I Need a Lover
Happy Birthday John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp Born October 7, 1951 in Seymour, Indiana working as a blue collar man just didn’t work for him. He had decided to move to New York City to attempt to break into the music industry.
In New York, Mellencamp became a client of David Bowie’s manager, Tony DeFries, who signed him to a lucrative deal with MainMan/MCA. Mellencamp recorded an album of covers called Chestnut Street Incident. Starting out as Johnny Cougar, he has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide and has had 22 Top 40 hits.
Happy Birthday John Mellencamp
[lastfm link_type="artist_info"]John Mellencamp[/lastfm] celebrates a milestone today as he turns 60. Born on today’s date in Seymour, Indiana working as a blue collar man just didn’t work for him. He had decided to move to […]
Video Classics: 'I Need a Lover' – John Cougar
No Mellencamp in this one. “I Need a Lover” is from [lastfm link_type="artist_info"]John Cougar[/lastfm] back when he just went by the name of, well, John Cougar. He’d add his proper surname first, lose the Cougar […]
