Creedence Clearwater Revival, también conocida simplemente como CCR o Creedence, se formó en El Cerrito, California, en 1967. La banda fue fundada por los hermanos John Fogerty y Tom Fogerty, junto con sus compañeros de escuela Stu Cook y Doug Clifford. Inicialmente, el grupo se llamaba "The Blue Velvets" y servía como banda de respaldo para otros artistas locales. Más tarde adoptaron el nombre "The Golliwogs" antes de finalmente establecerse como Creedence Clearwater Revival en 1967.
El nombre "Creedence Clearwater Revival" tiene un origen bastante curioso y se compone de varias partes. "Creedence" proviene de un amigo de Tom Fogerty llamado Credence Newball, a lo que añadieron una "e" para un toque de originalidad. "Clearwater" remite a una campaña publicitaria de cerveza, mientras que "Revival" denota un nuevo comienzo para la banda. Juntos, estos elementos simbolizan la frescura, autenticidad y el renacimiento musical que la banda representaría.
El álbum debut homónimo de Creedence Clearwater Revival se lanzó en 1968, y rápidamente atrajo la atención con su mezcla única de rock, blues y country. Canciones como "Suzie Q" y "I Put a Spell on You" se convirtieron en éxitos notables. Sin embargo, fue su segundo álbum, Bayou Country, lanzado en 1969, el que realmente consolidó el estatus de la banda. Con su icónica "Proud Mary" y la evocadora "Born on the Bayou," el álbum elevó a CCR a la cima
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Oo, Bet you're wond'ring how I knew
About your plans to make me blue
With some other guy that you knew before?
Between the two of us guys, you know I love you more.
It took me by surprise, I must say,
When I found out yester-day.
Oo,
I heard it through the grapevine,
Not much longer would you be mine.
Oo, I heard it through the grapevine,
And I'm just about to lose my mind.
Honey, honey yeah.
You know that a man ain't supposed to cry,
But these tears I can't hold inside.
Losing you would end my life you see,
'cause you mean that much to me.
You could have told me yourself
That you found someone else.
Instead,
I heard it through the grapevine,
Not much longer would you be mine.
Oo, I heard it through the grapevine,
And I'm just about to lose my mind.
Honey, honey yeah.
People say you "Hear from what you see,
Na na not from what you hear."
I can't help bein' confused;
If it's true, won't you tell me dear?
Do you plan to let me go
For the other guy that you knew before?
Oo,
I heard it through the grapevine,
Not much longer would you be mine.
Oo, I heard it through the grapevine,
And I'm just about to lose my mind.
Honey, honey yeah.
I heard it through the grapevine,
Not much longer would you be mine.
Oo, I heard it through the grapevine,
And I'm just about to lose my mind.
Honey, honey yeah.