<P> Mungo Jerry are a British rock group who experienced their greatest success in the early 1970s , with a changing line - up that has always been fronted by Ray Dorset . The group 's name was inspired by the poem `` Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer , '' from T.S. Eliot 's Old Possum 's Book of Practical Cats . The group 's biggest hit was `` In the Summertime . '' They had nine charting singles in the UK , including two number ones , and five top 20 hits in South Africa . </P>
<P> Mungo Jerry are a British rock group who experienced their greatest success in the early 1970s , with a changing line - up that has always been fronted by Ray Dorset . The group 's name was inspired by the poem `` Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer , '' from T.S. Eliot 's Old Possum 's Book of Practical Cats . The group 's biggest hit was `` In the Summertime . '' They had nine charting singles in the UK , including two number ones , and five top 20 hits in South Africa . </P>
where did the name mungo jerry come from
where did the name mungo jerry come from
inspired by the poem `` Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer , '' from T.S. Eliot 's Old Possum 's Book of Practical Cats
inspired by the poem `` Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer , '' from T.S. Eliot 's Old Possum 's Book of Practical Cats