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Mungo Jerry
The band performing in 2013
The band performing in 2013
Background information
Also known asMungo Jerry Blues Band
OriginAshford, Middlesex, England
Genres
  • Rock
  • folk
  • blues
  • country
Years active1970–present
Labels
  • Janus
  • Dawn
  • Polydor
  • Scratch
  • Stage Coach
  • Mach 1
  • Orbit
  • Illegal
  • Universal Music
  • Mercury
MembersRay Dorset
Past membersColin Earl
Paul King
Mike Cole
John Godfrey
Joe Rush
Michael Pohl
Bob Daisley
Byron Contostavlos
Paul Raymond
Boris Williams
Dave Bidwell
Dick Middleton
Eric Dillon
Ian Milne
Paul Hancox
Sev Lewkowicz
Jamei Roberts
Tim Green
Chris Warnes
Jon Pope
Peter Sullivan
Tim Reeves
John Cook
John Brunning
Websitemungojerry.com

Mungo Jerry (formerly known as Mungo Jerry Blues Band) are a British rock band, formed by Ray Dorset in Ashford, Middlesex, in 1970. Experiencing their greatest success in the early 1970s, with a changing line-up always fronted by Dorset, the group's biggest hit was "In the Summertime".[1][2] They had nine charting singles in the UK, including two number ones, five top-20 hits in South Africa,[3][4] and four in the Top 100 in Canada.[5]

  1. ^ Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 133. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  2. ^ "Mungo Jerry biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Mungo Jerry". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  4. ^ "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts (M)". Rock.co.za. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  5. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - Search results 1970-1976". Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013.

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