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"Fortunate Son" was written and sung by John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival and released in 1969 as part of Willy and the Poor Boys; Fogerty wrote the song quickly—he has said in interviews i...
John Fogerty wrote “Fortunate Son” in 1969 as a pointed critique of class privilege during the Vietnam War era; he has said the song was sparked in part by the December 1968 marriage of David Eisenhow...
"Fortunate Son," written and sung by and released by in September 1969 on the album Willy and the Poor Boys, is widely remembered as an emblematic protest-era rock song that linked anger over the to c...