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John Mellencamp profile

About John Mellencamp

John Mellencamp 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 wasn't 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 India Arie over the years.

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

John Mellencamp songs

Artist
Song
Credits
John Mellencamp
American Dream
Written-By
John Mellencamp
American Son
Written-By
John Mellencamp
Another Sunny Day 1225
Acoustic Guitar
John Mellencamp
Authority Song
Written-By
John Mellencamp
Between A Laugh And A Tear
Written-By
John Mellencamp
Cheap Shot
Written-By
John Mellencamp
Check It Out
Written-By, Producer
John Mellencamp
Cherry Bomb
Written-By
John Mellencamp
Chestnut Street
Written-By
John Mellencamp
Country Gentleman
Written-By
John Mellencamp
Crumblin Down
Written-By
John Mellencamp
Cry Baby
Arranged By
John Mellencamp
Dance Naked
Guitar
John Mellencamp
Empty Hands
Written-By
John Mellencamp
Gearhead
Written-By

John Mellencamp discography

Cover
Album
Date
Credits
John Mellencamp - Life Death Live And Freedom
2009
Producer
John Mellencamp - Life Death Love And Freedom
2008
Written-By
John Mellencamp - Cuttin' Heads
2001
Producer
John Mellencamp - Dance Naked
1994
Producer, Written-By
John Mellencamp - Whenever We Wanted
1991
Mixed By
John Mellencamp - Big Daddy
1989
Mixed By, Producer
John Mellencamp - The Lonesome Jubilee
1987
Producer, Written-By
John Mellencamp - American Fool
1982
Producer, Written-By
John Mellencamp - John Cougar
1979
Band, Written-By
John Mellencamp - A Biography
1978
Written-By
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