▁Cl iff ord , ▁Stu ▁Cook , ▁and ▁his ▁brother ▁Tom ▁F og ert y , ▁he ▁founded ▁the ▁band ▁Cre ed ence ▁Clear water ▁Rev ival ▁(" CC R "), ▁for ▁which ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁lead ▁singer , ▁lead ▁guitar ist , ▁and ▁principal ▁song writer . ▁The ▁group ▁had ▁nine ▁top - 1 0 ▁singles ▁and ▁eight ▁gold ▁albums ▁between ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁and ▁ 1 9 7 2 , ▁and ▁was ▁induct ed ▁into ▁the ▁Rock ▁and ▁Roll ▁Hall ▁of ▁Fame ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 3 . ▁ ▁Since ▁C CR ▁part ed ▁ways ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 2 , ▁F og ert y ▁has ▁had ▁a ▁successful ▁solo ▁career , ▁which ▁continues ▁to ▁the ▁present . ▁He ▁was ▁listed ▁on ▁Rol ling ▁Stone ▁magazine ' s ▁list ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 ▁Great est ▁Song writ ers ▁( at ▁number ▁ 4 0 ) ▁and ▁the ▁list ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 ▁Great est ▁Sing ers ▁( at ▁number ▁ 7 2 ). ▁His ▁songs ▁include ▁" Pr oud ▁Mary ", ▁" Down ▁on ▁the ▁Cor ner ", ▁" Who ' ll ▁Stop ▁the ▁Rain "," Center field ", ▁" Bad ▁Moon ▁R ising ", ▁" Green ▁River ", ▁and ▁" F ort un ate ▁Son ". ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁F og ert y ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Ber keley , ▁California , ▁and ▁grew ▁up ▁in ▁El ▁Cer rito , ▁California , ▁one ▁of ▁five ▁sons ▁born ▁to ▁Gal en ▁Robert ▁and ▁Ed ith ▁Lu