In The 1970s Mungo Jerry

Ok now listen carefully Mungo Jerry is the name of the group-NOT the name of an individual.
Ray Dorest is the lead singer and probably the face of the group. Mungo Jerry came from his previous group called  Good Earth.

The very first single in 1970 went to No. 1 and was the classic In The Summertime  which was written by Ray himself. A song that took ten minutes to write and sold over thirty million singles worldwide.

Another No. 1 followed in 1971 with Baby Jump again written by Ray. Mungo Jerry recorded this at Pye, originally in a 16-track studio, but the band weren't happy with the sound and they re-recorded it at the 8-track studio where they had cut "In The Summertime."  

The single although a success was a bit of a shock, but the follow up was more of a pop song. Again this hit was in 1971 and called  Lady Rose a No. 5 UK hit. This was followed by a No. 13 hit You Don't Have To Be In A Army To Fight In The A War.

1972 Mungo Jerry had a top thirty hit with Open Up but the bigger hit was the No. 3 hit called Alright, Alright, Alright and was written by Jacques Dutronc, Jaques Lanzman and Joe Strange and was an adaptation of a French song called Et Moi, Et Moi.

The follow up was a small hit that year called Wild Love . The last single in the 1970s was Long Legged Woman Dressed In Black. Ray wrote a song for Elvis too. But Elvis died before it was recorded.

In The 1970s Bobby Goldsboro

Bobby Goldsboro was born in 1941 in Florida and had several big hits in the 1960s. He even had his own TV show in the 1970s called The Bobby Goldsboro Show. Bobby also wrote many songs for other artists and himself had many hits in the U.S. throughout the 1970s.

The UK was not as successful for Bobby, but he had several classics including his re-release of his U.S. 1968 hit Honey (I Miss You). The song was a love song , and some say it was about a dog!! Great lyrics.

This was originally recorded by Bob Shane of The Kingston Trio, whose version was released about a week before Goldsboro's. Goldsboro was a more established artist, with six Top-40 US hits to his credit when he released this song. His version, with the much more elaborate production, became the hit.

In 1973 Bobby had a song about a young man losing his virginity to a much older woman on a beach. The song was beautifully written and was a "coming of a man" song.

"Summer (the first time)", a 1973 reminiscence about a 17-year-old boy's first sexual experience (with a 31-year-old woman), was a Top 25 hit in the U.S. and reached number 9 in the UK.^[Using a repeating piano riff, 12-string guitar, and an orchestral string arrangement, the song was suggestive enough to spark some controversy. A follow-up, "Hello Summertime", was written by Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway and hit No. 14 in the UK in September 1974.^[

From 1973 to 1975, Goldsboro hosted the successful syndicated television variety series The Bobby Goldsboro Show.

His last hit of the 1970s in the UK was In The Summertime

Bobby Goldsboro interview

Clip from his TV Show