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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.

At a time when rock was evolving further and further away from the forces that had made the music possible in the first place, Creedence Clearwater Revival brought things back to their roots with their concise synthesis of rockabilly, swamp pop, R&B, and country.

The band Creedence Clearwater Revisited has recorded a cover of the holiday classic "Run Rudolph Run" for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's charity fundraising compilation CD Hope For The Holidays Rockin' Christmas for a Cure .

Fogerty, the former singer/songwriter for Creedence Clearwater Revival, could probably relate to Nelson's complaining that crowds only wanted to hear his greatest hits: "If memories are all I sing, I'd rather drive a truck." Of course, Fogerty seems more good-natured than Nelson was.

Even after all these years there are aspects of John Fogerty's extraordinary talent that can sneak up on you.

They've got it covered Here are a couple of recent albums from classic rockers from influential bands a ' Creedence Clearwater Revival and The Band a ' whose music was always an extension of American roots music a ' blues, R & B, rockabilly, gospel, and straight-up hillbilly sounds.

John Fogerty 's first post-Creedence album was "Blue Ridge Rangers," a 1973 solo effort on which he played all the instruments.

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.

Nineteen seventy-three was a strange year to be John Fogerty. He was just off a spectacular run with his band Creedence Clearwater Revival, from the swamp-rocking cover "Susie Q" to his own "Proud Mary," "Bad Moon Rising," "Down on the Corner," and "Fortunate Son" , and quickly onward to "Who'll Stop the Rain," "Run Through the Jungle," "Lookin' ...

When it comes to vintage rock 'n' roll, the popularity of few bands has crossed generations and weathered the years like that of Creedence Clearwater Revival.

CREEDENCE Clearwater Revival had classic hits, then vanished. Frontman John Fogerty tells Charlotte Heathcote of the years of bitterness and a joyful comeback with the help of his wife... and Bruce Springsteen .

Released: Nov 3, 2009 Genre: Rock Number Of Tracks: 16 If I can say anything, it's that CCR's sound is quite diverse, to say that they were only around for 4 years.

Yes, it's a graveyard smash, and yes, it caught on in a flash. But, as the blog pointed earlier today , it's still one of the most annoying human artifacts ever produced.

On November 3, Fantasy Records will release The Singles Collection , a two-CD, one-DVD box with a slip case, containing all of the band's U.S. singles - 30 songs in all.

About the artist 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.

A new box set containing every Creedence Clearwater Revival single is set for release by Fantasy Records.

With the 40th anniversary of Woodstock come and gone so recently, it is interesting to consider what, out of all the music played at the festival, has aged the best.

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.

Looking at a picture of 64-year-old rocker Doug Clifford, famed as a founding member of Creedence Clearwater Revival, one might assume he's still a hard living and partying kind of guy.

John Fogerty wore a country-singer outfit - including a black cowboy hat and black cowboy shirt - when he performed at the South Street Seaport's Pier 17 on Wednesday night.