Lewis also wrote eleven songs for Stonewall Jackson including the number one single "B.J.

[1] He worked at a steel mill in Kentucky and moved to Nashville, Tennessee, in 1963 and first had success as a songwriter, writing "B.J.

for Stonewall Jackson; Mac Wiseman and George Morgan also covered Lewis's songs.

[1] Lewis released ten more singles for Kapp, including the top 40 hits "Out Where the Ocean Meets the Sky", "I'd Better Call the Law on Me", "You're So Cold (I'm Turning Blue)" and "Evolution and the Bible".

[6] Lewis opened a club in Printer's Alley in 1972, where he hosted a television show also titled Hugh X. Lewis Country Club It was sponsored by Heil Quaker Corporation and appeared in 91 major markets.