Capping one of the longest and nastiest legal battles in music business history, John Fogerty has gained worldwide control of the publishing rights to his Creedence Clearwater Revival songs, more t…
Fogerty has acquired a majority interest in the global publishing rights to his song catalog with the group, which includes “Proud Mary,” “Fortunate Son,” “Bad Moon Rising,” “Up Around the Bend,” “Have You Ever Seen Rain” and others from Concord for an undisclosed amount, a rep for the company confirmed to Variety; the news was first reported byThe Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s disputes were not with Concord, which acquired the rights to the catalog in 2004, but with music and film mogul Saul...
Creedence’s late-’60s/ early-’70s heyday was huge — they reportedly sold more records than the Beatles in 1969 — but freakishly brief: They scored an incredible seven Top 5 singles and five Top 10 albums in just over two years, but then faded just as quickly as the group splintered and finally split in 1972.
“The happiest way to look at it is, yeah, it isn’t everything,” Fogerty said. “It’s not a 100% win for me, but it’s sure better than it was. I’m really kind of still in shock. I haven’t allowed my brain to really, actually, start feeling it yet.”
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