Mungo Jerry is the name of a pop group whose greatest success was in the early 1970s, though they have continued throughout the years with an ever-changing line-up, always fronted by Ray Dorset. They are remembered above all for their classic hit "In the Summertime", the evergreen "Lady Rose" and the rock-smash "Alright Alright Alright". Their name was inspired by the poem "Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer", from T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... In music, a band is a company of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of or improvising a musical arrangement on different musical instruments. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Ray Dorset British guitarist and founder of the skiffle band Mungo Jerry. ... In the Summertime is the title of three popular recordings. ... Mungojerrie is a light hearted Calico cat created by T. S. Eliot and used in the musical CATS. Mungojerrie and his partner in crime, Rumpleteazer, are of orange/black/brown colors. ... Rumpleteazer is a character in Andrew Lloyd Webers musical Cats. ... Thomas Stearns Eliot (September 26, 1888 - January 4, 1965), was a major Modernist Anglo-American poet, dramatist, and literary critic. ... Old Possums Book of Practical Cats is a set of whimsical poems by T. S. Eliot about feline psychology and sociology. ...

Original members

• Vocalist / songwriter - Ray Dorset - born Raymond Edward Dorset, 21 March 1946, in Ashford.
• Keyboardist - Colin Earl - born 6 May 1942, at Bearsted Memorial Hospital, Hampton Court, Middlesex.
• Backing vocalist and banjo/guitar player - Paul King - born 9 January 1948, in Dagenham, Essex.
• Bassist - Mike Cole - born Michael Maurice Cole, 19 March 1943, at Perivale Maternity Hospital, Perivale, Middlesex.
• Percussionist - Joe Rush - born Joseph Rush, December 1940.

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Career

Dorset and Earl had previously been members of The Good Earth. Soon after recruiting King and Cole, they made their national debut at a festival at Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire in May 1970, the week their first single, In the Summertime was released. Not only did they steal the show, but the record topped the UK Singles Chart for seven weeks, made No. 1 in almost every other country around the world, and to date has sold around 23 million copies. After John Godfrey replaced Cole, their second single "Baby Jump" also topped the British charts in March 1971. Mungo's next world-wide smash, "Lady Rose" (also in 1971), gave Mungo Jerry the image as a band for producing summertime based hits. Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... In the Summertime is the title of three popular recordings. ... The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ... Hon. ... Baby Jump is a popular song by Mungo Jerry. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...

Dorset found the group's good-time blues and jug band repertoire a little restricting, and in 1972 he released a solo album "Cold Blue Excursion", with his songs backed by strings and brass and, in one instance, a jazz band. His intention to broaden the group's appeal by recruiting a drummer, led to King and Earl trying to sack him. But the management's decision was to fire both. They thus gave Ray Dorset, who was, in the eye of media and public 'Mr Mungo Jerry', with his outstanding voice, and talent as composer, the chance to renew the band, together with Godfrey from the former line-up of the group, and new musicians. This resulted in arguably the best Mungo Jerry album, presenting a new sound: "Boot Power". King and Earl went on to form the King Earl Boogie Band. Blues music redirects here. ... A jug band is a band employing a jug player and a mix of traditional and home-made instruments. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Cold Blue Excursion was a solo album recorded by Ray Dorset, leader of Mungo Jerry. ... Ray Dorset British guitarist and founder of the skiffle band Mungo Jerry. ...

Mungo Jerry's hits continued through to 1976 with "Open Up" (Top Twenty in Europe and No.1 in Brazil); "Alright Alright Alright" (a rewrite of an old French hit for Jacques Dutronc, and again a major hit worldwide reaching the Top 3 in Britain); "Wild Love"; "Long Legged Woman Dressed In Black"; "Hello Nadine" (Continental European hit and Top Five in Canada); and "It´s a Secret" (Continental European hit). 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Open Up may refer to: Open Up A single by Leftfield released in 1993 and 1999 Open Up, a maxi single single released by the Australian rock band Cog in March, 2003 Open Up, a song by Lamb from their album Between Darkness and Wonder Open Up, a 1999 song... Wild Love is Smogs fourth album, released in 1995. ...

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The group's line-up has changed constantly over the years. Among those who have played with them are bassist Bob Daisley, drummers Dave Bidwell, Paul Hancox and Boris Williams, guitarist Dick Middleton and keyboard/accordion player Steve Jones. They have remained particularly popular throughout Europe. Mungo Jerry was the first western band who had live TV gigs, in all countries behind the Iron Curtain. Their famous "Golden Orpheus" gig in Bulgaria, also gave them a lot of new fans. Daisley with his trademark long hair. ... Boris Williams. ... There are several notable individuals named Steve Jones: Steve Jones (athlete) Steve Jones (biologist) Steve Jones (golfer) Steve Jones (footballer), a Northern Irish footballer Steve Snapper Jones is a former basketball-player and an NBA analyst. ... World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the six inhabited continents of the Earth. ... See TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band European networks National In much of Europe television broadcasting has historically been state dominated, rather than commercially organised, although commercial stations have grown in number recently. ... Countries to the east of the Iron Curtain are shaded red; those to the west of it — blue. ...

In 1980 another Dorset song, "Feels Like I'm In Love", originally written for Elvis Presley, and recorded by the band as a B side of a single, became a British No. 1 hit for Kelly Marie. They remained successful with overseas hits like "On A Night Like This", "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" and "Sunshine Reggae" (British version by Mungo Jerry & Horizon). But Dorset had to wait until 1995 for a real comeback, when "In the Summertime" was recorded by reggae vocalist Shaggy, who topped the charts worldwide. The last UK hit for Mungo Jerry was "Toon Army", a hymn regarding Newcastle United F.C. in 1999. 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Feels Like Im in Love was a UK number-one single for two weeks in September 1980 for Kelly Marie. ... Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), often known simply as Elvis and also called The King of Rock n Roll or simply The King, was an American singer, musician and actor. ... In recorded music, the terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. ... Kelly Marie (born Jacqueline McKinnon on October 16, 1957 in Paisley, Scotland) was a British disco singer. ... On A Night Like This is Kylies 2nd Video from Light Years and it top in number 2 in the U.K. and Australia ... Knockin on Heavens Door is a song written by Bob Dylan from Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, the soundtrack of the 1973 film of the same name, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In the Summertime is the title of three popular recordings. ... Shaggy (born October 22, 1968, in Kingston, Jamaica as Orville Richard Burrell), is a Jamaican reggae deejay who takes his nickname from Scooby-Doos companion (possibly from the similarity of their first names). ... }} Newcastle United Football Club are an English professional football team based in Newcastle upon Tyne, nicknamed the Magpies, who currently play in the FA Premier League. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

In 1983 "Mungo Jerry" Ray Dorset was part of the blues supergroup Katmandu, which recorded "A Case For The Blues", with guitarist Peter Green, formerly of Fleetwood Mac, and keyboard player Vincent Crane, formerly of Atomic Rooster. This was not his only project in the last twenty years that supported the never ending success of the white blues. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kathmandu (Nepali: काठमाडौं) is the capital city of Nepal. ... Peter Green (born Peter Allen Greenbaum on October 29, 1946 in Bethnal Green, London) is an English blues-rock guitarist and founding member of the band Fleetwood Mac. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Atomic Rooster were a British Progressive rock group formed by ex-Crazy World of Arthur Brown members, Vincent Crane and Carl Palmer in 1969. ... In Hearing of Atomic Rooster, 1971 Atomic Rooster were an English progressive rock group formed by ex-Crazy World of Arthur Brown members, Vincent Crane and Carl Palmer in 1969. ...

In 2003, with German musicians, Dorset recorded "Adults Only" album under the name Mungo Jerry Blues Band, widely acclaimed as one of the best of his career. 2005 saw him performing with three Mungo Jerry line-ups: The British Mungo Jerry Band (Pop/Rock), the German Mungo Jerry Blues Band (Bluesrock) and Mungo Jerry & the Goodtime Gamblers (jug/blues/skiffle). 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The sex industry is the industry formed of commercial enterprises which employ sex workers. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Also in June 2005, Ray Dorset had a gig again as a duo with Mike Cole - the original double bass player from the early Mungo days - as a highlight of the "35 Years Of Mungo Jerry" event in both Newcastle and Stoke. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Side and front views of a modern double bass with a French bow. ... Newcastle refers primarily to the following places Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia And also: Newcastle Brown Ale, aka Newky Brown/Broon Newcastle United F.C., English Premier League Soccer club Newcastle Knights, an Australian rugby league team Newcastle United Jets, an Australian soccer team Newcastle... This page is about Stoke-on-Trent in England. ...

In March 2006 Mungo Jerry released their new single "Mr Midnight" from "Phantom of the Opera on Ice" (http://www.plazarecords.co.uk); produced by Roberto Danova - who had mixed in the past the old continental Mungo Jerry hits "Lana" and "It´s a Secret" - and is well-known for his work with rock and pop music, in combination with big orchestras. March 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Fijian Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase announces that the 2006 Fiji general elections will be held in the second week of May 2006 from the 6th to the 13th. ... Lana has several meanings: a town in South Tyrol, Italy; see Lana-Lana a municipality in Navarre, Spain; see Lana (Navarre) a river in Tirana, Albania; see Lana River a language research chimpanzee; see Lana_chimpanzee This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same...

Discography

Albums

• Mungo Jerry - 1970 (No. 14, UK)
• Electronically Tested - 1971 (No. 13, UK)
• You Don't Have To Be In The Army - 1971
• Boot Power (regarded by some as the best album Ray Dorset and his band recorded over the years) - 1972
• Long Legged Woman Dressed In Black - 1974
• Impala Saga - 1975
• Ray Dorset & Mungo Jerry - 1977
• Lovin´ In The Alleys And Fightin' In The Streets - 1977
• Six A Side - 1979
• Together Again - 1981
• Boogie Up - 1982
• Katmandu - A Case for the Blues - 1984 (Mungo Jerry/Peter Green/Vincent Crane)
• All the hits plus more - 1987
• Snakebite - 1991
• Old Shoes New Jeans - 1997
• Candy Dreams - 2001
• Move on - The latest and the greatest - 2002
• Adults only - 2003

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UK singles chart discography

• "In The Summertime" - 1970 - No. 1
• "Baby Jump" - 1971 - No. 1
• "Lady Rose" - 1971 - No. 5
• "You Don't Have To Be In The Army To Fight In The War" - 1971 - No. 13
• "Open Up" - 1972 - No. 21
• "Alright Alright Alright" - 1973 - No. 3
• "Wild Love" - 1973 - No. 32
• "Long Legged Woman Dressed In Black" - 1974 - No. 13
• "In the Summertime ´87" - 1987 - Number 1 (Indie Charts/ as "Mungo Jerry & Brothers Grimm")
• "Prospects" - 1985 - No. 35 (as "Made in England")
• "Support The Toon - It's Your Duty (EP incl. "Toon Army")" - 1999 - No. 57

External links

• Official International Homepage
• Official German Homepage
• MungoMania Fan Club
• Official Site from the Netherlands includes presentation of all world-wide record-releases of Mungo Jerry

References

• Beyond the Summertime - 1990 - John Van der Kiste and Derek Wadeson.
• Guinness Book of British Hit Singles - 16th Edition - ISBN 0-85112-190-X
• The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits - ISBN 0-85112-250-7
• The Great Rock Discography - 5th Edition - ISBN 1-84195-017-3
• The Book of Golden Discs - 2nd Edition - ISBN 0-214-20512-6