What made John Mellencamp stand out were his longstanding ties to his roots, and the fact that he never, to this day, forgot ...

It was a name that wouldn’t drive him crazy. Mellencamp stayed John Cougar through his 1982 breakthrough, American Fool, and its hits “Hurts So Good” and “Jack and Diane.” He got the ...

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — On a breezy Sunday afternoon in May — a day off from his Live and in Person tour — John Mellencamp descended the golf cart he uses to navigate his expansive, sylvan ...

For this week’s 70th anniversary “WISHstory,” We take a look at our very own self-described “American Fool.” At times known as “Johnny Cougar” or “John Cougar Mellencamp,” but a ...

John Mellencamp is a septuagenarian ... It wasn’t until his fifth, 1982’s “American Fool,” that Mellencamp began to find his voice as a songwriter, scoring his first and only U.S. No ...