John Fogerty, leader and chief songwriter of ’60s and ’70s Rock staple, Credence Clearwater Revival,has won back the sole rights to the music he wrote, after on-going litigation for over 60 years.
Fogerty’s legal woes began nearly 60 years ago when CCR signed to Fantasy Records, which film producer and record company executive Saul Zaentz bought in 1967. Fogerty came to see the terms of the deal as unfair and tried for years to extricate himself from Fantasy Records.
“To get out of the deal, Fogerty relinquished his royalties to Zaentz in 1980 and did not see a payment from them for decades. Zaentz famously sued the rocker for self-plagiarism, claiming Fogerty’s 1985 solo hit “The Old Man Down the Road” ripped off CCR’s “Run Through the Jungle.” (Fogerty won the case.)
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