The Golliwogs

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The Golliwogs were the American rock band that eventually became Creedence Clearwater Revival. The band started out, in 1959, as an instrumental trio called The Blue Velvets. The original line up was John Fogerty (guitar), Stu Cook (piano), and Doug Clifford (drums). In 1960, John's older brother Tom, who had been in local bands since 1958, began singing with the group. The Blue Velvets released three singles in the San Francisco Bay area, during 1961 and 1962, on Oakland's Orchestra Records. These recordings received only minimal sales although the second Blue Velvets single was added to Oakland's KEWB top 40 playlist by famed disc jockey Casey Kasem, who was employed at the station. Following the Orchestra singles, Tom began playing rhythm guitar in addition to remaining the lead vocalist and front man while John continued as the lead guitarist. Meanwhile, Stu Cook switched from piano to bass guitar. In the middle of 1964, the band recorded two songs Fantasy Records, a local label based in San Francisco. The band was attracted to Fantasy because, in 1963, it had released a national hit by Vince Guaraldi, "Cast Your Fate To The Wind". Max Weiss, one of Fantasy's co-owners initially changed the group's name to The Visions, but when their songs were released as a single, in November 1964, Weiss re-named them The Golliwogs, an apparent reference to a once-popular minstrel doll called a Golliwogg. Seven singles were released in the San Francisco Bay area. While none of these

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Fight Fire: The Complete Recordings 1964-1967

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Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era, Vol. 3

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Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era

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Nuggets Original Artyfacts fro

Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968

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Creedence Clearwater Revival Disc 1: 1961-1967 Pre-Creedence

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Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 (disc 3)

Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968

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Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968, Volume 3

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Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968 [Box] Disc 3

Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968 (Disc 3)

Nuggets - Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968

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