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Dorset and Earl had previously been members of The Good Earth. Soon after recruiting King and Cole, they made their national debut at the Hollywood Festival at Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire in May 1970, the week their first single, “In the Summertime” was released. They stole the show and the record topped the UK Singles Chart for seven weeks, made number one 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 UK chart in March 1971. A third hit, “Lady Rose” (also in 1971), gave the group the image as a band for producing summertime based hits.

In time 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, regarding Dorset as inseparable in the public eye from Mungo Jerry, fired them both instead. Dorset and Godfrey, the bassist, recruited new members and presented a new sound, heard on the fourth album Boot Power. King and Earl went on to form the King Earl Boogie Band.

Mungo Jerry’s hits continued through to 1976 with “Open Up” (Top Twenty in Europe and number one 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 the UK); “Wild Love”; “Long Legged Woman Dressed In Black”; “Hello Nadine” (European hit and Top Five in Canada); and “It’s a Secret” (European hit).

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mynameisjoehann wrote:
October 2009

in the summertime i get sexy on yea bi

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Nololob wrote:
September 2009

Klasyka Rocka

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tomoeish wrote:
August 2009

Their hair is amazing.

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Justin728 wrote:
May 2009

In the summertime is the fuckin shit to listhen to when Crusin around..haha

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Lissof_leuf wrote:
April 2009

Summer time fun times...

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zalvastardust wrote:
March 2009

HAHhahahaHAhHAHAHAahHAaHAHaaAHha in the summertime is so funnyt n.n

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ViolentGay wrote:
February 2009

I'd like a mungo in my jerry ;)

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telecine wrote:
February 2009

Have a drink.... have a drive... cool

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TSSilva wrote:
February 2009

In the summertime

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bingegamer wrote:
January 2009

i could TOTALLY be takin a poo to this song, :o)

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Rambaldi47 wrote:
November 2008

Rumpleteazer's pretty good too.

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lathe wrote:
October 2008

23 million CAN be wrong, actually, just not in this instance. "In The Summertime" is one of the catchiest songs ever written.

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CarpeObelix wrote:
August 2008

I remember in good old times when i was joung... ;-)

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Boys64 wrote:
July 2008

Have a drink have a drive????? How outdated is this??

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Gibson1976 wrote:
July 2008

In The Summertime, When The Weather Is Fine, We Got Women, We Got Women On Our Minds ;).. that might not be the exact line.. but its close enough ;)

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roflcaeks wrote:
June 2008

wow, i think this band is brilliant!

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Zincubus wrote:
November 2007

Somebody Stole my Wife ... no not another fantasy !! Yet another hit by Mungo Jerry !!

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Zincubus wrote:
November 2007

23 million people can't be wrong !!

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Zincubus wrote:
November 2007

Also Wild Love was a decent hit !!

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Zincubus wrote:
November 2007

Long Legged Woman Dressed In Black !! No, not one of my fantasys !!! :) Just another Mungo Jerry HIT !!!!

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