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Mungo Jerry is an English folk/classic rock 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 hit “In The Summertime”. It remains their most successful and most instantly recognisable song. Their name was inspired by the poem Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer, from T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. According to Joseph Murrell’s “The Book of Golden Discs” (1978), ‘Mungomania’ was possibly the most startling and unpredicted pop phenomenon to hit Britain since The Beatles.
Dorset and Colin Earl had previously been members of The Good Earth. Soon after recruiting Paul King and Mike 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.
In The Summertime”. It remains their most successful and most instantly recognisable song. Their name was inspired by the poem Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer, from T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. According to Joseph Murrell’s “The Book of Golden Discs” (1978), ‘Mungomania’ was possibly the most startling and unpredicted pop phenomenon to hit Britain since The Beatles.
Dorset and Colin Earl had previously been members of The Good Earth. Soon after recruiting Paul King and Mike 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.
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rostyslawko wrote:
Влітку- це так кльово!!!
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luckystoned wrote:
yeah, always still good .....
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The funny thing about Wedding Crashers is that the raunchy montage of Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughan bedding naked woman after naked woman is set to the extremely tame wedding standard, “Shout” by the Isley Brothers. But when the audience is supposed to smile and say, “Awww” as McAdams and Wilson bike together, we’re treated to a Mungo Jerry's song that says the following: “Have a drink. Have a drive. Go out and see what you can find. If her daddy’s rich take her out for a meal. If her daddy’s poor just do what you feel.”Congratulations, Mungo Jerry! DUI and implied rape. Enjoy the rest of the "Five Subtly Disturbing Songs" here: http://www.fistfulofwords.com/2011/02/five-subtly-disturbing-songs.html
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terpsichori wrote:
this guy really looks like Jermaine from Flight of the conchords
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DMJ59 wrote:
i have never seen sideburns like those o_O so intriguing!
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crownanchor wrote:
Didi da, di di di da,,,di, di da da,,,di di da da:):;)
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mynameisjoehann wrote:
in the summertime i get sexy on yea bi
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Nololob wrote:
Klasyka Rocka
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tomoeish wrote:
Their hair is amazing.
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Justin728 wrote:
In the summertime is the fuckin shit to listhen to when Crusin around..haha
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Lissof_leuf wrote:
Summer time fun times...
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zalvastardust wrote:
HAHhahahaHAhHAHAHAahHAaHAHaaAHha in the summertime is so funnyt n.n
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ViolentGay wrote:
I'd like a mungo in my jerry ;)
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telecine wrote:
Have a drink.... have a drive... cool
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TSSilva wrote:
In the summertime
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bingegamer wrote:
i could TOTALLY be takin a poo to this song, :o)
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Rambaldi47 wrote:
Rumpleteazer's pretty good too.
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lathe wrote:
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:
I remember in good old times when i was joung... ;-)
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Boys64 wrote:
Have a drink have a drive????? How outdated is this??
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