The strangest songwriting theft of all time
John Fogerty wrote some of the greatest rock songs of all time, but a notoriously bad contract led him into the strangest songwriting lawsuit of all time.
John Fogerty wrote some of the greatest rock songs of all time, but a notoriously bad contract led him into the strangest songwriting lawsuit of all time.
@george25199
March 17, 2026 at 4:25 am
John should of just made crap albums that did not sell.They would of let him go.
@robertfindley921
March 17, 2026 at 4:25 am
Rich people are often disgusting.
@musicbro8225
March 17, 2026 at 4:25 am
That's crazy! The cheek of that man (saul whatever) saying he was helping Fogerty by keeping him depressed and oppressed – a guy whose probably never made any kind of art of his own, who probably thinks that making money from artists gave him some kind of insight, who probably had some religious requirement to extract maximum profit and never let up. No respect! CCR were an amazing band!
@robertbihn3005
March 17, 2026 at 4:25 am
Early '69, I was in the army,4 months to go, but saw them in Seattle, warm up band for Deep Purple $4 ticket, small place what a surprise,.
It was said John was drafted but told a Gen he could make more in taxes for the US, he was given 9 months to prove it.
@taproom113
March 17, 2026 at 4:25 am
"Music is Spiritual – The Music Business is Not!" Van Morrison. ^v^
@tom87pate
March 17, 2026 at 4:25 am
Zaentz is one of those people………..you know. It's ALWAYS one of those people.
@rrmin437
March 17, 2026 at 4:25 am
This is a great example of what is wrong with our justice systems. Judges are called judges for a reason. They are supposed to use common sense where grey areas exist. And things like this are a big grey area.
@JA-oo9qp
March 17, 2026 at 4:25 am
“You might wonder who would do something like this.” Checking early life isn’t even necessary anymore.
@trvekvlt7196
March 17, 2026 at 4:25 am
Saul Zaentz, another israelite scammer.
@driftwood63
March 17, 2026 at 4:25 am
They just wanted to silence him
@robertmitchell2178
March 17, 2026 at 4:25 am
Aah, is anyone really surprised that the thief and criminal is another on of the "Special People" acting as another show business weasel.
@michaelray9576
March 17, 2026 at 4:25 am
I thought I saw Ed Sheeran in this video…did anyone see that?
@pieinthesky4106
March 17, 2026 at 4:25 am
John is a great singer and writer, but also a jerk.
@user-zz8oj7ez6k
March 17, 2026 at 4:25 am
It's too bad nobody likes the truth. Fogerty signed away the rights to his music – TWICE. Nobody's fault but his. And he's whined and bitched about it for fifty years. Look at what happened with ACME, his Rickenbacker.. He GAVE it away to a kid. He says now "It was missing for forty four years". More bullshit. He found it years ago at Norm's Rare Guitars and couldn't bring himself to buy it. Norm wanted $90,000 and offered it to him for FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS off so it could go back to it's home and nope, Fogerty wouldn't buy it. Brilliant American songwriter and a real dick of a human being.
@00buck2
March 17, 2026 at 4:25 am
Even if you were to get all the money back plus a little more you can never get all those lost years back. CCR was the greatest band ever in my teen years. Thanks John for all that great music.
@JB-uc1yx
March 17, 2026 at 4:25 am
One of the biggest tragedies in modern musical history.. Fuck greed!
@markgeraghty9600
March 17, 2026 at 4:25 am
Must have been a heimie just like what happened to the Small Faces
@paulrice8342
March 17, 2026 at 4:25 am
That just shows how some people will do anything to others to get money. That weasel!!!
@1man1guitarletsgo
March 17, 2026 at 4:25 am
I recall hearing that pretty much the same thing happened to Queen, who were paid next to nothing for quite some time, until they renegotiated their contract. The Bay City Rollers too, whose manager grew very rich off the back of them.
@Robin-wm3hv
March 17, 2026 at 4:25 am
Music industry Is So Corrupt.
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