SOUND OF THE VALLEY
RECORDS
Independent label: "Stop the
Cavalry" is a song written and performed by the English musician Jona Lewie.
The song peaked at number three in the UK Singles Chart in December 1980, at one
point only being kept from number one by two re-issued songs by John Lennon, who
had been murdered on 8 December. Jona Lewie's version was issued by Stiff
Records (catalogue number Buy 104). In 1981, Stiff Records brought together the
Gwalia Singers — a Welsh male voice choir — and the Cory Band to record a new
arrangement of the song (catalogue number Buy 133). This version remains one of
the most requested of all holiday songs in parts of the USA. and it has been
suggested that it is "probably the most popular song ever by an artist who never
had a charted recording". Distributed By Stiff Records.
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Cory Band With The
Gwalia Singers
Stop The Cavalry
SOUND OF THE VALLEY
BUY
133