John Fogerty

John Fogerty Net Worth

John Fogerty Net Worth: John Fogerty is an American musician, songwriter, and guitarist, best known as the lead singer and lead guitarist for the band Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR). John Fogerty has a personal net worth of $70 million dollars. Fogerty was born May 28, 1945 in Berkeley, California where he attended El Cerrito High School along with the other members of CCR. He took guitar lessons from Barry Olivier, the Berkeley Folk Festival creator. Fogerty was listed at number 40 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 Greatest Guitarists and at number 72 on the list of 100 Greatest Singers. In 1967, after he was discharged from the Army Reserves, Fogerty took his older brother Tom Fogerty's place as the lead singer of Creedence Clearwater Revival. In 1968, The band released its first album, the self-titled "Creedence Clearwater Revival", and also had their first hit single, "Susie Q". Many other hit singles and albums followed beginning with "Proud Mary". Fogerty wrote the songs and was also the lead singer and lead guitarist and so he, felt that his opinions should count for more than those of the others, leading to resentments within the band. In fact, by the time CCR was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993, Fogerty refused to perform with the surviving members of the band.