• "Stop the Cavalry" is an anti-war song written and performed by English musician Jona Lewie, released in 1980. The song peaked at number three on the UK...
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    known for his 1980 UK hits "You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties" and "Stop the Cavalry". Lewie was born on 14 March 1947 in Southampton into...
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    from the original on December 24, 2013. Retrieved December 23, 2013. Crae, Ross (December 18, 2019). "Story behind the Christmas song: Stop the Cavalry by...
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  • There's No One Quite Like Grandma (category Christmas number-one singles in the United Kingdom)
    number one was "Stop the Cavalry" by Jona Lewie, which has since become a Christmas favourite in the UK that finished at number three on the Christmas chart...
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  • an acoustic cover version of the 1980s Christmas pop hit "Stop the Cavalry" by Jona Lewie, the traditional spoken piece editorial of Yes, Virginia, there...
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    Each group elected three leaders known as decuriones. Later the Roman cavalry stopped using Roman citizens as cavalrymen and relied on Auxilia and foreign...
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    The 7th Cavalry Regiment is a United States Army cavalry regiment formed in 1866. Its official nickname is "Garryowen", after the Irish air "Garryowen"...
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  • Roses" – Malcolm Vaughan (1956) "Stop the Cavalry" – Jona Lewie (1980) "The Story of a Starry Night" – Glenn Miller (1943) "The Story of Three Loves" – Ray...
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  • Cavalry Football Club, is a Canadian professional soccer club based in the Calgary metropolitan region of Alberta. The club competes at the top of the...
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    The 2nd Cavalry Regiment, also known as the Second Dragoons, is an active Stryker infantry and cavalry regiment of the United States Army. The Second Cavalry...
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    The 1st Cavalry Division ("First Team") is a combined arms division and is one of the most decorated combat divisions of the United States Army. It is...
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  • Nigel Dick (category Alumni of the University of Bath)
    on BBC's famous 'Top of the Pops': three times with Jona Lewie ('Kitchen at Parties', 'Stop The Cavalry') and once with The Snowmen ('Hokey Cokey')....
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  • John Smith's Brewery (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
    began in 1971 with the "Yorkshiremen love it" campaign. An early campaign used a series of parodies of Jona Lewie's "Stop the Cavalry" generally extolling...
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    resemblance to Jona Lewie's "Stop the Cavalry" (1980). "Exodus (Noah's Ark 2001)" (1984) features a guitar theme borrowed from The Temptations' "Papa Was a...
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  • Songs peaking at number two included "Stop the Cavalry" and "Louise (We Get It Right)" by Jona Lewie, "Angel of the Morning" by Juice Newton, "Who Can It...
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  • Lucky Number (3); Say When (19); Bird Song (39) (BY JONA LEWIE) 1980 You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties (16); Stop the Cavalry (3) .. v t e...
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    often termed shock cavalry. Although their equipment differed greatly depending on the region and historical period, heavy cavalry were generally mounted...
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    The 6th Cavalry ("Fighting Sixth'") is a regiment of the United States Army that began as a regiment of cavalry in the American Civil War. It currently...
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  • in Porthcawl. 1981 saw the choir record a single with the Cory Band. It was a cover version of Jona Lewie's "Stop the Cavalry". Although it failed to...
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    Bob Andrews (keyboardist) (category English expatriate musicians in the United States)
    Tudor.[citation needed] The success of "Stop the Cavalry" introduced an era of varied, often eccentric Andrews productions in the early 1980s. Between 1984...
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    After World War II, the cavalry charge was clearly outdated and was no longer employed[citation needed]; this, however, did not stop modern troops from...
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    The 4th Cavalry Regiment is a United States Army cavalry regiment, whose lineage is traced back to the mid-19th century. It was one of the most effective...
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    Kellermann's heavy cavalry corps and Guyot's heavy cavalry of the Guard were added to the massed assault, a total of around 9,000 cavalry in 67 squadrons...
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  • De Burgh : "A Spaceman Came Travelling" – 5:04 Jona Lewie : "Stop The Cavalry" – 2:57 The Beach Boys : "Little Saint Nick" – 2:01 Queen : "Thank God It's...
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    Tecumseh and his men answered with a volley of musket fire that stopped the cavalry charge. Fifteen of Johnson's men were killed or wounded, Johnson...
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    throughout the war. All of the major combatants in World War I (1914–1918) began the conflict with cavalry forces. Imperial Germany stopped using them on the Western...
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  • Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross (Japanese: 超時空騎団サザンクロス, Hepburn: Chōjikū Kidan Sazan Kurosu) is a Japanese science fiction mecha anime TV series...
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  • List of UK charts and number-one singles (1969–1988) (category Lists of number-one songs in the United Kingdom)
    1980 season, when NME and Melody Maker had Jona Lewie's "Stop the Cavalry at number-one while the canonical seasonal number-one was "There's No One Quite...
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    Kool & the Gang – "Celebration" The Lambrettas – "Poison Ivy" Jona Lewie – "You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties", "Stop the Cavalry" Linx –...
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    George Armstrong Custer (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars. Custer graduated from the United States Military Academy...
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