{"id":1393,"date":"2026-06-14T06:10:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T06:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1393"},"modified":"2026-06-14T06:10:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T06:10:14","slug":"music-legend-reveals-his-genius-plan-to-get-his-songs-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1393","title":{"rendered":"Music Legend Reveals His Genius Plan to Get His Songs Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p>John Fogerty has revealed how he finally reclaimed ownership of some of the most iconic songs in American rock history. Accepting the Johnny Mercer Award at the Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony in New York on Thursday, Fogerty delivered the punchline to a decades-long legal saga. \u201cI had a plan, and the plan was I outlived all those sons of b&#8212;-s, and I got my songs back!\u201d he told the cheering crowd. Fogerty wrote \u201cProud Mary,\u201d \u201cBad Moon Rising,\u201d \u201cFortunate Son,\u201d and a string of other classics during Creedence Clearwater Revival\u2019s extraordinary four-year run from 1968 to 1972\u2014only for contracts signed early in his career to hand ownership of those copyrights to his record label. The dispute grew so bitter that he largely stopped performing the songs live for years and was even sued by his former label for allegedly copying a song he himself had written. In 2023, he announced he had acquired a majority interest in the worldwide publishing rights. \u201cI had to live so much of my life not owning my own songs,\u201d he told the Hollywood Reporter. \u201cIt was, of course, a tragedy, but it was a part of me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1388\">Melinda French Gates Crumbles Recalling First Meeting With Jeffrey Epstein<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Fogerty has revealed how he finally reclaimed ownership of some of the most iconic songs in American rock history. 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