John Cameron Fogerty was born on May 28,1945 and is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist.
61 Facts About John Fogerty
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Since CCR parted ways in 1972, John Fogerty has had a successful solo career, which continues.
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John Fogerty was listed on Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 Greatest Songwriters and the list of 100 Greatest Singers.
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John Fogerty was born in Berkeley, California, and grew up in El Cerrito, California, the third of five boys born to Galen Robert and Edith Lucile John Fogerty.
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John Fogerty's father was born in Iowa, and worked as a Linotype operator for the Berkeley Gazette in California.
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Lucile John Fogerty taught second grade and was from Great Falls, Montana.
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John Fogerty first attended a Catholic school, the School of the Madeleine, in Berkeley, California.
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John Fogerty's older brother Tom was a guitarist and bandmate in the group that eventually became CCR.
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John Fogerty spent summer vacations at Putah Creek, near Winters, California, which became the subject of the CCR song "Green River".
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John Fogerty received his draft notice for military service during the Vietnam War in 1966.
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John Fogerty believes the recruiter dated the paperwork to take effect before the draft letter arrived.
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John Fogerty completed his active duty for training in July 1967, then served as a part-time reservist until being discharged in 1968.
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In 1968, they changed their name to Creedence Clearwater Revival, with John Fogerty taking his brother's place as lead singer.
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John Fogerty drilled his bandmates in rehearsal after rehearsal, insisting that his songs be performed his way.
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John Fogerty thereafter abandoned the "Blue Ridge Rangers" identity, and released all his subsequent work under his own name.
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The album, for which covers had already been printed, was rejected by Asylum Records a few weeks before its scheduled release, and John Fogerty agreed that it was not up to his usual high standards.
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John Fogerty told Asylum Records to destroy the master tapes for Hoodoo sometime in the 1980s.
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When Zaentz responded with a lawsuit, John Fogerty issued a revised version: "Vanz Kant Danz".
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John Fogerty ultimately won his case when he proved that the two songs were distinct compositions and that sounding like himself was not plagiarizing.
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The setlist consisted of rhythm and blues tunes from the 1960s, as well as material from the Centerfield LP and the song "No Love in You" written by Michael Anderson, which John Fogerty found on the Textones' debut album Midnight Mission and he later recorded with Textones' band leader Carla Olson.
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John Fogerty's All-Stars was recorded in front of an audience of Warners Bros.
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John Fogerty toured behind the album, but he refused to play any CCR material.
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For over 20 years after the Eye of the Zombie tour ended in late 1986, John Fogerty refused to play material from the album in concert.
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John Fogerty played CCR material again at a concert in Washington, DC, for Vietnam veterans that took place on July 4,1987.
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John Fogerty's backing band that night consisted of Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir on guitars, Randy Jackson on bass, and Steve Jordan on drums.
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In 1990, Tom John Fogerty died of complications from AIDS at the age of 48, specifically from a tuberculosis infection, having contracted HIV from blood transfusions during surgery for a back ailment.
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John Fogerty has mentioned that the darkest moments in his life were when his brother took the record company's side in their royalties dispute, and the fact that when his brother died, the two of them were barely speaking to each other.
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Zion Missionary Baptist Church cemetery, John Fogerty met Skip Henderson, a New Jersey vintage guitar dealer who had formed a nonprofit corporation, the Mt.
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John Fogerty subsequently funded headstones for Charlie Patton, James Son Thomas, Mississippi Joe Callicott, Eugene Powell, and Lonnie Pitchford, and helped with financial arrangements for numerous others.
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John Fogerty refused to perform with his former bandmates and fellow inductees Stu Cook and Doug Clifford during the musical portion of the induction ceremony, citing the Zaentz lawsuit as a reason.
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John Fogerty was an Old Testament, shaggy-haired prophet, a fatalist.
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John Fogerty was severe, he was precise, he said what he had to say and he got out of there.
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John Fogerty returned to the commercial music industry in 1997 with Blue Moon Swamp.
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On October 1,1998, John Fogerty was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 7000 Hollywood Blvd.
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In 2004, John Fogerty released Deja Vu All Over Again through DreamWorks Records, which had taken over distribution of John Fogerty's Warner catalog.
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In September 2005, John Fogerty returned to Fantasy Records, made possible when DreamWorks Records' noncountry-music unit was absorbed by Geffen Records, which dropped John Fogerty, but continued to distribute his earlier solo albums.
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John Fogerty's touring schedule increased in the period after Deja Vu All Over Again.
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In October 2004, John Fogerty appeared on the Vote for Change tour, playing seven of the concerts in US swing states.
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John Fogerty appeared in a Christmas special video produced by the Australian children's group The Wiggles.
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John Fogerty was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005.
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On June 23,2007, John Fogerty appeared at Glastonbury Festival, playing an hour-long set of 17 songs, mainly CCR classics.
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On February 10,2008, John Fogerty appeared with Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard on the Grammy Awards show.
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On March 16,2008, John Fogerty kicked off an Australian tour.
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On June 24,2008, John Fogerty made a return to the Royal Albert Hall, a venue he last played with CCR in 1971.
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On July 2,3, and 4,2009, John Fogerty performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, which was sold out for these shows.
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On October 29,2009, John Fogerty appeared at Madison Square Garden for the first night of the celebratory 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concerts.
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On November 3,2009, John Fogerty released the Royal Albert Hall DVD entitled Comin' Down The Road, named after his 1973 single, which he performed at this concert.
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John Fogerty was nominated for a Grammy Award at the 2010 Grammys.
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John Fogerty was nominated for the Best Rock Solo Vocal Performance Grammy for the song "Change in the Weather", which he recorded for The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again.
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John Fogerty began recording Wrote a Song for Everyone in 2011, which was released on Vanguard Records on May 28,2013, his 68th birthday.
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On November 17,2011, John Fogerty performed on the Late Show with David Letterman.
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John Fogerty was featured on the CBS coverage of the Thanksgiving Day Parade, performing several prerecorded songs.
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John Fogerty wrote the song for the show and guest-starred in its debut episode.
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On November 12,2012, John Fogerty announced that he was writing his memoirs, and that the book was expected to be released in 2015.
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In September 2017, John Fogerty signed a new recording contract with BMG Rights Management, which will cover an upcoming album and his solo catalogue.
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John Fogerty performed backing vocals on "Scream and Shout," a single by his sons' band Hearty Har, released October 19,2020.
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On January 6,2021, John Fogerty released "Weeping in the Promised Land," a gospel-styled single, featuring sociopolitical commentary on Black Lives Matter, the COVID-19 pandemic, and Donald Trump.
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On January 13,2023, John Fogerty announced on Twitter that he now owned the rights to the CCR global catalog after a fifty-year legal battle.
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John Fogerty married Martha Paiz in 1965 and had three children.
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John Fogerty met Julie Kramer in 1986 while on tour in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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John Fogerty has a granddaughter who has appeared in online videos with him.