| John
Cameron Fogerty achieved fame as the lead singer/songwriter
and guitarist in Creedence Clearwater Revival and has since
gone on to a chart-topping solo career. Born in Berkeley,
CA, Fogerty and his brother Tom organized the group that would
become Creedence as the Golliwogs in the late '50s. As Creedence,
they released nine Top Ten singles, all written by Fogerty,
between 1969 and 1971, starting with the standard "Proud
Mary." They also scored eight gold albums between 1968
and 1972, all fueled by Fogerty's simple, driving rock songs
and his burly baritone, intoning deceptively poetic ("Bad
Moon Rising") and even political ("Fortunate Son")
lyrics. |
