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John Mellencamp, also known as John Cougar and John Cougar Mellencamp, (born October 7, 1951) is a Grammy-winning United States|American rock music|rock singer-songwriter and occasional actor.
John Mellencamp was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 10, 2008 by Billy Joel.<ref>{{cite web | title = Indictees for 2008 | url = http://www.rockhall.com/pressroom/2008-inductee-announcement/ | work = Rock and Roll Hall of Fame official website | date = 2007-12-13 | accessdate = 2008-03-11</ref>
Early life
Mellencamp eloped with his pregnant girlfriend at the age of 17 and had his first child (Michelle) just six months after graduating from high school in 1970. In 1974, he graduated from Vincennes University, a two-year college in Vincennes, Indiana, and took a job at a phone company in his hometown of Seymour, Indiana|Seymour, Indiana before deciding to go to New York in an attempt to land a record deal, which he finally managed to do in late 1975.
The John Cougar years (1976-1982)
After about 18 months of traveling back and forth from Indiana to New York City, Mellencamp finally found someone receptive to his music and image in Tony DeFries of MainMan Management (at the time well-known for representing David Bowie, one of Mellencamp's musical idols). DeFries insisted that Mellencamp's first album, ''Chestnut Street Incident'', a colle... read all
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