Mungo Jerry

Mungo Jerry
Mungo Jerry
	Bandet under en optræden på Zürisee-Festival 2013 i Erlenbach, nær Zürich i Schweiz.
Information
Oprindelse	Colpington, England
Genre	Pop rock; folk; blues; psychedelic rock; soft rock; country; skiffle;
Aktive år	1969 – nu
Pladeselskab	Janus Records, Dawn Records, Polydor, Scratch Records, Stage Coach Records, Mach 1 Records, Orbit Records, Illegal Records, Universal Music, Mercury Records.
Eksterne henvisninger
	www.mungojerry.com

Mungo Jerry er en britisk rockgruppe, der havde deres storhedstid i 1970'erne. Gruppen har haft en stor udskiftning i besætningen siden grundlæggelsen i 1969, med Ray Dorset som eneste oprindelige medlem. Gruppens navn er inspireret af "Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer," fra T. S. Eliots Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. Gruppens største hit var "In the Summertime", og det er fortsat deres mest succesfulde sang. De haft haft ni singler på UK Singles Chart, inklusive to der nåede nummer 1, og fem sange i top 20 i Sydafrika.

Diskografi

Mungo Jerry – 1970 (No. 13, UK)
Electronically Tested – 1971 (No. 14, UK)
You Don't Have to Be in the Army – 1971
Boot Power – 1972
Long Legged Woman Dressed in Black – 1974
Impala Saga – 1975
Ray Dorset & Mungo Jerry – 1977
Lovin' in the Alleys, Fightin' in the Streets – 1977
Six Aside – 1979
Together Again – 1981
Boogie Up – 1982
Katmandu – A Case for the Blues – 1984 (Mungo Jerry/Peter Green/Vincent Crane)
All the Hits Plus More – 1987 (compilation album)
Snakebite – 1991
Old Shoes New Jeans – 1997
Candy Dreams – 2001
Move On – The Latest and Greatest – 2002 (compilation)
Adults Only – 2003
Naked – From the Heart – 2007
When She Comes, She Runs All Over Me – 2007
Cool Jesus – 2012

"In the Summertime" – 1970 – No. 1 (released as a 33rpm Dawn Maxi Single, but as a normal Pye 45rpm for jukeboxes – B-Side Mighty Man)
"Baby Jump" – 1971 – No. 1
"Lady Rose" – 1971 – No. 5
"You Don't Have to Be in the Army to Fight in the War" – 1971 – No. 13
"Open Up " – 1972 – No. 21
"Alright, Alright, Alright" – 1973 – No. 3
"Wild Love" – 1973 – No. 32
"Long Legged Woman Dressed in Black" – 1974 – No. 13
"Prospects" – 1985 – No. 35 (as 'Made in England')
"In the Summertime '87" – 1987 – Number 1 (Indie Charts/ as 'Mungo Jerry & Brothers Grimm')
"Support the Toon – It's Your Duty" (EP inkl. 'Toon Army') – 1999 – No. 57

1 2 Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st udgave). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. s. 133. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
↑ "Mungo Jerry biography". AllMusic. Hentet 25. december 2012.
↑ "Mungo Jerry". Officialcharts.com. Hentet 21. januar 2015.
↑ "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts (M)". Rock.co.za. Hentet 16. februar 2015.

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