- Lewis's debut single, "What I Need Most", peaked at number 21 on this chart.
- After high school, he went to work with the U.S. Steel Corporation's Mine Operations in Lynch, Kentucky and stayed there for about ten years. Though such work might leave one tired and sore, Hugh found the time to perform in weekend shows in the Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia areas - he just knew he would one day end up in Nashville. He eventually worked his way up to the position of foreman at his job in Lynch.
- Lewis became a member of the Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame and was honoured in the Walkway of Stars at the original Country Music Hall of Fame.
- E. Lewis was also featured in the country B-movies Forty Acre Feud (1966), Gold Guitar (1967) and Cotton Pickin' Chicken Pickers (1967).
- During the late 50's, a radio station in Cincinnati, WLW, held a talent search contest and Hugh won out for two years in a row, which lead to other opportunities.
- In 2005, he appeared in the Christian children's film Summer of Courage.
- Beginning in 1968, he hosted Hugh X. Lewis Country Club, a syndicated weekly TV show. By 1971, it was being aired in 31 markets. He opened his own nightclub in Printer's Alley in 1972 and produced the remaining episodes of the show from there.
- Lewis also wrote eleven songs for Stonewall Jackson including the number one single "B.J. the D.J." Jackson subsequently recorded a half dozen more Lewis tunes, including "Angry Words" (No. 16, 1968) and "Ship in the Bottle" (No. 19, 1969).
- Hugh X. Lewis retired in 1984, but returned to the music business in 1998 as the "Country Ham, Colonel Hugh X. Lewis He began emphasizing gospel music with the albums God, Home & Country and Stand Up and Be Counted.
- During 1963, Hugh decided it was time to move to Nashville and made the move by himself initially. He got himself a job selling advertising space for a magazine during the day and at night, continued to hone his songwriting skills.
- Since 2017 he was hosting a weekly gospel radio show called The Christian Country Store on WSGS and WKIC in Hazard, Kentucky. He also had daily features on the Gospel Radio Network.
- He also became a performing poet, reciting inspirational verse on various radio programs and in churches. In 2006, the Tennessee Senate and House of Representatives passed a resolution designating Lewis as the state's poet laureate of Christian country music. He was the first person to hold that designation.
- His appearances on the famed Renfro Valley Barn Dance drew encouragement from the legendary John Lair. But what got the momentum going for him was when he won a Pet Milk contest that got him a guest spot on the Mid-Day Merry-Go-Round in Knoxville. He ended up doing frequent appearances on the Barn Dance and sometimes hitch-hiked from Lynch, Kentucky to do those shows.
- He recorded between 1964 and currently for various labels, and charted fifteen singles on the Hot Country Songs charts.
- Overall, the '60s proved profitable for Lewis as a songwriter. Carl Smith had a Top 20 hit with his "Take My Ring Off Your Finger," and Kitty Wells, Mac Wiseman, Charley Pride, Little Jimmy Dickens and many others also set their voices to songs he'd written or co-written.
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