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Aug 10, 2020 · Mon 10 Aug 2020 09.32 EDT. Ray Dorset, singer, songwriter. I still had a day job at a laboratory when the melody for In the Summertime entered my head. The lyric took 10 minutes to write....
Ray Dorset at Skerryvore in Westbourne (Image: Hattie Miles 07907 645897) By Jeremy | Photographs Hattie Miles. He shares his surname with the county and now he lives here. But Ray Dorset has never forgotten the iconic hit he wrote in 1970 which celebrates the carefree days of summer and catapulted him to fame.
Mini Bio. Singer, songwriter and guitarist Raymond Edward Dorset was born on March 21, 1946 in Ashford, Middlesex, England. Influenced by such 50s rock'n'roll greats as Bill Haley and Elvis Presley, Ray formed his first band the Blue Moon Skiffle Group at age eleven (the drummer for this outfit was none other than Phil Collins!).
Jul 28, 2020 · In The Summertime is the ultimate feel-good anthem, a celebration of carefree days and nights, guided by an unstoppable melody and the buoyant tones of the song’s creator, Ray Dorset. It was the perfect summer release.
It became one of the best-selling singles of all-time, eventually selling 30 million copies. [4] [5] [6] Written and composed by the band's lead singer, Ray Dorset, while working in a lab for Timex, the lyrics of the song celebrate the carefree days of summer.
Jun 16, 2020 · Musician Ray Dorset was once caned for “smiling in class”. After completing his Certificate of Secondary Education mock exams in the early 1960s, the long-haired teenager who wore “strange...
1960s - 2000s. Born. March 21, 1946 in Ashton, England. Genre. Pop/Rock. Styles. AM Pop, Blues-Rock. Member Of. Mungo Jerry, The Good Earth. Ray Dorset Biography by Craig Harris. Ray Dorset had his moment in the spotlight when his band, Mungo Jerry, recorded one of the biggest-selling hits of 1970.
