WELCOME & INTRODUCTION
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During the early 70’s viewers tuning into their regular weekly fix of then, un-missible Top of the Pops would have regularly been greeted by a smiling, mutton-chopped, gap-toothed singer by the name of RAY DORSET, more commonly known as the singer, song-writer and guitarist of MUNGO JERRY. In a two year hit span, MUNGO JERRY contributed four Top Twenty singles, (including two Number One’s) and two Top Twenty albums in their first flush of success. But after a long worldwide tour and on the way home from Australia, two other members of the band decided that RAY DORSET was out. On hearing this both the record company Pye, and the bands management Red Bus, would have none of it. They had a better idea, the others were out and RAY DORSET, the leader would now be MUNGO JERRY the Man!
The song most associated with MUNGO JERRY is the global hit 'IN THE SUMMERTIME', it sold over six million copies worldwide in the first six months of release and over thirty years later, that total is now near, a staggering thirty million sales, making it officially the most played summer song of all time. Winning for itself and it’s writer RAY DORSET, prestigious Sony / MTV and Ivor Novello awards.
In describing the music of MUNGO JERRY as pure pop would be an insult to the varying styles of rock, blues, boogie and skiffle that has graced the stages of concerts and festivals which have seen MUNGO JERRY sharing and indeed at times topping the bill with the likes of JIMI HENDRIX, ROD STEWART, GENESIS, STATUS QUO, CANNED HEAT, FREE and THE GRATEFUL DEAD.
Hit singles and albums followed at regular intervals for MUNGO JERRY in the following years, songs never released in the UK also made large dents in charts as far flung as Europe and South Africa. But to say MUNGO JERRY were just a hit-making machine would be denying the many diverse musical projects the MUNGO JERRY man RAY DORSET has been involved with. A song for ELVIS, an album with PETER GREEN of FLEETWOOD MAC, a cover by SHAGGY of 'IN THE SUMMERTIME'.
The story does not end there and in 2004/2005, MUNGO JERRY will have tours in the USA, South Africa and Australia in addition to their extensive UK and European commitments on TV and stage. Check out the website's biography for the full story, it's full of interesting facts and topics. It is a great story of someone who has - "Never sold their soul for Rock‘n’Roll." If you want to take your interest further, please contact: MUNGO JERRY PERSONAL APPEARANCES & GIGS Contact:Jon Playle/Central Intelligence Artists Tel:+44 (0) 1202 828411 Mobile:+44 (0) 7885 822069 MUNGO JERRY BLUESBAND- GERMANY Also for information on the labels RAW SOUND, RAW VISION and RAW PRINT (German or English language) Contact:Michael Pohl, Easyplay Records, Werrestrasse 53, D-32049, Herford, Germany
Tel:+49(0)5221-9828-0 Click here to visit Mungo Jerry's Official German Site MUNGO JERRY PERSONAL APPEARANCES - GERMANY Contact:Gary Kehren
Tel:00 49 (0) 2431 3541 & 980487, also 0049 (0) 172 2476968, Canary Island office, 00 34 619 593436 & 00 34 928 770177 MUNGO JERRY PROJECTS AND ENQUIRIES (French language) Contact:Jean Jacques Bedrossian Tel:00 33 (0) 681507452 & 00 33 (0) 497 283260 MUNGO JERRY PROJECTS AND ENQUIRIES (Dutch Language) Contact:Rob Kamphues Tel:00 31 (0) 10435 8715 & 00 31 (0) 645722818 MUNGO JERRY RECORDING MASTER LICENSING, RAY DORSET MUSIC COMPOSITIONS PRODUCTIONS AND MUSIC (German and English language) Contact:Tim Green at Space Cake Music Tel:00 (0) 49 30 308 20685 & 00 (0) 49 177 264 6794 FOR INFORMATION ON ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE MUSIC PUBLISHING, MERCHANDISING AND MUSIC MASTER DIVISION OF IN THE SUMMMERTIME LTD Contact:David Paramor MUNGO JERRY GOODTIME GAMBLERS SKIFFLE GROUP Contact:Winnie Martin Tel:00 49 (0) 511 825800 & 00 49 (0) 170 315 0725 MEDIA FACTS & FIGURES Derek Wadeson of DWL Music Promotions
121, Fingerpost Shopping Centre, St Helens, Merseyside, WA9 1AG.
Tel:01744 732229 or mobile 07800 787 462 Click here to e-mail Derek Wadeson MUNGO JERRY INTERNATIONAL FAN CLUB Alan Taylor
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12 FACTS ABOUT MUNGO JERRY 1) IN THE SUMMERTIME went to No.1 in 26 countries, sold 6 million copies world wide and has to date sold 30 million copies. One morning in May 1970, the band sold 72,500 copies before lunchtime in the UK
2) BABY JUMP was Mungo Jerry's second consectutive No.1
3) ALRIGHT ALRIGHT ALRIGHT reached a chart high of No.3. To promote the single, MUNGO JERRY went on what was believed to be the longest tour of Northern Ireland by an English band during the troubles
4) YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN THE ARMY TO FIGHT IN THE WAR was Mungo's 4th hit in the maxi-single format
5) LADY ROSE reached No.5 in the UK singles chart despite being banned by the B.B.C and taken off sale
6) MUNGO JERRY were the first western rock band to play behind the Iron Curtain. This was a show at the Golden Orpheus Song Festival, in Bulgaria which went out live on TV to the entire Eastern Block.
7) Mungo have had 7 hits worldwide that were not released in the UK
8) MUNGO JERRY have had 9 UK hit singles and songs written by leader Ray Dorset have spent over 100 weeks in the UK singles chart
9) Shaggy spent 9 weeks in the UK chart with IN THE SUMMERTIME and went to No.1 stateside with his version
10) MUNGO JERRY have had 2 UK Top 20 albums, MUNGO JERRY and ELECTRONICALLY TESTED
11) It took 11 weeks from conception to completion of Ray Dorset's and blues legend PETER GREEN's classic album, A CASE FOR THE BLUES
12) Kelly Marie's version of Mungo's FEELS LIKE I'M IN LOVE spent 12 weeks in the UK Top 20, making Ray Dorset one of the elite band of songwriters who have composed No.1's for themselves and other artists
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