Breaking: John Fogerty Allowed To Sound Like…John Fogerty

[skews13]

In 1964, John Fogerty’s San Francisco rock band was starting to get attention. Fogerty, acting as the band’s songwriter, arranger, producer and manager, was stretched thin. He felt relieved when at least one part of the job—making records—was codified when Saul Zentz signed Creedence Clearwater Revival to his Fantasy label.

Sadly, Fogerty had made the mistake too many young artists make: he hadn’t read the fine print. Zentz’s Fantasy contract took Fogerty’s publishing (and the right to administer it). In 1980, Fogerty even signed away his artist’s royalties from the Creedence recordings to get free of the Fantasy contract.

Breaking: John Fogerty Allowed to Sound Like John Fogerty

In 1964, John Fogerty’s San Francisco rock band was starting to get attention. Fogerty, acting as the band’s songwriter, arranger, producer and manager, was stretched thin. He felt relieved when at least one part of the job—making records—was codified...

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Better Run Through The Jungle

 

[rightwinger]

Same thing happened to Prince who replaced his name with a symbol and became “The Artist Formerly Known as Prince”

 

[themirrorthief]

Same thing happened to Prince who replaced his name with a symbol and became “The Artist Formerly Known as Prince”

it happened to me, I had to sell the rights to my hits to cover the cost of gas and groceries in the biden era