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John Cameron Fogerty (born May 28, 1945) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. Together with Doug Clifford, Stu Cook, and his brother Tom Fogerty, he founded the swamp rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR), for which he was the lead singer, lead guitarist, and principal songwriter. CCR had nine Top 10 singles and eight gold albums between 1968 and 1972, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.

Since CCR parted ways in 1972, Fogerty has had a successful solo career, which still continues. He was listed on Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 Greatest Songwriters (at No. 40) and its list of 100 Greatest Singers (at No. 72), and is a 2005 inductee of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Fogerty's songs include "Proud Mary," "Bad Moon Rising," "Fortunate Son," "Green River," "Down on the Corner," "Who'll Stop the Rain," "Up Around the Bend," "Have You Ever Seen the Rain," "Centerfield," "The Old Man Down the Road," and "Rockin' All Over the World." All of these have been covered many times by musicians of various genres. One of Fogerty’s admirers, the Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, two of whose Nirvana bandmates first played together in a CCR tribute band, has said, "There's something about when you launch into the song 'Bad Moon [Rising]' in front of 4,000 people. It doesn't matter if the guy has a mohawk, the guy has a mustache, the chick has a Madonna shirt—everybody loves Fogerty's music. Everybody."

Early life

Fogerty was born in Berkeley, California, and grew up in nearby El Cerrito, the third of five boys born to Galen Robert and Edith Lucile (Lytle) Fogerty. He is of Irish descent. His father was born in Iowa, and worked as a Linotype operator for the Berkeley Gazette in California. Lucile Fogerty taught second grade and was from Great Falls, Montana. John first attended a Catholic school, the School of the Madeleine, in Berkeley, California.

After one year, Fogerty enrolled in the nearby Harding Grammar School. In his book, he stated that his parents were alcoholics and that they divorced when he was in the third or fourth grade. He later attended St. Mary's High School, then transferred to El Cerrito High School, where he met the other future members of CCR and took guitar lessons from the Berkeley Folk Festival creator and producer Barry Olivier. Fogerty's older brother Tom was a guitarist and bandmate in the group that eventually became Creedence Clearwater Revival. Fogerty spent summer vacations at Putah Creek, near Winters, California, which became the subject of the CCR song "Green River."

While in junior high school in 1959, Fogerty formed a cover band with bassist Stu Cook and drummer Doug Clifford called the Blue Velvets. The band was inspired by rock and roll pioneers, especially Little Richard, Bo Diddley and Carl Perkins. Later, Fogerty's brother Tom joined the group. In 1964, the band signed with Fantasy Records, which, without the band's knowledge or approval, changed the band's name from the Blue Velvets to The Golliwogs. This group recorded seven singles that were not commercially successful.