Mungo Jerry – Jazz Bilzen
Mungo Jerry – Jazz Bilzen
Mungo Jerry is a British 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 their most successful and most instantly recognisable song,[1] and their only hit outside of the UK. Their name was inspired by the poem “Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer”, from T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats.
Current members
- Ray Dorset – vocals, guitars (original member)
- Jon Playle — bass
- Mark David — drums
- Toby Hounsham — keyboards
Former members
- Colin Earl — piano (original member)
- Mike Cole — bass (original member)
- Paul King – banjo, jug (original member)
- Paul Raymond – keyboards, guitars
- Jon Pope — keyboards
- Chris Garrett — keyboards, guitar
- Ian Milne — piano
- Sev Lewkowicz – keyboards
- Byron Contostavlos — bass (died 2007)
- Jon Storey — Guitars
- John Godfrey — bass
- Bob Daisley – bass
- Chrissie Stewart — bass
- John Bisset — organ
- James Matthews — bass
- Ray Davies — bass
- Anthony “Bizz” Bissiker — recorder, backing vocals
- Steve Jones — keyboards, accordion
- Alan Johnson — guitars, banjo
- Dick Middleton — guitars
- Dave Mitchell — guitars
- Joe Rush — percussion
- Bruce Brand — percussion, jug
- Tim Reeves — drums
- Paul Hancox — drums
- Eric Dillon — drums
- James Davis — drums
- Dave Bidwell — drums (died 1977)
- Boris Williams – drums
- Glen Lee — drums
- Mick Frampton — guitars, bass
- Les Calvert — bass
- John Wren — drums
- Nick Wren — keyboards
- Steve Contostavlos
- John Cook —keyboards
