Ibhendi yaseBrithani i-Mungo Jerry ishintshe izitayela zomculo ezimbalwa phakathi neminyaka yomsebenzi wokudala osebenzayo. Amalungu ebhendi asebenze ngezitayela ze-skiffle ne-rock and roll, isigqi ne-blues ne-folk rock. Ngawo-1970, abaculi bakwazile ukwenza izingoma ezishisa izikhotha eziningi, kodwa ingoma entsha eshisa izikhotha ethi In The Summertime yaba impumelelo enkulu.
Umlando wokudalwa nokwakhiwa kweqembu le-Mungo Jerry
Emsuka weqembu kukhona uRay Dorset wodumo. Waqala umsebenzi wakhe isikhathi eside ngaphambi kokubunjwa kukaMungo Jerry. Umsebenzi kaDorset wangaphambili wathonywa iqoqo likaBill Haley no-Elvis Presley.
Egqugquzelwe umsebenzi kaBilly no-Elvis, uRay wadala iqembu lokuqala, elalibizwa ngeBlue Moon Skiffle Group. Kodwa uRay akagcinanga lapho. Ufakwe ohlwini lwamaqembu afana nalawa: AmaBhakabhaka, amaConchords, amaTramps, Ibhendi Elimnandi nelimuncu, iCamino Real, iMemphis Isikhumba, Umhlaba Omuhle.
Ukubamba iqhaza kula maqembu akuzange kunikeze ukuthandwa oyifunayo, futhi ngemva kokuba iphrojekthi yomculo i-Mungo Jerry ivele ngo-1969, izinto zaqala ukuba ngcono.
Abaqalayo beqembu elisha baboleke igama kumlingiswa encwadini kaThomas Eliot ethi Practical Cat Science. Abalingisi bokuqala bafake "izinhlamvu" ezilandelayo:
- I-Dorset (isiginci, amazwi, i-harmonica);
- U-Colin Earl (upiyano);
- Paul King (ibhanjo);
- UMike Cole (bass)
Isayina ku-Pye Records
U-Ray, owayesevele "enokuxhumana okuwusizo", uthole i-Pye Records. Ngokushesha abaculi basayine inkontileka nelebula eshiwo. Laba baculi baye endaweni yokuqopha ukuze balungisele abathandi bomculo i-albhamu yabo yokuqala.
Njengowokuqala ohamba naye, i-quartet yayifuna ukukhulula uMighty Man. Kodwa-ke, umdidiyeli akazange acabange ukuthi ithrekhi ingaba yimbi ngokwanele, ngakho abaculi bethule okuthile "okubukhali" - ingoma ethi In The Summertime.
Umdidiyeli uMurray wayeqinisile. Abagxeki bomculo basabheka ingoma yokuqala ka-Mungo Jerry njengeminye yemisebenzi edume kakhulu yeqembu. Ingoma ethi In The Summertime ayizange ishiye indawo yokuqala yamashadi omculo wezwe cishe izinyanga eziyisithupha.
Ngemuva kokwethulwa kwengoma yokuqala, abaculi baya eHollywood Music Festival. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, i-quartet isibe isithixo sangempela kwabaningi.
Iqoqo lokuqala leqembu (elingazange lifake iculo elithi In The Summertime) lithathe indawo ye-14 kuphela kumashadi omculo. Azikho izinguquko ekuqanjweni kwazo. Lapho ebuyela eNgilandi, u-Cole "wacelwa ngobumnene" ukuba ashiye iqembu. UJohn Godfrey wathatha indawo yakhe.
Ngo-1971, abaculi bethule into entsha. Sikhuluma ngengoma yomculo ethi Baby Jump. Le ngoma "ifakwe pepper" ngamazwi e-hard rock ne-rockabilly.
Abalandeli bebelindele umsindo opholile kubaculi, kodwa ngenxa yalokho, i-minion yathatha indawo yama-32. Naphezu kwalokhu, ingoma ikwazile ukuthatha indawo yokuqala yamashadi omculo e-United States of America.
Ngemva kwesikhashana, iqembu lethule ingoma entsha ethi Lady Rose. Ngawo lowo 1971, abaculi bakhipha enye into entsha - izwe elimelene nempi Akudingeki Ube Sempini Ukuze Ulwe Empini.
Ngemva kokwethulwa komculo wezwe, ukugxekwa kwehlela phezu kwabaculi. Naphezu kokuvinjelwa okuningi, lokhu kwakhiwa kwadlalwa emoyeni, futhi ukuhlanganiswa kwegama elifanayo, elirekhodiwe no-Joe Rush obuyiselwe, kwakunokuthengiswa okuhle.
Ukusuka eqenjini le-Dorset
Ukuduma kwanda, kodwa kanye nakho, izinkanuko eqenjini zaziphakeme. Abaculi badlale indawo enkulu esifundeni sase-Australo-Asian, kwase kuthi uPaul noColin bamemezela ukuthi uRay uyalishiya iqembu.
Maphakathi nawo-1970, iqembu leMungo Jerry lanaka kakhulu imisebenzi yekhonsathi. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi abaculi babephakathi kwamaqembu ayehambela wonke amazwe aseMpumalanga Yurophu.
Ekuqaleni kwawo-1980, uRay Dorset wabuyela kumashadi omculo waseBrithani. Unikeze abalandeli ingoma ethi Feels Like I'm in Love. Ekuqaleni wabhala ingoma ka-Elvis Presley, uKelly Marie wathatha iculo futhi wathatha indawo yokuqala kumashadi omculo wezwe.
Ukuvela kweshadi kokugcina kukaMungo Jerry kwaba ngasekupheleni kwawo-1990. Ngo-1999, abaculi bethula i-Toon Army (iculo lebhola elisekela iklabhu yaseNewcastle United).
Eminyakeni eyalandela, ama-albhamu abizwa ngokuthi Mungo Jerry akhululwa, kodwa awakwazi ukubizwa ngokuthi aphezulu. Iqiniso liwukuthi uDorset, ngemva kokuqala kwawo-2000, wahlanganyela kwamanye amaphrojekthi. Umculi wazibona njengomdidiyeli nomqambi, emisa ukuthuthukiswa kweqembu le-Mungo Jerry.
Ngo-1997, uRay wakhipha i-albhamu yekhwalithi ephezulu yeblues Old Shoes, New Jeans, futhi kamuva waqamba kabusha iphrojekthi ethi Mungo Jerry Bluesband. Ukuthandwa kwaleli qembu kwehlile, kodwa abalandeli abaqotho bebesawuthakasela umsebenzi wabaculi.
Kuze kube manje, i-albhamu ehlanganisiwe ethi From the Heart iseyi-albhamu yokugcina ye-discography yeqembu. Irekhodi libonise ukubuya kwabaculi emsindweni wakuqala othi "mango".
