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ORIGINAL MEMBERS
CAREER Mungo Jerry were famous mostly for their classic hit " In The Summertime ", the evergreen "Lady Rose" and the rock-smash "Alright Alright Alright". Their name was inspired by the poem " Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer ", from T.S. Eliot 's " Old Possum's Book Of Practical Cats ". Dorset and Earl had previously been members of The Good Earth . They made their national debut at a festival at Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire in May, 1970 , the week their first single was released. It topped the UK Singles Chart for seven weeks, made No. 1 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 British charts in March 1971 . Mungo´s next world-wide smash, " Lady Rose " (also in 1971 ), gave Mungo Jerry the image as a band for producing summertime based hits. Dorset found the group's good-time . Mungo Jerry´s hits continued through to 1976 with " Open Up " (Top Twenty in Europe and No.1 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 Britain); " Wild Love "; " Long Legged Woman Dressed In Black "; " Hello Nadine " (Continental European hit and Top Five in Canada); and " It´s A Secret " (Continental European hit). In 1975 Earl, who had played piano with Foghat in between, returned to play keyboards for Mungo Jerry, as did percussion player Joe Rush, part-time member of the band in earlier days. The group's line-up has changed constantly over the years. Among those who have played with them, include well respected musicians like bassist Bob Daisley , drummers Dave Bidwell , Paul Hancox and Boris Williams , guitarist Dick Middleton and keyboard/accordian player Steve Jones . They have remained particularly popular throughout Europe . Mungo Jerry was the first western band who had live TV gigs, in all countries behind the Iron Curtain . Their famous "Golden Orpheus" gig in Bulgaria , also gave them a lot of new fans. In 1980 another Dorset song, " Feels Like I'm In Love ", originally written for Elvis Presley , and recorded by the band as a B Side of a single, became a British No. 1 hit for Kelly Marie . Mungo Jerry remained successful with overseas hits like " On A Night Like This ", " Knockin' On Heaven's Door " and " Sunshine Reggae " (British version by Mungo Jerry & Horizon ). But, Dorset had to wait until 1995 for a real comeback, when " In The Summertime " was recorded by reggae vocalist Shaggy , who topped the charts worldwide. The last UK hit for Mungo Jerry was "Toon Army", a hymn regarding Newcastle United F.C. in 1999 . In 1983 "Mungo Jerry" Ray Dorset was part of the blues supergroup Katmandu , which recorded " A Case For The Blues ", with guitarist Peter Green , formerly of Fleetwood Mac , and keyboard player Vincent Crane , formerly of Atomic Rooster . This was not his only project in the last twenty years that supported the never ending success of the white blues. In 2003 , with German musicians, Dorset recorded " Adults Only " album under the name Mungo Jerry Blues Band, which was widely acclaimed as one of the best of his career. 2005 saw him performing with three Mungo Jerry line-ups: The British Mungo Jerry Band (Pop/Rock), the German Mungo Jerry Blues Band (Bluesrock) and Mungo Jerry & the Goodtime Gamblers (jug/blues/skiffle). Also in June 2005 , Ray Dorset had a gig again as a duo with Mike Cole - the original Double Bass player from the early Mungo days - as a highlight of the "35 Years Of Mungo Jerry" event in both Newcastle and Stoke . In , who had mixed in the past the old continental Mungo Jerry hits (" Lana " and " It´s A Secret "). He is well-known for his work with rock and pop music, in combination with big orchestras. ALBUM DISCOGRAPHY
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