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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Creedence Clearwater Revival is one of perhaps dozens of legacy ...

1969 was a banner year for Creedence Clearwater Revival. During the year, the Bay Area roots-rock act led by John Fogerty released three studio albums, scored four Top-Five hits on the Billboard Hot ...

In the space of less than two years, CCR put five studio albums in the top 10 on the Billboard 200. Two of those albums, Green River and Cosmo’s Factory, had long runs at No. 1. Although the band ...

August 1969 was a very Creedence month. But so were most months back then. Creedence Clearwater Revival, the most popular band in America, were riding the hot streak of all hot streaks, cranking out ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Creedence Clearwater Revival’s music never disappears from the ...

A nostalgic trip back to ’69, the heady days of Woodstock and one of the most important musical periods ever. This tribute conjures up the high-energy experience of seeing the band in their prime, so ...

It’s rare to go to a concert where everyone knows almost every song, but then John Fogerty is the rare singer-songwriter whose catalog, especially all those Creedence Clearwater Revival hits, can ...

The official history of rock and roll in the late 1960s is usually written festival-to-festival, Fillmore lineup to Fillmore lineup. Here are the reputation-making gigs, here are the moments when ...