Proud Mary was written in 1969 by John Fogerty from the band Creedence Clearwater Revival, otherwise known as CCR. John Fogerty was the lead guitarist and singer for Creedence Clearwater Revival. The others members of the band include Tom Fogerty on rhythm guitar, Stu Cook on bass and Doug Clifford on the drums.
Solomon Burke made a cover of this song and changed the style to have a R&B style. It had elements of gospel and a bit of a country flavor. His version was played on the black radio stations and made the charts, during the same year that the CCR version was also on the recording hits charts.
John Fogerty loved Burke’s version of the song. He thought that Burke captured his original but also added a feeling of black social consciousness to his version. Fogerty said the following about Solomon Burke’s version of Proud Mary
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