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.^[1] Gruppens største hit var "In the Summertime", og det er fortsat deres mest succesfulde sang.^[1]^[2] De haft haft ni singler på UK Singles Chart, inklusive to der nåede nummer 1, og fem sange i top 20 i Sydafrika.^[3]^[4]

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

^ ^a ^b 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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