Timeline John Mellencamp: Small Town

From Johnny Cougar to Pink Houses and Farm Aid — John Mellencamp, the voice of small-town America.

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John Mellencamp: Small Town 12

1951 John Mellencamp born in Seymour, Indiana Small-town Indiana Born with spina bifida, operated on as a baby.
1976 John Mellencamp releases his debut as Johnny Cougar Stage name His manager gives him the name Johnny Cougar.
1979 John Mellencamp releases I Need a Lover First hit His first US hit, as John Cougar.
1982 John Mellencamp releases American Fool Jack & Diane With Hurts So Good and Jack & Diane — the year's best-selling album.
1983 John Mellencamp releases Uh-Huh Pink Houses His first album as John Cougar Mellencamp.
1985 John Mellencamp releases Scarecrow Small Town An album about the American farm crisis.
1985 John Mellencamp co-founds Farm Aid With Willie Nelson and Neil Young Benefit concerts for family farmers.
1987 John Mellencamp releases The Lonesome Jubilee Roots instruments Fiddles and accordions on a rock album.
1991 John Mellencamp drops the name Cougar Whenever We Wanted Records under his own name from now on.
1994 John Mellencamp releases Wild Night With Me'Shell Ndegeocello A Van Morrison cover, his last big hit.
2008 John Mellencamp inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Inducted by Billy Joel.
2012 John Mellencamp's musical Ghost Brothers of Darkland County opens With Stephen King A musical written with Stephen King.