Talk:Mungo Jerry

message: No chart hit has had more than 13 words in the title, so "You Don't Have to Be in the Army to Fight in the War" gave Mungo Jerry another hit.
This sentence doesn't make any sense! It seems to be saying that this record was a hit BECAUSE it has 13 words in the title! 208.81.28.204 (talk) 19:26, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes it does not read correctly.  I suspect it did at sometime in the past, but subsequent re-editing may have introduced the illogical statement.  Be bold and re-edit the sentence would be my advice.  Whilst on this point though, the statement in the first part of the sentence, really does need a source. - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 21:15, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nonesense? 

message: The text suggests that he/they performed with Long John Baldry in 2006. However, according to the article on Long John Baldry, he died in 2005.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 621PWC (talk • contribs) 17:48, 17 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Long John Baldry 

message: At least according to the band's twitter feed which is linked from their webpage. However, this was only a retweet, so it's thin sourcing. -- Kendrick7talk 00:44, 6 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Former bassist John Godfrey has reportedly died 

message: "Mungo Jerry are a British rock group" - I think that should be "Mungo Jerry is a British rock group". Are represents a plural of something, but a represents the singular form. The sentence mixes grammatical number. A group is a single entity, comprising a plurality of elements. A group is a singular noun. "The Grateful Dead is an American rock group...", "The Boy Scouts is an international group..." etc. "Before you are a group of apples" is wrong. That should be "Before you is a group of apples." giggle (talk) 15:51, 9 August 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a variation between British and American English; see here. Karst (talk) 16:03, 9 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opening sentence 

message: This link simply brings us back to the very same article, and tells us nothing more about Byron Contostavlos - so we can keep going round in circles forever!  85.0.29.130 (talk) 20:47, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. I've removed three circular links from thie article. If you find any more, elsewhere, please remove them. Martinevans123 (talk) 20:50, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pointless Byron Contostavlos link 

message: I could not find any mention of Paul Raymond ever being a member of Mungo Jerry in the stated AllMusic reference. Nor does Paul Raymond's page state he was ever a member. Did I miss it? 172.58.35.48 (talk) 05:52, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Paul Raymond? 

message: Ah yes, Mungo Jerry. And when ‘In The Summertime’ appeared, they were proclaimed as ‘The New Beatles’, meaning that they’d replace the Fabs in number and quality of hits, though presumably not in richness of lore. I lost count of the number of bands back then that were going to be ‘The New Beatles’. I came here to see if these guys were still around. Other contenders for Fabdom sank without trace. 2001:8003:2341:5400:F4FE:6D57:80A0:2922 (talk) 20:06, 8 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  The New Beatles 

message: I think the section about Have A Whiff On Me is incorrect.  Firstly, the traditional song is "Have a Drink on Me", which Ray Dorset modified to "Have a Whiff on Me", which is a reference to cannabis smoking, not cocaine.  Also the original studio version says "Got a little woman ten feet tall, smokes in the kitchen, smokes in the hall - hey hey, baby, have a whiff on me - grass that is!"  Ray couldn't have spelled it out any more clearly. 82.12.206.210 (talk) 18:45, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Have a Whiff on Me