Creedence Clearwater Revival Band

Creedence Clearwater Revival, often shortened to Creedence and abbreviated as CCR, was an American rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The band consisted of lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter John Fogerty, rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty, bassist Stu Cook and drummer Doug Clifford. Their musical style encompassed the roots rock,[1] swamp rock,[2] and blues rock[3] genres. Despite their San Francisco Bay Area origins, they portrayed a Southern rock style, with lyrics about bayous, catfish, the Mississippi River, and other popular elements of Southern US iconography, as well as political and socially-conscious lyrics about topics including the Vietnam War.[4]

Creedence Clearwater Revival's music is still a staple of US radio airplay;[5] the band has sold 26 million albums in the United States alone.[6] Creedence Clearwater Revival was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.[7] Rolling Stone ranked the band 82nd on its list of the 100 greatest artists of all time.[8] Their musical influence can be heard in many genres, including southern rock, grunge, roots rock, and blues.

Discography:

• Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968)
• Bayou Country (1969)
• Green River (1969)
• Willy and the Poor Boys (1969)
• Cosmo's Factory (1970)
• Pendulum (1970)
• Mardi Gras (1972)

 

Been listening to CCR for the first time in a couple of years, the number of classic songs John Fogerty wrote in that short period is astounding. Probably comparable only to equivalent durations of output by the Beatles, Stones and Led Zep.

Update - if you exclude Mardi Gras given JF had left, the output is over less than 3 years and becomes even more incredible.

 

My mom and I’s dance at my wedding was “Someday Never Comes”. She and my dad (RIP) were big CCR fans.