Creedence Clearwater Revival
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Creedence Clearwater Revival were a rock and roll band popular during the 1960s and 1970s, comprising of John Fogerty (vocals), Tom Fogerty (guitar), Doug Clifford (drums) and Stu Cook (bass). They met each other during high school in California, where they played under the name of the Blue Velvets. The band was signed by San Francisco based Fantasy Records in 1964. Max Weiss, the co-owner of Fantasy, renamed the band as The Golliwogs for its first release.
In 1966, the band suffered a setback when Doug Clifford & John Fogerty were called up for military service. A positive sign came in 1967 for the band when Saul Zaentz took over Fantasy Records and offered to make a full-length record for the band but on condition of changing its name, giving birth to Creedence Clearwater Revival.
By 1968, Clifford and Fogerty were discharged from their military services and all the 4 members started rehearsing heavily. As a result their self-titled album in 1968 became the band’s most successful album and they soon became a recognisable name among people. ‘Suzie Q’, the remake of a 1956 hit, was the band's first single to cross the barrier of Top 40 at the billboard charts.
CCR worked hard at RCA Studios in LA for a second album, ‘Bayou Country’ which was released in January 1969 and became a platinum hit. The single ‘Proud Mary’ broke the top ten barrier peaking at number two on the Billboard chart. The song is ranked 155 on the Rolling Stone's list of the top five hundred songs of all time.
In 1969, the song ‘Bad Moon Rising’ was released which reached at number two in the charts, with their third album ‘Green River’ following in August.
Creedence’s fourth album ‘Willy and the Poor Boys’ was released in November 1969, followed by a double single by the title ‘Travelin' Band’ backed by ‘Who'll Stop the Rain’ in 1970. During June of the same year, the band returned to a San Francisco studio to record Cosmo's Factory which was released in July 1970.
During the Cosmo's Factory production, a tense environment prevailed among the members of the band due to John’s intense control over business matters and artistic output. Besides this, intense touring and long recording schedules all began to take its toll on the group members.
In December 1970, the album ‘Pendulum’ was released reclaiming its top seller spot. During the making of the album, guitarist Tom Fogerty left the band permanently. However, in July 1971, the CCR trio released its Top 10 single ‘Sweet Hitch-Hiker’ followed by Stu Cook's ‘Door to Door’. Unfortunately the commercial success could not overcome the worsening relations among the band members and tension continued to prevail.
CCR's last album Mardi Gras came in April 1972 with songs composed by Fogerty, Cook & Clifford which could not repeat the success of its predecessor in terms of record sales. Finally, on the 16th October, 1972, the band announced it’s disbanding marking the end of Creedence Clearwater Revival.
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