current_members years_active |name label article_title past_members background genre origin
current members 1970 -- present mungo jerry dawn , mach 1 , orbit , illegal records , polydor , scratch , stage coach mungo jerry
 former members group_or_band pop psychedelic rock , soft rock , country , jug band rock , aor , folk , blues , ashford , england
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 .
