Unquestionably one of the greatest American rock bands ever, Creedence Clearwater Revival will best be remembered for their unique bayou sound popularized in songs like “Proud Mary” and “Green River.” Although their music evoked the raw, gospel-tinged sound of the rural South, Doug Clifford, Stu Cook, and Tom and John Fogerty actually hailed from El Cerrito, California, a small town near Berkeley.

The 1968 release of the band’s debut self-titled album Creedence Clearwater Revival paralleled the flowering of the San Francisco music scene, but the CCR phenomenon had little in common with the “San Francisco Sound.” That first LP contained rock standards such as Dale Hawkins’s “Susie Q” and Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ “I Put a Spell on You,” as well as original material by John Fogerty, who was to emerge as one of rock’s most omnipresent hitmaking songwriters in the years that followed.

1.  I Put A Spell On You
2.  The Working Man
3.  Susie-Q
4.  Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won’t Do)
5.  Get Down Woman
6.  Porterville
7.  Gloomy
8.  Walking on the Water