contributed compositions and recordings for the compilation album I Asked for Water She Gave Me... Gasoline on the Liberty/UA label. Other compositions in 1969 were for the album These Blues Is Meant to Be Barrel Housed on the Yazoo/Blue Goose label in New York, still as a solo artist known as John Lewis. Lipps, Inc.
