The Golliwogs

The Golliwogs was an American rock band which eventually became Creedence Clearwater Revival.

The band started out as The Blue Velvets, formed by

The Golliwogs was an American rock band which eventually became Creedence Clearwater Revival.

The band started out as The Blue Velvets, formed by Tom Fogerty in El Cerrito, California in the late 1950s. By the mid 1960s, the band signed a contract with Fantasy Records which was a local label based in San Francisco at that time. They were attracted to the label because they had released a national hit by Vince Guaraldi, "Cast Your Fate To The Wind". Fantasy officials changed the group's name to The Golliwogs, an apparent reference to a once-popular minstrel doll called a Golliwogg. Seven singles were released in the San Francisco Bay area, but none received national attention.