1 BAD MOON RISING-CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL
hit number two in the U.S. chart eight days after the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969. It was inspired by , a 1941 film based on a short story about a hurricane that destroys an entire community’s harvest, and everyone was affected except ranked it No. 364 among its “500 Greatest Songs of All Time.” Unfortunately, Creedence Clearwater Revival was burdened with the number two curse, as many of the band’s songs reached number two, but not number one in the charts.
