Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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", which sold 30 million copies worldwide and is the biggest-selling single of all-time by a British band.
Raymond Edward Dorset [citation needed] (born 21 March 1946) is a British guitarist, singer, songwriter, and founder of Mungo Jerry.Dorset composed most of the group's songs, and in 1979 wrote "Feels Like I'm in Love" becoming a number one hit single for the Scottish disco singer Kelly Marie.
As Ray Dorset and Mungo Jerry — — — — — 1978 Ray Dorset & Mungo Jerry: Released: 1978; Label: Polydor; Formats: LP, MC; As Ray Dorset and Mungo Jerry — — — — — 1981 Together Again: Released: 1981; Label: Capriccio, Rossil, Victoria; Formats: LP; Only released in Europe and as Viva England in Spain — — — — — 1984 ...
"Feels Like I'm in Love" on YouTube In 1979, Kelly Marie recorded the song for Pye Records. The song was a sleeper hit on the Scottish club scene before breaking through nationally in the summer of 1980, reaching the top of the UK Singles Chart in September. [ 6 ]
It was the first Mungo Jerry single to be issued in the UK only as a conventional 45 r.p.m. two-track single without picture sleeve. Their first six had all been maxi-singles with picture sleeves, playing at 33 r.p.m. and containing three or four tracks in total, although in some cases, limited editions of two-track 45 r.p.m. pressings had been ...
Cold Blue Excursion was a solo album recorded by Ray Dorset, leader of Mungo Jerry.The majority of the group's songs at the time were good-time blues, skiffle and rock’n’roll, and these songs on the solo album, written by him during the previous seven years, were designed to show his versatility as a songwriter away from the confines of the basic Mungo sound.
The AOL.com video experience serves up the best video content from AOL and around the web, curating informative and entertaining snackable videos.
Written by the group's lead vocalist Ray Dorset and produced by Barry Murray, [2] it was the band's fourth single. The group's four-piece line-up was augmented by Joe Rush, a long-time friend who had played with them in previous bands and often guested with them on stage, playing washboard.