Years active 1959–1964 Active until 1964 Albums The Blue Velvets | Labels Orchestra, Fantasy Members Tom Fogerty | |
Also known as Tommy Fogerty and The Blue Velvets Associated acts The Golliwogs, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Creedence Clearwater Revisited Website www.creedence-online.net Past members John Fogerty
Tom Fogerty
Stu Cook
Doug Clifford Origin El Cerrito, California, United States (1959) Genres Roots rock, Country rock, Blues rock, Swamp pop, Rock and roll Similar The Golliwogs, John Fogerty, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Doug Clifford, Stu Cook | ||
The blue velvets i m on fire
The Blue Velvets (a.k.a. Tommy Fogerty & The Blue Velvets) were John Fogerty's first band before forming The Golliwogs, then Creedence Clearwater Revival.
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- The blue velvets i m on fire
- Sixties garage punk band the blue velvets don t leave me this way
- History
- Songs
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Sixties garage punk band the blue velvets don t leave me this way
History
The band started out, in 1959, as an instrumental trio. 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 for 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 renamed them The Golliwogs, an apparent reference to a once-popular minstrel doll called a Golliwogg.
Songs
Come On Baby2001
Have You Ever Been Lonely2001
Oh My Love2001