Mungo Jerry are an English folk/classic rock group whose greatest success was in the early 1970s, though they have continued throughout the years with an ever-changing line-up, always fronted by Ray Dorset. They are remembered above all for their hit "In the Summertime". It remains the most successful and most instantly recognisable summer song. Their name was inspired by the poem Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer, from T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. According to Joseph Murrell's The Book of Golden Discs (1978), 'Mungomania' was possibly the most startling and unpredicted pop phenomenon to hit Britain since The Beatles.
Band members
Vocalist / guitarist / songwriter - Ray Dorset - born Raymond Edward Dorset, 21 March 1946, Ashford, Middlesex.
Keyboardist - Colin Earl - born 6 May 1942, at Bearsted Memorial Hospital, Hampton Court, Middlesex.
Keyboards / guitar - Paul Raymond - born Paul Martin Raymond, 18 November 1945, St Albans, Hertfordshire.
Keyboards - John Pop
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mungo Jerry