Stop the Cavalry hitmaker Jona Lewie on his royalties… and how he lost £30,000 to Neil Woodford Submitted by daniel on Mon, 08/12/2025 - 08:00 Jona Lewie, 78, is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist best known for his 1980 Christmas hit Stop The Cavalry which sold nearly a million copies in the UK and was a top-five hit across Europe. This year the song is being used by Morrisons supermarket for its TV adverts. He also wrote the Terry Dactyl And The Dinosaurs hit Sea Side Shuffle, which got to No 2 in 1972, and enjoyed a solo hit in 1980 with You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties. Read more about Stop the Cavalry hitmaker Jona Lewie on his royalties… and how he lost £30,000 to Neil WoodfordAdd new comment