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In a 1969 interview, John Fogerty said that he wrote it in the two days after he was discharged from the National Guard. [10] In the liner notes for the 2008 expanded reissue of the Creedence Clearwater Revival album Bayou Country, Joel Selvin explained that the songs for the album started when Fogerty was in the National Guard, that the riffs for "Proud Mary", "Born on the Bayou", and "Keep ...
Writing for Variety, Jem Aswad praises both the album and documentary for capturing the band at their peak. [4] John Aizlewood of Classic Rock rates the album four out of five, highlighting all of the individual member's contributions to the band, as well as the "pristine listening experience" due to the technical personnel preparing the recordings for listening. [5]
[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 ...
She included a 2008 photo of the duo's epic performance at the 50th GRAMMY Awards in Los Angeles when Turner, 68 at the time, and Beyoncé, 26, rocked the house with "Proud Mary."
Billboard described the single as having "an easy beat," being as powerful as its flip side "Bad Moon Rising" and as having a similar feel to Creedence Clearwater Revival's earlier single "Proud Mary." [7] Cash Box similarly described it as "powerhouse material" that is similar to and as strong as the group's previous single "Proud Mary." [8]
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 ...
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In 1971, Richardson's arrangement of the Creedence Clearwater Revival song "Proud Mary" reached No. 4 on the pop chart and No. 5 on the R&B chart. It became a signature song for Ike & Tina Turner and won them a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Group in 1972. [3] [7] He continued performing with the Turners on-and-off until 1974.