John Fogerty to Obtain BMI’s 2025 Troubadour Award

John Fogerty is ready to obtain BMI’s 2025 Troubadour Award at a non-public occasion at BMI’s Nashville workplace on Sept. 8. In line with BMI, “This accolade acknowledges a songwriter who has made a profound influence on the artistic group and whose work continues to set the tempo for generations to comply with.”

“John Fogerty has written and recorded a few of the most distinctive and beloved rock songs of the twentieth century,” Clay Bradley, BMI vp, artistic, Nashville, mentioned in a press release. “His music is unequivocally the sound of America, with timeless lyrics wrapped in unforgettable melodies that proceed to resonate with generations of followers all over the world. We’re thrilled to honor John with the BMI Troubadour Award and rejoice his artistic achievements and his songs, which have change into the soundtrack of so many lives.”

Fogerty’s songwriting canon consists of classics reminiscent of “Proud Mary,” “Lucky Son,” “Born on the Bayou,” “Unhealthy Moon Rising” and “Have You Ever Seen the Rain.” Because the chief of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Fogerty helped form the sound of American music, mixing blues, nation, pop, rockabilly, R&B and swamp boogie.

CCR was inducted into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame in 2005, in its first yr of eligibility; Bruce Springsteen did the honors. Fogerty was inducted into the Songwriters Corridor of Fame in 2005 and the American Music Honors in 2025. once more launched by Springsteen. He obtained a a particular honor for his track “Centerfield,” making him the one musician ever honored by the Baseball Corridor of Fame.

Since his affiliation with BMI in 2005, Fogerty has been named a BMI Icon in 2010 and was offered with the BMI Board of Administrators Award in 2023. He’s additionally obtained 13 BMI Million-Air certificates, recognizing his songs which have surpassed over a million radio airplays, which collectively have had over 64 million broadcast performances.

Fogerty topped the Billboard 200 twice with CCR (Inexperienced River in 1969 and Cosmo’s Manufacturing unit in 1970) and as soon as as a solo artist (Centerfield, 1985). Fogerty’s most well-known track, “Proud Mary,” made the highest 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 twice, for CCR in 1969 and in an totally revamped model for Ike & Tina Turner in 1971.

On Aug. 22, Fogerty will launch his new album Legacy, a 20-track assortment of newly recorded variations of his largest hits. For the primary time in his profession, Fogerty totally owns the rights to his groundbreaking CCR catalog.

BMI’s invitation-only Troubadour Awards will embody tribute performances and speeches by particular company throughout a cocktail reception and dinner. Falling on the eve of AMERICANAFEST, this ceremony will function a homecoming for BMI’s Americana household of songwriters.

Right here’s the whole listing of winners of BMI’s Troubadour Award.