John Fogerty
John Cameron Fogerty is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was the lead singer, lead guitarist, and principal songwriter for Creedence Clearwater Revival. FogerTY was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. He is listed on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of 100 Greatest Songwriters and 100 Greatest Singers.
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John Cameron Fogerty is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was the lead singer, lead guitarist, and principal songwriter for Creedence Clearwater Revival. The group had nine top-10 singles and eight gold albums between 1968 and 1972. FogerTY was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. He has had a successful solo career, which continues as of 2020. He is listed on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of 100 Greatest Songwriters and 100 Greatest Singers. His songs include “Proud Mary”, “Bad Moon Rising,” “Green River,” and “Who’ll Stop the Rain” and “Mardi Gras”, which made it into the Billboard Top 20 in 1972. His brother Tom was a guitarist and bandmate in the group that eventually became CCR. The band’s last two singles, the hit singles “Sweet Hitch-Hiker” and “Someday Never Comes Never Comes,” were released in April 1972, which became the band’s final album, Mardigras. FogERty’s brother Tom left the group in January 1971, leading to internal rifts, and Tom’s feeling that he was being for granted to leave the group. The two group members, bassist Cook and drummer Clifford, wanted a greater role in the future of CCR, but Fogeries insisted they share songwriting and vocal writing. Fogersty told Cook and Clifford that fans would not accept the band as a CCR LP without his voice, but they told them they had to accept it as a band.
CCR’s last album, Bayou Country, was released in 1972, and included the hit single “Sweet Hiker” The band split up in 1972 and Fogerties went on to have a successful career as a solo artist. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California, with his wife and two children. He also has a son, John, and two step-children. He and his wife have a daughter, Emma, and a son-in-law, David, who lives in New York City, New York. The couple have three children, who have a son and a step-daughter, both of whom are in their late 20s and early 30s. They have three grandchildren, who live with their parents in California and New York, and have no plans to have any more children of their own in the near future. The family lives in El Cerrito, California and has lived in Berkeley for most of their lives. They also live in San Francisco and San Diego, California. He had a brother, Tom, who was in the band The Golliwogs, and has since left the CCR group. He spent summer vacations at Putah Creek, near Winters,California, which is the subject of his CCR song “Green river” Fogery’s parents were alcoholics and that they divorced when he was in third or fourth grade. He attended St. Mary’s High School and took guitar lessons from Berkeley Folk Festival creator Barry Olivier. In 1964, the band signed with Fantasy Records.
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