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"Proud Mary" is a song by American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, written by vocalist and lead guitarist John Fogerty. It was released as a single in January 1969 by Fantasy Records and on the band's second studio album, Bayou Country .
In the Macintosh program "Garage Band", Fogerty explained that he liked Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, and wanted to open a song with a similar intro, referring to the way "Proud Mary" opens with the repeated C chord to A chord. In 1998, Fogerty admitted to Harold Steinblatt of Guitar World that he knew the composition was "my first really good ...
[10] Clifford said of the song "I didn’t think 'Proud Mary' was that good, if you want to know the truth about it. I just didn’t like it. I liked 'Born on the Bayou' — to this day, it’s still my favorite Creedence song. It’s nasty, and I was disappointed when [the single] got flipped." [10] Clifford added that “I must say I’ve had ...
The album also includes the only co-write between John and his brother Tom Fogerty (who had been the original lead singer in the group) to appear on a Creedence album: "Walk on the Water". The song had already been released in 1966 under the Golliwogs name -- but unlike CCR's "Porterville", which was the exact same recording as the earlier ...
Tina Turner was inducted as a solo artist in 2021, making her one of only three women in the institution's history to be inducted twice. (Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks and singer-songwriter Carole ...
Watch Tina Turner perform “Proud Mary” during her 2009 farewell tour. Tributes have been pouring in for the iconic singer - described as the “Queen of Rock & Roll” - after news of her ...
John Cameron Fogerty (born May 28, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. Together with Doug Clifford, Stu Cook, and his brother Tom Fogerty, he founded the swamp rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR), for which he was the lead singer, lead guitarist, and principal songwriter.
In a new interview with The Guardian, the legendary singer-songwriter, 78, was asked to name the song she's most proud of from her catalog, and the answer may come as a surprise. "Well, I’m ...