Collection: John Cougar Mellencamp
John Mellencamp
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 [iChestnut Street Incident[/i 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 consisted of only 6 originals and 5 cover songs. It was also the label's idea to release the album under the name [bJohnny Cougar[/b which Mellencamp did not approve of.
It wasn't until the release of [iAmerican Fool[/i, released this time under the moniker [bJohn Cougar[/b, 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 [iUh-huh[/i which would be his first release under the moniker [bJohn Cougar Mellencamp[/b; the name he would stick by until he gradually dropped the "Cougar" and just went by his given name [bJohn Mellencamp[/b. A heart attack in 1994 prevented him from touring for one of his most famous albums to date [iDance Naked[/i.
John has collaborated with [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Me'Shell+NdegeocelloMe'Shell Ndegeocello[/url and [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/India+ArieIndia Arie[/url over the years.
Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 2008 (Performer).
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