Songwriters Hall of FameInducted 2005 | BMI, ASCAP Writer

John Fogerty is a true Hall of Famer-one of the greatest rock & rollers to ever play the game who has long been considered one of our greatest American singer-songwriters.

Fogerty's enduring songs like "Proud Mary" and “Fortunate Son" are now so firmly ingrained in our collective consciousness they seem to have come to us from the American soil as much as from any one man. But there is only one man who penned such classic songs like "Bad Moon Rising," "Who'll Stop The Rain," "Lodi," "Looking Out My Back Door," "Run Through The Jungle," and "Centerfield" to name just a few of the modern standards that Fogerty has brought us.

Of course, John Fogerty recorded many of his great songs as the leader of the now legendary band Creedence Clearwater Revival. His music for Creedence-and for his subsequent solo career-was never about fashion or hype. This was something far deeper and more lasting than your typical rock & roll success story. From the start, Fogerty blended rockabilly, R&B, swamp rock and country music into a potent mix that became all his own. Fogerty's soulful sound had the power of his beloved rock & roll forefathers but Fogerty also managed to address the burning social issues of his time in a way that has proven subtle and timeless.

Bruce Springsteen-one of Fogerty's biggest fans and the artist who has most directly tapped into Fogerty's plainspoken yet poetic populist tradition-perhaps put it best. While inducting Creedence Clearwater Revival into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1993, Springsteen noted, "Creedence wasn't the hippest band in the world, but they…

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