Writer: John Fogerty
Producer: John Fogerty
Recorded: Early 1969
Released: November, 1969
| Players: | John Fogerty – vocals, guitar Tom Fogerty – guitar Stu Cook – bass Doug Clifford – drums |
| Album: | Willie And The Poor Boys (Fantasy, 1969) |
The album title Willie And The Poor Boys was actually taken from a line in the song “Down On The Corner.”
The album was the third million-seller for Creedence Clearwater Revival.
“Down On The Corner” was first released as the flipside to the blue-collar anthem “Fortunate Son.”
“Down On The Corner” was the flipside of “Fortunate Son” in more ways than one. Like many of the group's hits, “Fortunate Son” had political overtones and urgent social conscience. “Down On The Corner,” however, was upbeat and apolitical, concerned more with stamping feet than social change. It entered the singles chart at Number Three.
Also included on the album were “Fortunate Son,” “Midnight Special,” and the lesser known “It Came Out Of The Sky” and “Cotton Fields.”
