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Doug Clifford
Person · male · United States · Palo Alto · born 1945 · recording since 1972
American musician
Also known as Douglas Ray Clifford · Douglas Raymond "Cosmo" Clifford · 道格·克利福德
Timeline
6 events▣ Album 4◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1940s
1970s
· Debut release
Debut release: Doug "Cosmo" Clifford
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
2020s
Biography
English biography181 words · 1 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1376138104
Biography
Douglas Raymond "Cosmo" Clifford (born April 24, 1945) is an American musician and drummer. He is best known as a founding member of Creedence Clearwater Revival for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993. After the group disbanded in late 1972, Clifford released a solo album and later joined CCR bassist Stu Cook in the Don Harrison Band. In 1995, Clifford and Cook formed the band Creedence Clearwater Revisited, performing live versions of Creedence Clearwater Revival songs.
An early influence on Clifford's playing was The Beatles, with their appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964 being of particular significance. "They were a quartet and we said, wow, we can do that. If these guys from England can come out and play rock 'n' roll, we can do it. We bought Beatle wigs. We went to the drama store, and I guess they were The Three Stooges wigs at that time." Clifford, Cook, and the Fogerty brothers grew up together in El Cerrito, California. Clifford attended San Jose State University alongside Stu Cook.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 19 | 79.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 50 | 90.9th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (4 release groups · 4 studio albums)
Albums · 4
1972 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 27:23
A1Latin Music3:11A2Regret It (For the Rest of Your Life)2:23A3Guitars, Drums and Girls2:07A4I’m a Man2:25A5She’s About a Mover2:27A6I Just Want to Cry2:48B1Get Your Raise2:31B2Daydream2:10B3Take a Train2:06B4Death Machine2:23B5Swingin’ in a Hammock2:522020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 36:03
1Magic Window5:032Born on the South Side3:523Don't Leave Me Alone Tonight4:034Somebody Love Me Tonight3:355Hungry for Your Love3:246Just Another Girl3:047Love Mode3:578Fallin' for You2:509Don't Let Go2:2610You Mean So Much to Me3:49For All the Money in the World
2021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 32:37
1For All the Money in the World2:382I Need Your Love3:123She Told Me So3:024Lost Pride Fever3:275I See Your Silhouette2:346Real Love3:077You Keep Runnin' Away3:018Just in the Nick of Time2:289Weekends2:5910Lonesome Boy3:3211You're Gonna Love Again2:372022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 39:23
1Good Times4:262Get Down Fever5:133It Ain't Like Mama Told Me3:564Turn the Beat Around3:595On Hold Again3:176Purple Mountain5:587It's Always Darkest Before the Dawn2:558Do or Die3:059I'm Happy Just Being Alive2:3310Rollin' On4:01
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Doug Clifford head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 19 | 79.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 4 | 78.1th |
| Studio albums | 4 | 82.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 50 | 90.9th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creedence Clearwater Revival(band) | — | present | |
| The Golliwogs(band) | — | present | |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival(band) | — | present | |
| Creedence Clearwater Revisited(band) | — | present | |
| Tommy Fogerty & The Blue Velvets(band) | — | present |
Where this record comes from
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Doug_Clifford_Creedence_Clearwater_Revisited_%282%29.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cdd07746-5de2-4a64-af79-f8d7aa379cc0discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cdd07746-5de2-4a64-af79-f8d7aa379cc0core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q545776genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q545776seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Cliffordbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Clifford
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees — rank #60
75px|Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1968. From left to right: Tom Fogerty, Doug Clifford, Stu Cook, and John Fogerty. | Creedence Clearwater Revival | Doug Clifford, Stu Cook, John Fogerty, and Tom F
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Wikidata: Q545776 · MusicBrainz: cdd07746-5de2-4a64-af79-f8d7aa379cc0
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