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Mungo Jerry
In The Summertime
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“In the Summertime” is a song recorded in 1970 by the British pop-blues band Mungo Jerry. Written by the group’s leader Ray Dorset, this song, which celebrates the carefree days of summer, reached the Number 1 position on charts around the world (including seven weeks in the UK), Number 1 for 2 weeks in Canada, and Number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the US. It is considered one of the highest selling singles of all time with an estimated 5-10 million copies sold. It was also the year-end top seller of 1970 in the UK singles chart.
It was unusual because the initial UK release, on Dawn Records (a new label launched by Pye), was a maxi-single, playing at 33 rpm (whereas singles generally played at 45 rpm), including an additional song, “Mighty Man” (also written...
Read on...Song lines: ♪ When the weather's fine ... We'll have everybody, but we do as we please ... With a fat beat, when her daddy with a me ♫
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