Reference song
Fortunate Son — Creedence Clearwater Revival
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival is included in the MRP music-supervisor reference catalog as a discovery and research track. Use this page for music-reference research across film, television, advertising, trailers, branded content and creative pitches. Inclusion does not imply that MRP or MFP controls or represents the recording or publishing rights.
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Licensing & clearance
Rights representation
Publishing and master information below is reference research and should be independently verified for the specific use, territory, term, and budget.
Publishing Representation
- Publisher / rightsholder
- John Fogerty (majority publishing interest); Concord (retained interest)
- Administrator
- Concord Music Publishing
- Share, when verified
- Research Required
- PRO
- Research Required
- Licensing / contact information
- https://concord.com/licensing/
- Verification status
- Partially Verified
- Verification date
- 2026-09-09
Master Representation
- Exact recording
- Creedence Clearwater Revival — Fortunate Son; original Willy and the Poor Boys recording
- Historical ℗ owner / credit
- Research Required
- Current ℗ metadata credit
- Research Required
- Master representation / control
- Concord catalog licensing route; exact territory and requested digital master to confirm
- Master owner / rightsholder
- Concord / Craft Recordings (original CCR catalog)
- Record label
- Fantasy / Craft Recordings
- Distributor / administrator
- Research Required
- Master licensing / contact information
- https://concord.com/licensing/
- ISRC, when verified
- Research Required
- Verification status
- Partially Verified
- Verification date
- 2026-09-09
Rights note: Reference Catalog or playlist inclusion does not imply rights representation. This information is provided as a starting point for licensing research and may change over time. Our partner Music For Productions (MFP) can verify current master and publishing rights as part of the clearance process.
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Request Licensing & Clearance- Era
- 1960s
- Categories
- War · protest · rebellion · Americana
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