Beats Workin' is a dynamic 6 piece band playing a wide variety of live dance music including Motown, rock and roll, country, standards, pop, disco and current selections. Beats Workin' was established in 2002 comprised of a collection of players from other bands that came together to form an incredibly enjoyable, fun loving band that we are very proud of. We have a great band relationship, we all love what we do, and it shows in our music! There is nothing like live music and interaction to make your affair more interesting and fun. The energy of Beats Workin' will have your guests up dancing the night away. Our wide range of music makes us well suited for practically any occasion. Let us entertain you! www.beatsworkin.us "Proud Mary" is a song written by American singer and guitarist John Fogerty. It was first recorded by rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival (in which Fogerty played lead guitar and sang lead vocals) on the 1969 album Bayou Country. Released as a single in January of 1969, it became the band's first top ten hit on the U.S. Pop chart, peaking at number two. It was the first of five singles that the band released that would reach that peak on the chart, though the group never had a single reach number one, giving them the record for most No.2 singles for a group without a No.1. The song was written on a steamboat called the "Mary Elizabeth" owned by the Grafton family. Stylistically, the song merges elements of several genres, including rock and roll, blues, gospel, and soul. Nevertheless, it contains many of Creedence Clearwater Revival's most characteristic elements, including a repeated guitar riff, "down-home" lyrics, and a guitar solo Fogerty said was influenced by Steve Cropper of Booker T. & the M.G.s. The second line of the second verse has generated considerable confusion, and can be considered a type of mondegreen. Listeners have variously interpreted it as "pumped a lot of pain" and "pumped a lot of 'pane", referring to propane, which is commonly used as a fuel. The controversy was further fueled by Ike and Tina Turner's cover, in which Tina sings "pumped a lot of 'tane", referring to octane, the grading scale and chemical in gasoline. The author, Fogerty, finally laid the confusion to rest, saying, "Sometimes I write words to songs because they sound cool to sing. Sometimes the listener doesn't understand what I'm singing because I'm dedicated to singing the vowel, having fun with the word sounds coming out of my mouth. 'Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis, pumped a lot of pain down in New Orleans,' is a good example. I think Tina Turner sang '`tane' instead of 'pain,' as in a contracted form of 'octane'. But I knew what she meant." Proud Mary has over the years been covered by a number of artists. In 1971, a cover version was released by Ike & Tina Turner that differed greatly from the structure of the original, but is also well known and has become one of Tina's most recognizable signature songs. The Turners' version was substantially rearranged by Soko Richardson[1][2] and Ike Turner. It included a sultry, slow opening and spoken-word intro by Tina Turner, and it reached #4 on the pop charts in 1971. Elvis Presley also often performed the song in his Las Vegas shows and on tour in the early 70s. Versions can be found on the albums On Stage (1970) and Elvis as Recorded at Madison Square Garden (1972). Actor Leonard Nimoy also infamously covered Proud Mary for Dot Records in 1970. The song was performed by American Idol season 3's winner Fantasia Barrino in her audition. The song was also performed as a duet by Jewel and Beyoncé in DIVAs LIVE 2003[1]. Prince covered this song in a medley during Super Bowl XLI (Feb. 4 2007) and has publicly stated that this was the first song he learned on the guitar. A cover version of the song appears on a Prince bootleg album called The Work Volume 5. The song is placed #155 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.