Creedence Clearwater Revival is known as one of the most influential classic rock outfits of all time, and for good reason; their songs simply slap. Even decades after CCR called it quits, their ...

John Fogerty claims he wrote "Fortunate Son" in just 20 minutes. But the music he made with Creedence Clearwater Revival has soundtracked visions of the Vietnam War in pop culture for what feels like ...

The band's frontman was furious about the Vietnam War draft, and the song's message still hits more than 50 years later.

There was a time in the 1970s when Creedence Clearwater Revival was the biggest band on the planet. The Beatles had just broken up, and suddenly the world was looking around at each other, like, who ...

Does anyone have more perfectly singable songs than Creedence Clearwater Revival? Thanks to John Fogerty's natural songwriting talents, the quartet and their "swamp rock," as it was dubbed, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Creedence Clearwater Revival’s "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" ...

Capping one of the longest and nastiest legal battles in music business history, John Fogerty has gained worldwide control of the publishing rights to his Creedence Clearwater Revival songs, more than ...

The Beatles were so busy in their early days that they could have been called the Workhorses. Between playing live, doing interviews, and making TV and radio performances, it’s a wonder they ever ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Had it not been for the in-fighting, the pressure, crap deals, 'stolen' songs and one control-freak member's desire to run the ...

While "Fortunate Son" is, without a doubt, the signature Creedence Clearwater Revival hit, the band has a lot more to offer. Whether you were down on the corner or up around the bend the first time ...

At least according to the back-cover blurbs, John Lingan conceived and executed his chronicle of Creedence Clearwater Revival as more than just the biography of a band. It is intended as a chronicle ...

As John Fogerty begins talking about his new album, a bemused smile comes over his face. “I wanted to call it Taylor’s Version,” he says during a recent visit to New York. “I lobbied very much to the ...