Jona has had many hits worldwide since 1972 including,
"Seaside Shuffle"
"You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties"
"Stop The Cavalry"
"Louise"
"Think I'll Get My Haircut"
"The Baby, She's On The Street"
"Hallelujah Europa"
"God Bless Whoever Made You"
"Big Shot-Momentarily"
Award winning songwriter, producer and musician Jona Lewie has had an illustrious career in the industry. From his early days playing piano with blues legend Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, through early chart success in 1972 with his self-penned Zydeco hit “Sea-Side Shuffle”; to his Ivor Novello winning Christmas Perennial hit “Stop The Cavalry”.
Indeed, Jona has had major chart success internationally not only with “Cavalry”, but also with tracks such as “Louise”, and “You Will Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties”, amongst many others.
The majority of his hits will always be associated with his time signed to Stiff Records. A major new BBC documentary series was recently shown about the label that once again brought wider public attention to Jona, his music and the infamy of the label.
Coincidentally, his 2nd Top Of The Pop’s performance of “Kitchen” although downed many times, has been one of the most requested clips on YouTube, achieving more than 150,000 hits on one channel alone. It continues to bob up and down on various channels, and continues to score hits.
Recently, Jona has been working on the last track of his new CD currently planned for completion in the Spring of 2009. His live show features material from this new album along with his ever-familiar hits. A “best of” compilation of his Stiff Records recordings is available from Union Square Records.
Nothing is too Freaky for Freak Magnet! We have real-life singing Dalek * Instant Flight - Psychedelic indie band * Little Eris - her Electro band makes their debut performance tomorrow! * I Am A Vowel - Experimental electronic artist from the south of France * Steve Treatment 3 fantastic Rough Trade singles -had his first kiss with Marc Bolan * DJ Tobywoby Spins records from other times & places... 24 June London ... Keep up the great work Jona - looking forward to the new album! thanks
A new album in Spring. Fantastic news. V. much look forward to that and hopefully the odd live outing? I heard the Roots Manuva album Slime & Reason the other week and it's got a real Jona vibe to it. Mixing synths with accordians, quirky-ness. There is no end to your influence Mr L. DonT
Roll on Spring 4 us ALL! Looking forward to hearing your new album Mr Jona sir! Meantime, I've just done a Cover of Wreckless Erics Whole Wide World in an attempt to bring some sunshine to My world!! Hope it works. It's on my player 4 all to hear. Do pop over for a shooftie Bless strawb x
