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"Rarely
in rock and roll history has there been so close a relationship between creative
achievement and audience response as with Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1969 and 1970,
the years when they were without question the most sucessful and exhilarating band in
America. Making music against the grain of the post-San Francisco pop music of the
Sixties, Creedence struck a true chord with records that were clean, demanding, vivid and
fast-with what might be called straightforward lyricism." Greil Marcus, CHRONICLE |
| 1941 | November: On the 9th Tom Fogerty is born in Berkeley, California. |
| 1945 | April: On the 24th Doug Clifford is born in Palo Alto, California. April: On the 25th Stu Cook is born in Oakland, California. May: On the 28th John Cameron Fogerty is born in Berkeley, California. |
| 1958 | Tom Fogerty plays in 'The Playboys'. |
| 1959 | Tom Fogerty plays in another
band: 'Spider Webb and The Insects' September: John, Doug and Stu begin performing as 'Blue Velvets', while attending high-school. November: Tom Fogerty joins the band changing the name into 'Tommy Fogerty And The Blue Velvets'. The quartet became a popular attraction in the Bay Area suburb of El Cerritto. |
| 1961 | October: Tommy Fogerty
& Blue Velvets first single Come On Baby/Oh My Love released. November: Second single Have You Ever Been Lonely/Bonita released. |
| 1962 | June: Third single Yes You Did/Now You're Not Mine released. |
| 1963 | John Fogerty gets a job as picking and shopping clerk at Fantasy Records, while Tom works at Pacific Gas and Electric Co., and Stu and Doug are still at San Jose State College. |
| 1964 | After auditoning as an
instrumental band, TF&BV are signed by Fantasy records, on the understanding that they
change their name to the more topical 'The Golliwogs' and play beat music to
monopolize on the concurrent 'British Invasion'. November: The Golliwogs single Don't Tell Me No Lies/Little Girl released. |
| 1965 | April: Second Golliwogs
single You Came Walking/Where You Been released. July: Third Golliwogs single You Can't Be True/You Got Nothin' On Me released. |
| 1966 | March: The Golliwogs
single Brown-Eyed Girl/You Better Be Carefull released. April: The Golliwogs single Fight Fire/Fragile Child released. John and Doug are drafted into the army. December: The Golliwogs singleWalking On The Water/You Better Get It... released. |
| 1967 | John and Doug return from the
army. November: The Golliwogs single Porterville/Call It Pretending released. Later that year Saul Zaentz buys Fantasy Records. After discussions with The Golliwogs, the quartet turn fully professional and change their name in Creedence Clearwater Revival. December 24: Creedence Clearwater Revival formed by John Fogerty, lead guitar, Tom Fogerty rhythm guitar, Stu Cook, bass guitar and Doug Clifford, drums. |
| 1968 | July: First album,
called simply Creedence Clearwater Revival, released, earns CCR first gold record. August: First two singles, Suzie Q. parts I and II, and I Put A Spell On You/Walk On The Water simultaniously released. |
| 1969 | January: Second Album,
Bayou Country, released, sells over one million copies, earning CCR first platinum record
award. Proud Mary/Born On The Bayou, also released, first gold single. It introduced the mixture of Southern creole styles, R&B and rockabilly through which the best of the group's work was filtered. April: Bad Moon Rising/Lodi released, second gold single. Bootleg/Good Golly Miss Molly released in France as a single. July: Green River/Commotion released, third gold single. August: Third album, Green River, released, earns second platinum record award. September 17: Bad Moon Rising hits the #1 position in Great Britain's New Musical Express top 30. October: Down On The Corner/Fortunate Son released, fourth gold single. November: Fourth album, Willy And The Poor Boys released, third platinum record award. |
| 1970 | January: Travelin'
Band/Who'll Stop The Rain released, fifth gold single. Rolling Stone Creedence cover article. Interview by Ralph J. Gleason with John Fogerty. January 30: Creedence jamsession with Booker T. and the MG's at the Factory in Berkely. April: First European Tour, CCR earns uprecedented praise and acclaim from European press and public. Up Around The Bend/Run Through The Jungle released, sixth gold single. July: Fifth album, Cosmo's Factory released, sells over three million copies, fourth platinum record award. Lookin' Out My Back Door/Long As I Can See The Light released, seventh gold single. July 10: Start of 'Mondo Bizzaro 1' tour. December: Sixth album, Pendulum released. Fifth platinum award |
| 1971 | January: Have You
Ever Seen The Rain/Hey Tonight released, eight gold single. The Inside Creedence booklet by John Halliwall comes out. February: Tom Fogerty leaves group for solo career. July: Sweet Hitch-Hiker/Door To Door released, eleventh single. August 2: Start of 'Mondo Bizzaro 2' tour. September: 'Second European Tour' |
| 1972 | February: Start of New
Zealand, Australia and Japan tour. Molina/Sailors' Lament released in Germany as a single. March: Tour ends, last single released, Someday Never Comes/Tearin' Up The Country. April: Last album, Mardi Grass, released. Start of the 'Mardi Grass Spring Tour'. July: Creedence Clearwater Revival disbands. |
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