In 1964, they signed a contract with Fantasy Records, who renamed them the Golliwogs and attempted to model them after English bands driving the British Invasion, with little success.

In 1967, the band renamed themselves Creedence Clearwater Revival, a name inspired, per Uncut, by three different sources. "Creedence" came from an acquaintance of the band, a man named Creedence Newball. "Clearwater" came from a beer commercial, and "Revival" apparently "signified a rebooting of their youthful ambitions and a return to '50s rock'n'roll values." Tom left the band in 1971 and died in 1990, reports the Houston Chronicle. The remaining members continued as a trio for about a year before the band dissolved for good.

The name later became a source of contention between the former bandmates, with John Fogerty first suing Clifford, Cook, and Patricia Fogerty, the widow of his deceased brother Tom, in 1996 for touring under the name "Creedence Clearwater Revisited," as reported by The Hollywood Reporter. That suit was settled in 2001, but Clifford, Cook, and Patricia Fogerty went on to sue John Fogerty in 2014, stating he'd "breached the settlement agreement by publicly condemning use of 'Revisited,"" and claiming that John Fogerty's use of the phrase "performs the albums of Creedence Clearwater Revival" to advertise his own shows caused "confusion among the consuming public." John Fogerty's website indicates that he'll be touring well into 2021, and though it doesn't mention the albums of Creedence Clearwater Revival, we can hope a few CCR songs will be a part of the show.

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