Ƙungiyar ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Biritaniya Mungo Jerry ta canza salon kida da yawa a tsawon shekarun aikin ƙirƙira. Membobin ƙungiyar sun yi aiki a cikin salon skiffle da rock da roll, rhythm da blues da kuma dutsen jama'a. A cikin 1970s, mawaƙa sun sami nasarar ƙirƙirar manyan hits da yawa, amma matashin har abada a cikin Summertime ya kasance babban nasara.
Tarihin kirkire-kirkire da hadaddiyar kungiyar Mungo Jerry
A asalin ƙungiyar shine almara Ray Dorset. Ya fara aikinsa tun kafin a kafa Mungo Jerry. Ayyukan Bill Haley da Elvis Presley sun rinjayi aikin Dorset na farko.
An yi wahayi zuwa ga aikin Billy da Elvis, Ray ya ƙirƙiri rukunin farko, wanda ake kira The Blue Moon Skiffle Group. Amma Ray bai tsaya nan ba. An jera shi a cikin kungiyoyi kamar: Buccaneers, Conchords, Tramps, Sweet and Sour Band, Camino Real, Memphis Fata, Duniya mai Kyau.
Shiga cikin waɗannan ƙungiyoyi bai ba da shaharar da ake so ba, kuma bayan aikin kiɗan Mungo Jerry ya bayyana a 1969, abubuwa sun fara inganta.
Farawa na sabuwar ƙungiyar ta aro sunan daga wani hali daga littafin Thomas Eliot Practical Cat Science. Simintin farko ya haɗa da "haruffa" masu zuwa:
- Dorset (guitar, vocals, harmonica);
- Colin Earl (piano);
- Paul King (banjo);
- Mike Cole (bass)
Shiga zuwa Pye Records
Ray, wanda ya riga ya sami "hanyoyi masu amfani", ya sami Pye Records. Ba da daɗewa ba mawaƙa sun sanya hannu kan kwangila tare da alamar da aka ambata. Mawakan sun je dakin daukar rakodi don shirya albam dinsu na farko ga masoya waka.
A matsayinsa na farkon rakiyar mara aure, quartet ya so ya saki Mabuwayi Mutum. Duk da haka, furodusan ya yi la'akari da waƙar ba ta da zafi sosai, don haka mawaƙa sun gabatar da wani abu mafi "kaifi" - waƙar A cikin Summertime.
Furodusa Murray yayi gaskiya. Har yanzu masu sukar kiɗa suna ɗaukar fitowar Mungo Jerry ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun ayyukan ƙungiyar. Waƙar In The Summertime ba ta bar matsayi na 1 na jadawalin kiɗan ƙasar ba har tsawon watanni shida.
Bayan gabatar da na farko na farko, mawaƙa sun tafi Hollywood Music Festival. Tun daga wannan lokacin, quartet ya zama ainihin tsafi ga mutane da yawa.
Kundin farko na ƙungiyar (wanda bai haɗa da waƙa A Lokacin bazara ba) ya ɗauki matsayi na 14 kawai a cikin jadawalin kiɗan. Babu canje-canje a cikin abun da ke ciki. Bayan ya koma Ingila, an tambayi Cole "a hankali" ya bar kungiyar. John Godfrey ya maye gurbinsa.
A 1971, mawaƙa sun gabatar da wani sabon abu. Muna magana ne game da abubuwan kiɗan Baby Jump. Wannan waƙar an "batsa" tare da alamun dutse mai wuya da rockabilly.
Magoya bayan sun yi tsammanin sauti mai laushi daga mawaƙa, amma sakamakon haka, minion ya ɗauki matsayi na 32. Duk da haka, waƙar ta sami damar ɗaukar matsayi na 1 na ginshiƙi na kiɗan a cikin Amurka.
Bayan ɗan lokaci kaɗan, ƙungiyar ta gabatar da sabon bugun Lady Rose. A cikin wannan shekarar 1971, mawakan sun sake fitar da wani sabon labari - kasar da ba dole ba ne ka kasance cikin soja don yaki a yakin.
Bayan gabatar da kade-kaden kade-kade, suka a kan mawakan. Duk da yawa bans, wannan abun da ke ciki da aka buga a kan iska, da kuma hada da wannan sunan, da aka rubuta tare da dawo da Joe Rush, yana da kyau tallace-tallace.
Tashi daga rukunin Dorset
Shahararren ya karu, amma tare da shi, sha'awar cikin rukuni ya yi girma. Mawakan sun yi babban balaguron balaguron balaguro a yankin Australo-Asiya, sannan Paul da Colin sun sanar da cewa Ray ya bar kungiyar.
A tsakiyar 1970s, ƙungiyar Mungo Jerry ta ba da kulawa sosai ga ayyukan kide-kide. Wani abin sha'awa, mawakan na cikin mawakan da suka ziyarci dukkan kasashen gabashin Turai.
A farkon shekarun 1980, Ray Dorset ya koma cikin sigogin kiɗan Burtaniya. Ya gabatar wa masoyanshi wakar ji kamar ina soyayya. Da farko ya rubuta waƙa ga Elvis Presley, Kelly Marie ta ɗauki waƙar kuma ta ɗauki matsayi na 1 a cikin sigogin kiɗan ƙasar.
Fitowar ginshiƙi na ƙarshe na Mungo Jerry shine a ƙarshen 1990s. A cikin 1999, mawaƙa sun gabatar da Toon Army (waƙar ƙwallon ƙafa don tallafawa kulob ɗin Newcastle United).
A cikin shekaru masu zuwa, an fitar da albam mai suna Mungo Jerry, amma ba za a iya kiran su na farko ba. Gaskiyar ita ce, Dorset, bayan farkon shekarun 2000, ya tsunduma cikin wasu ayyukan. Mawaƙin ya fahimci kansa a matsayin furodusa kuma mawaki, ya dakatar da ci gaban ƙungiyar Mungo Jerry.
A cikin 1997, Ray ya fitar da wani babban kundi na blues Old Shoes, New Jeans, kuma daga baya ya sake suna aikin Mungo Jerry Bluesband. Shahararriyar ƙungiyar ta ragu, amma har yanzu magoya bayanta masu aminci sun kasance masu sha'awar aikin mawaƙa.
Har zuwa yau, kundi na tara Daga Zuciya ya kasance kundi na ƙarshe na faifan ƙungiyar. Rikodin ya nuna komawar mawakan zuwa farkon sautin "mangoro".
