John Mellencamp
Sign in to saveAlso known as John Cougar Mellencamp, John J. Mellencamp, Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, Little Bastard
American singer-songwriter
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John Mellencamp is an American musician, born on 7 October 1951. He began his recording career in 1976, initially performing under the names Johnny Cougar and John Cougar, then John Cougar Mellencamp, before eventually recording under his own name for the rest of his career.
Mellencamp is the father of five children and has continued performing since his 1976 debut.
Synthesized by Vinony from 12 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, MusicBrainz, Vinony collections. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1951
- Works
- 10
Top works
- American Dreams
- 302. John Mellencamp - Greatest Hits
- Human Wheels
- John Cougar Mellencamp Songbook (No. Vf 1486)
- John Mellencamp
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1951-10-07
Discography
- Chestnut Street Incident1976
- A Biography1978
- John Cougar1979
- Nothin’ Matters and What If It Did1980
- American Fool1982
- The Kid Inside1983
- Uh‐Huh1983
- Scarecrow1985
- The Lonesome Jubilee1987
- Big Daddy1989
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,095,196
- Total plays
- 12,599,461
Tags
John Mellencamp (born 7 October 1951 in Seymour, Indiana) is an American singer and a songwriter, known for a long and successful recording and performing career highlighted by a series of 1980s hits, including "Jack & Diane", and by his role in the Farm Aid charity event. Mellencamp currently lives in Bloomington, Indiana. John's first record released was under the stage name "Johnny Cougar" at the behest of Tony DeFries, his first manager. Mellencamp claims it was against his knowledge and w
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Seymour
- Occupation
- film director
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- heartland rock
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- Rounder Records
- Official website
- www.mellencamp.com
- Image
- John Mellenkamp 2007 (cropped).jpg
- Number of children
- 5
Show 9 more facts
- medical condition
- spina bifida
- Commons category
- John Mellencamp
- date of birth
- 1951-10-07
- start of work period
- 1976-00-00
- social media followers
- 311000
- pseudonym
- John Cougar Mellencamp
- writing language
- English language
- influenced by
- The Rolling Stones
- unmarried partner
- Meg Ryan
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