Proud Mary Song

According to the proud mary songfacts the phrase proud mary reminded john fogerty of a domestic washerwoman.

Proud mary song. Creedence clearwater revival proud mary bayou country lyrics. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Proud mary has over the years been covered by a number of artists. Left a good job in the city workin for the man ev ry night and day and i never lost one minu.

It was first recorded by rock band creedence clearwater revival in which fogerty played lead guitar and sang lead vocals on the 1969 album bayou country. Tina turner proud mary live live performance of proud mary from the tina turner. I think that the idea of the lyrics if the song proud mary came from the theme song of tv series rawhide in 50s to 60s. Rawhide was an american western tv series aired from 1959 to 1966.

Song review by stewart mason ike and tina turner s version of john fogerty s proud mary is roundly considered a stone soul classic but although it features a powerful vocal performance from tina turner most of its notoriety is due to its rather camp extended spoken word introduction in which tina overheatedly promises that while the song. Live in concert tour at the gelredome in arnheim netherlands 2009. Proud mary is a rock n roll song written by john fogerty and first recorded by his band creedence clearwater revival. It was a very popular tv series and it was aired in japan too.

The song is about an old steamboat on the mississ. It was released by fantasy records as a single from the band s second studio album bayou country which was issued by the same record company in january 1969 the single is generally considered to have been released in early january 1969 although at least one source. It was first recorded by rock band creedence clearwater revival in which fogerty played lead guitar and sang lead vocals on the 1969 album bayou country. Proud mary is a song written by american singer and guitarist john fogerty.