“I don’t think we would’ve found any success had I not written any songs or had someone else been the lead singer. Me and the fellas would’ve been playing down at a local club somewhere”: The story of a rock classic that’s now hit over two billion streams

A portrait of John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival in April 1970.

Rock history is riddled with examples of male siblings whose relationships are as combustible as they are creative. Don and Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers spring to mind – as do Ray and Dave Davies of The Kinks, Chris and Rich Robinson of The Black Crowes and, of course, Liam and Noel Gallagher of Oasis.

Then there are John and Tom Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR).