In 1970 Creedence Clearwater Revival released their album “Cosmo’s Factory”, with hits like “Lookin’ Out My Back Door”, “Up Around the bend”, “Who’ll Stop The Rain, “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” and “Long As I Can See The Light”.
From another album that year, “Pendulum”, the only tracks I can remember were “Have You Ever Seen The Rain?” and “Hey Tonight”.
Creedence Clearwater Revival accompanied me from the late Sixties into the Seventies, but by 1972 they had broken up.
Although from 1969, “Bad Moon Rising” and “Lodi”, which I had on single, and “Midnight Special” and “Down On The Corner” from the album “Willy And The Poorboys” were popular long into the next decade, as were songs like “Born On The Bayou” and “Suzie Q” and of course the iconic “Proud Mary”, with which Ike and Tina Turner also had a hit in 1971.
So here’s what I have found, first, a classic CCR song, “Long As I Can See The Light”:
More upbeat, “Hey Tonight”:
Next up, “Have You Ever Seen The Rain?”:
Still on the topic of rain, apparently after the experience at Woodstock in 1969, “Who’ll Stop The Rain”:
Lookin’ Out My Back Door:
“Up Around The Bend”:
Proud Mary:
The Ike and Tina Turner version of Proud Mary I mentioned above…
“Down On The Corner:
Bad Moon Rising:
And the B side, “Lodi”:
“Midnight Special”:
Here’s a shorter version of “I Heard It Through The Grapevine”, but with video:
And for those who like the longer version, but just the music of “I Heard It Through The Grapevine”:
Speaking of long songs, here’s “Suzie Q”:
And finally, some very rare footage of “Born On The Bayou” at Woodstock in 1969:
See you down on the corner!
Paul