John Fogerty

John Fogerty (born 28 May, 1945 in Berkeley, California) is an American singer and songwriter, best known for his time with the southern rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival. Fogerty's family name is Irish, an Anglicized form of the Irish personal name Fógartach, from fógartha, meaning 'banished, outlawed' (Hanks & Hodges, A Dictionary of Surnames , p. 187).

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For a Californian, Fogerty sounded very Southern.

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John and his brother, Tom Fogerty, formed the band in El Cerrito, California in the late 1950s as Tommy Fogerty and the Blue Velvets. The name was changed to The Golliwogs in the mid 1960s, but the band remained unpopular.

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By 1968, things were starting to pick up. The band released its first album as Creedence Clearwater Revival, and also had their first hit single, "Suzie Q." Other hit singles of Creedence Clearwater Revival were "Fortunate Son," "Up Around The Bend," "Green River," "Down On The Corner," "Travelin' Band," "Lookin' Out My Back Door," "Bad Moon Rising," and "Who'll Stop The Rain."

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