Mungo Jerry – Jazz Bilzen

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