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Proud Mary In a 1969 interview, Fogerty said that he wrote it in the two days after he was discharged from the National Guard.[6] In the liner notes for the 2008 expanded reissue of Bayou Country, Joel Selvin explained that the songs for the album started when John Fogerty was in the National Guard, that the riffs for "Proud Mary", "Born on the Bayou", and "Keep on Chooglin'" were conceived by Fogerty at a concert in the Avalon Ballroom, and "Proud Mary" was arranged from parts of different songs, one of which was about a washerwoman named Mary.[3] The line "Left a good job in the city" was written following Fogerty's discharge from the National Guard, and the line "rollin' on the river" was from a movie by Will Rogers.[7]
Tanya Riches Tanya Riches is a singer, songwriter, choir conductor, lecturer and pastor residing in Sydney, Australia.[1] Originally publishing her works through Hillsong Church, she authored popular title 'Jesus What a Beautiful Name'[2] at the age of 15, which reached the top 10 Christian congregational songs in Australia, charting also in the U.S., UK, Canada, and many other nations.[3] During her time at Hillsong she also wrote other songs such as 'Hear Our Prayer' recorded by the Hillsong United band on the album 'Everyday' and 'King of Love' recorded by the Hillsong Band on the album 'Hope'. Both albums reached gold status in Australia. She administrated Hillsong's United Live Youth Band along with Reuben Morgan and Marcus Beaumont until 2003 when Joel Houston became music director and lead singer of United.[4][5] Her songs have been sung in Australian congregations since 1996.[6]