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Ray Dorset
Dorset in 2013
Background information
Birth name
Raymond Edward Dorset
Born
(1946-03-21) 21 March 1946 (age 78) Ashford, Middlesex, England
Genres
Rock
Occupation(s)
Singer-songwriter, guitarist
Instrument(s)
Vocals, guitar, harmonica, kazoo, keyboards
Years active
1968–present
Member of
Mungo Jerry
Formerly of
Katmandu
Website
Official Mungo Jerry Site
Musical artist
Raymond Edward Dorset (born 21 March 1946) is a British guitarist, singer, songwriter, and founder of Mungo Jerry.
He composed most of the songs for the band, including the hit singles "In the Summertime", "Baby Jump", "Lady Rose", "You Don't Have to Be in the Army to Fight in the War", "Long Legged Woman Dressed in Black", and "Hello Nadine", plus "Feels Like I'm in Love", a number one hit single for the Scottish disco singer Kelly Marie.
components. In 1968, Dorset formed the group Good Earth, which included Colin Earl on keyboards, Dave Hutchins on bass, and Ray Bowerman on drums. They...
"Mungo Jerry". Billboard. Retrieved 28 June 2021. "MADE IN ENGLAND AND RAYDORSET | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts...
eponymous Mungo Jerry. All songs were written by the group's frontman RayDorset, apart from an extended version of the Willie Dixon blues standard "I...
selling 30 million copies. Written and composed by the band's lead singer, RayDorset, while working in a lab for Timex, the lyrics of the song celebrate the...
differing musical backgrounds, including Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac, RayDorset of Mungo Jerry and Vincent Crane of Atomic Rooster. Released in 1985,...
was written by the band's lead singer RayDorset and produced by Barry Murray and Dorset. In addition to Dorset (guitar, vocals), the line-up of the group...
1971 by Mungo Jerry. Written by the group's lead vocalist and guitarist RayDorset and produced by Barry Murray, it was the band's second No. 1 single, reaching...
Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce, Philip Oakey, vocalist Denise Johnson and RayDorset (Mungo Jerry). Kings Have Long Arms released the single "Big Umbrella"...
co-producing singles and albums by Mungo Jerry with the group's leader, RayDorset. He subsequently rejoined the Tremeloes in 1979 until forced to retire...
Cold Blue Excursion was a solo album recorded by RayDorset, leader of Mungo Jerry. The majority of the group's songs at the time were good-time blues...
DeMarco, 50 Cent, Flea, Elvis Costello, Charley Pride, Ray Davies of The Kinks, Billy Preston, RayDorset of Mungo Jerry, Dave Brockie a.k.a. Oderus Urungus...
across the song "Feels Like I'm in Love" in a music publishing office: RayDorset had written it in 1977 in hopes of having Elvis Presley record it; it's...
1985). In 1983, he was part of the one-off blues outfit, Katmandu, with RayDorset, Len Surtees, and Peter Green, who recorded the album A Case for the Blues...
Earl of Dorset is a title that has been created at least four times in the Peerage of England. Some of its holders have at various times also held the...
features a kazoo solo by singer Eve Graham. British singer-songwriter RayDorset, the leader of pop-blues band Mungo Jerry, played the kazoo on many of...
of 1983. In 1984 he went on to the project Katmandu with Peter Green, RayDorset and Jeff Whittaker and they recorded the album A Case for the Blues. In...
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