Jona Lewie's Stop the Cavalry has an incredibly catchy chorus, and it peaked at number three when it was released in 1980. It was kept off the number one spot by two re-issued John Lennon songs ...

When a canny record label exec spotted a reference to the C-word in the lyrics, which chimed nicely with the song's Salvation Army-style brass band arrangement, the stage was set for Jona Lewie's ...

Artists can make thousands from their hits of yesteryear from song-writing royalties – Hugh ... have run dry since their festive hits (Jona Lewie, The Waitresses etc), Christmas can be the ...

repetitive. No disrespect to Mariah Carey, Jona Lewie, Chris Rea, and co but, when people are holding Whamageddon-style ...

Jona, whose real name is John, says that thanks to the success of Stop the Cavalry in 1978, he now just "tinkers around" in his studio. The song is an anti-war protest starting ‘Hey Mr Churchill ...

It consistently appears in the top 10s of Christmas song rankings, and more than 50 years in, the 1963 staple shows no signs of wearing out. RO 7) ‘Stop the Cavalry” – Jona Lewie It was “j ...

My grandmother was a classical pianist and I used to sing Elvis songs with my mum ... Well, that’s how I feel – is that it?” Jona’s new album, his first for more than 20 years, will ...

This one is a bit of an obscurity, at least on this side of the Atlantic. Jona Lewie's song "Stop the Cavalry" was, however, a Number 3 hit in the U.K. at Christmas in 1980. It's an antiwar song ...

Big Special have shared a cover of Jona Lewie’s Christmas Classic ‘Stop ... “It’s devastating to hear how infinitely relevant this song is and we wanted to put it up on Bandcamp to see ...

And for artists whose careers have run dry since their festive hits (Jona Lewie, The Waitresses etc ... “It’s no longer about new Christmas songs being released; it’s about them being ...