{"id":1709,"date":"2026-05-07T12:45:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T16:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/?p=1709"},"modified":"2026-05-07T12:46:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T16:46:15","slug":"did-you-know-john-fogerty-was-sued-for-sounding-like-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/articles\/did-you-know-john-fogerty-was-sued-for-sounding-like-himself\/","title":{"rendered":"Did You Know? John Fogerty Was Sued For Sounding Like Himself"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In 1985, legendary swamp rocker John Fogerty<\/a> found himself in a unique conundrum. He was sued for sounding like himself. The landmark lawsuit stated that Fogerty’s newest hit, “The Old Man Down The Road,” plagiarized his 1970 Creedence Clearwater Revival hit “Run Through The Jungle.” Fogerty wrote both songs, but didn’t own the rights to his CCR songs. The rights to his CCR songs were owned by Fantasy Records owner Saul Zaentz. Fogerty claims the rights to his songs were taken advantage of when he was a young aspiring artist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fogerty recently went on the Joe Rogan Experience<\/em> podcast<\/a>, where he discussed the lawsuit. “You’re a young artist, you don’t even realize what you’ve got. You’re less than a rookie.” After the success of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Fogerty said, “Fantasy became a very wealthy record company. Saul eventually went into making movies. That money I made for him at the record company turned into One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest<\/em>. In those times, he had bought the rights to Lord Of The Rings,<\/em> so his ticket got punched way up high and we never got a dime of any of that.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following Fogerty’s departure from Creedence Clearwater Revival<\/a>, he released two solo albums in the 1970’s. He released his debut The Blue Ridge Rangers<\/em> in 1973 and John Fogerty<\/em> in 1975. Fogerty has claimed that he wrote all the parts for his iconic CCR hits and further proved this point by playing all the instruments on his solo releases. Following legal issues with the rights to his own music, Fogerty grew frustrated and took a long hiatus from music from 1975 to 1985.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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