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* SignatureSong: Many, but "Fortunate Son", "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" and "Bad Moon Rising" are the ones that tie for gold overall, while "Proud Mary", "Down on the Corner", "Lookin' Out My Back Door", "Who'll Stop the Rain" and "Up Around the Bend" tie for silver. Going by album:
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* SignatureSong: Many, but "Fortunate Son", "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" and "Bad Moon Rising" are the ones that tie for gold overall, while "Proud Mary", "Down on the Corner", "Lookin' Out My Back Door", "Who'll Stop the Rain" and Rain", "Up Around the Bend" and "Green River" tie for silver. Going by album:
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* ValuesDissonance: The band name that they went by in 1964-1967 (i.e. the one that immeidately preceded their use of the name "Creedence Clearwater Revival") is derived from the name of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golliwog a character from a British children's book from 1895]][[note]][[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Kate_Upton the book's author & illustrator]] was born in the U.S. to English immigrant parents, but had moved back to the UK two years prior to the book's publication[[/note]] which is widely considered to be an offensive racial caricature. This '''might''' be [[DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch more offensive in the UK than elsewhere]] (because there's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wog a racial slur]] used in the UK that also originated from that character's name), but beware that it may well be considered offensive in the U.S. and other places. (According to one published biography of CCR, that previous band name was chosen by the record company's executives because they thought that it "sounded British"[[note]]likely in an attempt to ride on the coattails of the [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion then-current popularity of British pop music in the U.S.]][[/note]], and the band members strongly disliked it.)
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* ValuesDissonance: The band name that they went by in 1964-1967 (i.e. the one that immeidately preceded their use of the name "Creedence Clearwater Revival") is derived from the name of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golliwog a character from a British children's book from 1895]][[note]][[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Kate_Upton the book's author & illustrator]] was born in the U.S. to English immigrant parents, but had moved back to the UK two years prior to the book's publication[[/note]] which is widely considered to be an offensive racial caricature. This '''might''' be [[DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch more offensive in the UK than elsewhere]] (because there's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wog a racial slur]] used in the UK that also originated from that character's name), but beware that it may well also be considered offensive in the U.S. and other places. (According to one published biography of CCR, that previous band name was chosen by the record company's executives because they thought that it "sounded British"[[note]]likely in an attempt to ride on the coattails of the [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion then-current popularity of British pop music in the U.S.]][[/note]], and the band members strongly disliked it.)
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I'm sure I remember reading this in a biography of CCR, but I've forgotten what the book's title & its author's name are
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* ValuesDissonance: The band name that they went by in 1964-1967 (i.e. the one that immeidately preceded their use of the name "Creedence Clearwater Revival") is derived from the name of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golliwog a character from a British children's book from 1895]][[note]][[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Kate_Upton the book's author & illustrator]] was born in the U.S. to English immigrant parents, but had moved back to the UK two years prior to the book's publication[[/note]] which is widely considered to be an offensive racial caricature. This '''might''' be [[DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch more offensive in the UK than elsewhere]] (because there's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wog a racial slur]] used in the UK that also originated from that character's name), but beware that it may well be considered offensive in the U.S. and other places. (According to one published biography of CCR, that previous band name was chosen by the record company's executives because they thought that it "sounded British"[[note]]likely in an attempt to ride on the coattails of the [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion then-current popularity of British pop music in the U.S.]][[/note]], and the band members strongly disliked it.)
