where did the name mungo jerry come from
Mungo Jerry Mungo Jerry are a British rock group who experienced their greatest success in the early 1970s, with a changing line-up that has always been fronted by Ray Dorset. The group's name was inspired by the poem "Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer," from T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats.[1] The group's biggest hit was "In the Summertime."[1][2] They had nine charting singles in the UK, including two number ones, and five top 20 hits in South Africa.[3][4]