This was the number one song on December 16, 1970. Long live CCR.
A little before my time. Ok, I was 12. Never quite understood them anyhow.
I grew up listening to CCR.
John Fogerty rarely does any CCR material. Apparently they were “hoodwinked” out of the rights and royalties.
Ralph
Most played song at our wedding reception, 9/22/72
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XfyEpmQM7bw&feature=related
Of course, we left the next day on a 18 foot sailboat headed up river - St. Louis to Keokuk, Iowa. 9 days up, 3 days back. She stayed with me through that and has been trying to get even, ever since.
I always liked the one about the bathroom being on the right…
Steve Featherkile said:Those were the days. Girls loved to dance and artificial means of support were rarely seen :D :D
[url=http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YtO5SJZvOpk]This[/url] was the number one song on December 16, 1970. Long live CCR.
Ric - I graduated High School the year before you were married. I only lasted another 4 years before Marilyn hooked me.
Ken - Me too. Another favorite was Hendrix - “Scuse me while I kiss this guy” 
Sigh…I wouldn’t be born fer another 6 months…
Jon Radder said:Steve Featherkile said:Those were the days. Girls loved to dance and artificial means of support were rarely seen :D :D
[url=http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YtO5SJZvOpk]This[/url] was the number one song on December 16, 1970. Long live CCR.Ric - I graduated High School the year before you were married. I only lasted another 4 years before Marilyn hooked me.
Ken - Me too. Another favorite was Hendrix - “Scuse me while I kiss this guy”
On Dec 16 of that year I was knee-deep in the Republic of VietNam and our favorite song over there at that time was an Eric Burden and the Animals tune…“We Gotta Get Outa This Place”…15 days later I was on my way out…
Steve,
Strange that you would mention that song right after Bart spoke of his own berth.
Ken,
I’ve talked to so many guys that remember that song , “We’ve Gotta Get Outa This Place” and reflected the same as you. I thought of an analogy of Dorthy in “the Wizard of Oz” clicking the heels of her ruby red slippers and then flashed to a bunch of guys with ruby red slippers in rice paddies, bad visuals. Best to move on. Glad you can remember that song.
Good reflections overall, I’m going to have to look up a CCR best of CD. Memorable stuff.
Ken .“We Gotta Get Outa This Place”.
If it’s the last thing we ever do I think most everyone knew the diddy Nam 71-2 for me
And nobody ever wrote a nice song about somebody named “Ruby.” I had them all sung to me endlessly.
It’s amazing how many people think Jack Ruby killed Kennedy.
Ric Golding said:
Steve,Strange that you would mention that song right after Bart spoke of his own berth.
Ken,
I’ve talked to so many guys that remember that song , “We’ve Gotta Get Outa This Place” and reflected the same as you. I thought of an analogy of Dorthy in “the Wizard of Oz” clicking the heels of her ruby red slippers and then flashed to a bunch of guys with ruby red slippers in rice paddies, bad visuals. Best to move on. Glad you can remember that song.
Good reflections overall, I’m going to have to look up a CCR best of CD. Memorable stuff.
Don’t know if it’s still available or not but I have a CD “The Very Best Of CCR”…XYZ Records 70062-2
May have gotten it from K-Mart a good while back, Has about 40 of their songs on it.
I was only 7, but grew up on rock, my earliest music memories are listening to Beatle’s 45rpms, remember THOSE???
Have my CCR cd’s, along with Hendrixs, Floyd, Zeppelin, Dylan, Stones, Kinks, Kiss, Who, Yes, etc etc
One band I could just never get into was the Dead, while I like several songs, I just didnt get the devotion, of course I wasn’t stoned out of my mind either, all that dam “mother nature” stuff did was to give me a dam migraine.
Victor Smith said:I went to several Dead shows in the 70's. I usually fell asleep during the long run-on jams that the true Dead Heads thought were so great. Last month I found a board recording of the show I saw in Buffalo, NY in 1973. I never heard the jam that night, but listening to it now 35 years later with a greater appreciation for improvisational music, it's just awesome.
[i][/i]One band I could just never get into was the Dead, while I like several songs, I just didnt get the devotion, of course I wasn't stoned out of my mind either, all that dam "mother nature" stuff did was to give me a dam migraine.
Asleep? Are you sure it was the music? or just “something in the air” ??? :lol:
Tom Ruby said:
And nobody ever wrote a nice song about somebody named "Ruby." I had them all sung to me endlessly.It’s amazing how many people think Jack Ruby killed Kennedy.
Some doo-wop song was about, “I got a gal and Ruby is her name”
Don’t recall who sang it.
"Don’t know if it’s still available or not but I have a CD “The Very Best Of CCR”…XYZ Records 70062-2
May have gotten it from K-Mart a good while back, Has about 40 of their songs on it."
Yeah, I got that one too.
Right after CCR, I started going south with my favorite music. Marshall Tucker, Charlie Daniels, Allman Bros, Lynard Skynard, et all.
Couldn’t get into that acid stuff.
Dear John,
“Ruby Baby” has been covered numerous times since the Drifters in 1956.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Baby
I am familiar with the Donald Fagen (Jazz-Rock) version from his 1982 “Nightfly” album/CD.
10 different Creedence compilations from Fantasy Records since 1971 (scroll down):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creedence_Clearwater_Revival_discography
Hope this helps.
Sincerely,
Joe Satnik
How about the old Mel Tillis tune? With a young Kenny Rogers and the 1st Edition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZYcqlEZxGQ