Mungo Jerry

Mungo Jerry are a British rock group whose greatest success was in the early 1970s, though they have continued with a changing line-up that has always been fronted by Ray Dorset. The group's name was inspired by the poem "Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer", from T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. They are identified with their biggest hit "In the Summertime". It remains their most successful and most instantly recognisable song. They had nine charting singles in the UK, including two number ones, and five top 20 hits in South Africa.

History

Formation and original band: 1970–71

Mungo Jerry came to prominence in 1970 after their performance at the Hollywood Festival at Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire on 23 May, which was their first gig under this name. Their show was well received and the organisers asked them to perform again on the following day. The band grabbed all the headlines in the UK music press as they stole the limelight from the festival headliners, Black Sabbath, Traffic, Ginger Baker's Airforce, Grateful Dead (their first performance in the UK), and Jose Feliciano. Their first single, "In The Summertime", the first maxi-single in the world, released on 22 May, entered the UK charts at No. 13 and the following week went straight to No. 1. Ray Dorset had to ask his boss for time off to do the UK TV Show, Top of the Pops.

Mungo Jerry (album)

Mungo Jerry is the debut album by Mungo Jerry, released in 1970.

Track listing

Side 1

Side 2

Personnel

Band

Technical

References

See.me

See.me (originally founded as 'Artists Wanted' in 2007) is a web-based arts organization located in Long Island City, Queens, in New York City. The organization runs paid-entry photography competitions.

Description

Organization

See.me specializes in providing online profiles that creatives can use to display, promote, and gain support for their work. The site caters to artists, photographers, musicians, designers and creative enthusiasts. Users are encouraged to share their work and show support for fellow creatives in order to gain traction for competition entries. See.me does not represent specified artists, and competition winners are shown in a digital slide show in Long Island City.

The organization runs a number of annual competitions offering cash prizes. These are typically gallery shows, magazine spreads, and grants. See.me’s business model is a mixture of free and paid services; paid services are accompanied by additional perks and benefits. Most competitions are presided over by a chosen panel of renowned judges, though select awards are given to artists whose work receives the most votes submitted online. See.me is considered a pioneer of arts-focused social media.

See Me (song)

"See Me" is a single by Melanie Blatt written for the Robots movie. It peaked at #78 in the UK charts. The single was not released on the Robots soundtrack.

Tracklist

Song information

Charts

Video

The video of the single includes footage from the movie and Melanie dressed in all white with the left side of her face, neck and left hand covered in diamonds.

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See Me (album)

"'See Me'" is the fourth and the last studio solo album by Ronnie Lane. The album was released 18 years before Lane's death. Lane had previously been a founding member of Small Faces and Faces.

During the recording of Rough Mix, Lane's multiple sclerosis was diagnosed. Nonetheless he toured, wrote and recorded (with Eric Clapton among others) and in 1979 released another album, See Me, which features several songs written by Lane and Clapton. Around this time, Lane travelled the highways and byways of England and lived a 'passing show' modern nomadic life in full Gypsy traveller costume and accommodation.

Track listings

All tracks are noted by whom wrote them.