09/26/2025
Proud Mary is undoubtedly one of John Fogerty's finest accomplishments. Commercially, the Creedence Clearwater Revival track became a major hit in the States, peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Just two years later, Ike & Tina Turner released their own rendition, and it quickly became one of Tina Turner's signature songs, further cementing its legacy.
As for how his calling card came to fruition, it all stemmed from being honorably discharged from the National Guard.
“In the middle of the Vietnam War, that might have been the best news you could get!” he recalls in an interview with Rick Beato.
“I actually turned a real cartwheel on the little patch of grass, because I want[ed] to remember this, and that's what I did. I went head over heels, went in the house and grabbed my Rickenbacker and just started strumming.”
