Andy Lewis is an English

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 soul

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 record producer

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, solo artist and bassist

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. He has released two album

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s as a solo artist: Billion Pound Project in September 2005 and You Must Be Hearing Something Now! in October 2007. "Are You Trying to Be Lonely?", a collaboration single with Paul Weller in 2007 reached #31 in the UK Singles Chart

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 and #2 in the UK Indie Chart

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Lewis went to St David's University College, Lampeter, which was part of the University of Wales

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Billion Pound Project

Released in September 2005 on Acid Jazz Records

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, Billion Pound Project is Lewis's debut solo album.

Track listing

1. "The Secret Life of AJ Lewis"
2. "100 Oxford St. (featuring Dave Jay)"
3. "(Love Is) Alive in My Heart (featuring Keni Burke)"
4. "Laughter Ever After (featuring Bettye Lavette)"
5. "Since I Lost My Baby (featuring Reg King)"
6. "Looking Up Looking In (featuring Dave Jay)"
7. "See You There (featuring Lynda Laurence)"
8. "Billion Pound Project"
9. "Soul Chancer (featuring The Exciters)"
10. "Till I Lost You (featuring Reg King)"
11. "Devastated (featuring Loleattta Holloway)"
12. "Heather Lane (featuring Andy Ellison)"
13. "One by One (featuring Fonchi)"
14. "When It All Goes Wrong (featuring Dave Jay)"

Sources

• The Official UK Charts Company
• Andy Lewis website
• Andy Lewis on Myspace