Tori Matthieu made a great cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Proud Mary” on Ken Tamplin Vocal Academy Youtube Channel.
Check it out:
Song history:
In the beginning, “Proud Mary” had nothing to do with a riverboat. Instead, John Fogerty envisioned it as the story of a woman who works as a maid for rich people. “She gets off the bus every morning and goes to work and holds their lives together,” he explains. “Then she has to go home.
Fogerty wrote the lyrics based on three song title ideas: “Proud Mary,” “Riverboat,” and “Rolling On A River.” He carried around a notebook with titles that he thought would make good songs, and “Proud Mary” was at the top of the list.
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