John Cougar Mellencamp

John Cougar Mellencamp

Real Name:
John Mellencamp
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John Mellancamp was born in Seymour, Indiana on October 7, 1951. He started out for a brief period of time as a glam rocker, but then tried out for a solo career with his first album Chestnut Street Incident released by former David Bowie manager, Tony DeFries on the Mainman (division of MCA) label. That album was a complete flop partly due to the fact that the record label wanted to mold John into something he was not (a pretty boy ala James Dean) and the fact that the album was just cover songs. It was also the label's idea to release the album under the name Johnny Cougar which Mellencamp did not approve of. It wasnt until the release of American Fool released this time under the moniker John Cougar which featured his most well-known hit to date, "Jack & Diane" that he really made it big; the album stayed at #1 on the charts for nine weeks. Following that was Uh-huh which would be his first release under the moniker John Cougar Mellencamp; the name he would stick by until he gradually dropped the "Cougar" and just went by his given name John Mellencamp. A heart attack in 1994 prevented him from touring for one of his most famous albums to date Dance Naked. John has collaborated with Me'Shell Ndegeocello and India Arie over the years.

Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2008 (Performer).
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Chestnut Street Incident

(4 versions)
MCA Records 1976

A Biography

(2 versions)
Riva Records 1978

John Cougar

(7 versions)
Riva Records, Mercury 1979

Nothin' Matters And What If It Did

(5 versions)
Mercury 1980

The Kid Inside

(5 versions)
Mainman, Mainman 1982

American Fool

(20 versions)
Riva Records 1982

Uh-Huh

(5 versions)
Riva Records 1983

The Lonesome Jubilee

(20 versions)
Mercury 1987

Scarecrow

(LP, Album)
ZKP RTVL, Mercury, Riva 1987

Big Daddy

(11 versions)
Mercury 1989

Whenever We Wanted

(7 versions)
Mercury 1991

Whenever We Wanted

(CD, Album)
Mercury, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc 1991

Human Wheels

(7 versions)
Mercury 1993

Dance Naked

(6 versions)
Mercury 1994

Mr. Happy Go Lucky

(6 versions)
Mercury 1996

John Mellencamp

(4 versions)
Columbia 1998

Rough Harvest

(3 versions)
1999

Cuttin' Heads

(3 versions)
Columbia 2001

Trouble No More

(3 versions)
Columbia 2003

Freedom's Road

(2 versions)
Universal Republic 2007

Life Death Love And Freedom

(2 versions)
Hear Music 2008

Life Death Live And Freedom

(2 versions)
Hear Music 2009

No Better Than This

(2 versions)
Rounder Records 2010

On The Rural Route 7609

(4xCD, Ltd, wit)
Universal 2010

Singles & EPs

Factory

(7", Single)
Riva Records 1978
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