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Creedence Clearwater Revival
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The band started out as The Blue Velvets, formed by John Fogerty, Doug Clifford, and Stu Cook in El Cerrito, California in the late 1950s. They were an instrumental trio, however during the early ‘60’s they began backing Tom Fogerty, John’s older brother, for school dances at El Cerrito High School, on fraternity house gigs and in the recording studio. By the mid 1960s, the band signed a contract with Fantasy Records which was a local label based in San Francisco at that time. They were attracted to the label because Fantasy had released a national hit by Vince Guaraldi, “Cast Your Fate To The Wind”. Fantasy officials changed the group’s name to The Golliwogs, an apparent reference to a once-popular minstrel doll called a Golliwogg. Seven singles were released in the San Francisco Bay area, but none received national attention. (However, in 1975 Fantasy released Pre-Creedence, a compilation album of recordings by The Golliwogs).
Eventually John Fogerty took control of the group, writing most of their material and singing lead vocals. The band’s first album as Creedence Clearwater Revival was released in 1968. A cover of the Dale Hawkins Swamp Rock classic “Suzie Q.” became their first hit single (the song was later featured in the movie Apocalypse Now). As a result, Creedence Clearwater Revival is considered part of that distinctly American Swamp Rock music, exemplified again most prominently in their song “Born On The Bayou”.
Including John Fogerty, The Golliwogs, The Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Status Quo and more…
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Creedence Clearwater Revival - Don't look now
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creedence clearwater revival - fortune son
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Creedence clearwater revival - Suzie Q
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Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See the Light
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Fortunate Son
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Bad Moon Rising
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Proud Mary
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Down on the Corner
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Who'll Stop the Rain
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Green River
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Up Around the Bend
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Have You Ever Seen the Rain
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Run Through the Jungle
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Lodi
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Lookin' Out My Back Door
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I Put a Spell on You
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Travelin' Band
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Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
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Long as I Can See the Light
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Shoutbox
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truthman89 wrote:
Truthman acknowledges CCR. -Word
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radio-tractore wrote:
swamprock
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dra_eulogia wrote:
"best driving music" hahaha, toooootally true!!!
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anandv69 wrote:
i heard it thru the grapevine..... their best song acc. to me. mistagged i believe
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CCR - That's Rock 'n' Roll as it's best
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spinnerbait wrote:
the best rock 'n' roll band in the world - ever
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Olds65 wrote:
Best driving music ever!!!!!!!
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kristerheilimo wrote:
Amazing band.
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Music_Fan456 wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/henriette+bordvik
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Boandlgrober wrote:
suuuuuuppppppperrrrrrr
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nateusa29 wrote:
Best band ever!!! CCR's rhythmic music defines rock & roll!
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gianbiv wrote:
Che forza!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! mettono un'energia fantastica
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STFUDonnie wrote:
Who'll Stop the Rain is so, so good.
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rodrigobhz wrote:
perfect! excelentes lembranças
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N0odels wrote:
The Song in Die Hard 4 is Fortunate Son :)
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thegangsta123 wrote:
http://www.lastfm.it/group/Sex%2C+Drugs+and+Rock+n%27+Roll then jon this group !!
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ZeppelinLad wrote:
Why is Born On The Bayou not in the top 15?
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dudaklaus wrote:
Who'll Stop the Rain?
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athaiya wrote:
amazing band!
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ceremonyyy wrote:
love ramble tamble!
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