Hit Parade: The Bad Moon on the Rise Edition
b'In just a couple of years, Creedence Clearwater Revival generated one of the most amazing runs of hits in\\nAmerican pop history: from \\u201cProud Mary\\u201d to \\u201cGreen River,\\u201d \\u201cBad Moon Rising\\u201d to \\u201cTravelin\\u2019 Band.\\u201d\\nReportedly, they even outsold the Beatles in America in 1969. But for all their success with those John\\nFogerty\\u2013penned classics, CCR never held the No. 1 spot on the Hot 100. All of those hits were No. 2s: a\\ndubious Billboard chart record they hold to this day, for most No. 2s without a No. 1. True, it was the late \\u201960s,\\nand CCR had the bad luck to be competing with such chart titans as Paul Simon and Sly Stone\\u2026but\\nsometimes they were held back by No. 1 songs that are barely remembered today. In this episode of Hit\\nParade, we break down the sequence of events that relegated CCR\\u2014a future first-ballot Rock and Roll Hall of\\nFame band\\u2014to the charts\\u2019 permanent runner-up slot.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'