Ray Dorset
Ray Dorset ( born March 21, 1946 in Ashford, Kent, England), full name is Raymond Edward Dorset, was known as the frontman, vocalist and songwriter of the band Mungo Jerry, with whom he numerous hits like In the Summertime, Baby Jump, Lady Alright Alright Alright rose or had.
History
Early on Dorset interested in skiffle and blues. At age 14 years he played as a singing guitarist in various bands. As a musician, he worked among others with even when shooting for the Reggae star Jackie Edwards and the pop singer Millie ( My Boy Lollipop ). Finally he formed his own Blue Moon Skiffle Group. Occupation and name of the band changed often, until 1970, finally, as " Mungo Jerry" The international breakthrough with the summer hit in the Summertime succeeded.
In addition to his band project Mungo Jerry Dorset operating his own studio in 1978 and acted as a composer and producer for other bands. In 1980, the singer Kelly Marie a worldwide hit with the song Feels like I'm in Love, the Dorset had originally written for Elvis Presley, but could not take him.
Together with Peter Green ( formerly Fleetwood Mac) and Vincent Crane ( Atomic Rooster ) Dorset founded the Blue Band Katmandu, the album A Case for the Blues box office in 1984. Ray Dorset acted as singer, guitarist and producer and wrote four songs for the album. Over the following years, the album has been released on various labels and is currently on Snapper Records as Peter Green's Katmandu / A Case for the Blues sold. A second LP of Kathmandu did not come off in the second half of the 1980s, as Vincent Crane died.
In the 1990s, Dorset composed alongside pop and rock songs children's songs as well as movie and TV titles, including for the television series " Prospects". Their eponymous signature song brought Dorset under the stage name Made in England back in the UK charts. In the Oscar-winning Irish film the Crying Game 1990 was his number 1 hit Baby Jump the theme tune. 1995, the pop star Shaggy with in the Summertime in new version world a top hit. had the music track to Ray Dorset recorded and produced.
Overall, Ray Dorset had three times the Ivor Novello Award. 2000 Sony recorded the composer addition of: In the Summertime got the Sony Award for the most successful summer hit of all time having sold 30 million sales. 2004 was Ray Dorset participants of the "British Legends of Rhythm & Blues" tour and played as a singer and guitarist with Colin Hodgkinson (formerly, among other things Alexis Korner ), Zoot Money, Long John Baldry and others.
Comparisons by critics between Marc Bolan ( T. Rex ) and Mr. Mungo Jerry Ray Dorset were in the early 1970s repeatedly pulled in relation to the distinctive vibrato voices of the two. 2001 Ray Dorset participated with other artists (such as Chris Farlowe ) to an article published on Cherry Red Records tribute album for the late Marc Bolan Bolan and played the song Hot Love and I Love to Boogie, a new.
Since 1996, Ray Dorset is married to a German. He lived with his wife and two sons over 10 years and lives in Bielefeld since the summer of 2010, again in England. He is touring in addition to his English Mungo Jerry Band with the group consisting of German musicians " Mungo Jerry Blues Band ". Ray Dorset also occurs as a solo artist, sometimes accompanied by a member of the original cast of Mungo Jerry, Mike Cole on upright bass and percussionist Joe Rush.
Discography ( Ray Dorset solo)
- Cold Blue Excursion - Dawn (LP 1972)
- Forgotten Land / New Way of Life ( Single 1980)
- A Case for the Blues ( as Peter Green & Friends ) ( CD 1984)
- Cold Blue Excursion - BeatGoesOn (CD 1995)
- No Frills - Ray Dorset sings folk songs ( Fan Club CD 1999)
- Kathmandu (feat. Peter Green / Ray Dorset / Vincent Crane ) ( CD 2000 )