| LC control no. | n 84088342 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML420.M357 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Mellencamp, John, 1951- |
| Variant(s) | Cougar, John, 1951- Cougar, Johnny, 1951- Mellencamp, John Cougar, 1951- |
| Associated place | Bloomington (Ind.) New York (N.Y.) |
| Birth date | 1951-10-07 |
| Place of birth | Seymour (Ind.) |
| Field of activity | Popular music |
| Profession or occupation | Singers Composers Lyricists Guitarists |
| Found in | Fissinger, L. John Cougar, c1983: t.p. (John Cougar) p. 5, etc. (John Mellencamp; changed name to John Cougar; in 1982 began using the name John "Cougar" Mellencamp) Harshfield, D. Manchild for real, c1986: t.p. (John Cougar Mellencamp) p. 30 (b. 10/7/1951) Int. ww in mus., v. 2, pop. mus., 1st ed. (Mellencamp, John; b. Oct. 7, 1951, Seymour, Ind.; singer, musician (guitar), songwriter; adopted name Johnny Cougar in 1976, changed to John Cougar Mellencamp, 1983) New Rolling stone enc. of rock & roll (Mellencamp, John; called Johnny Cougar by David Bowie's manager, Tony DeFries, then signed with Riva Records as John Cougar; his album, Uh-huh (1983) was credited to John Cougar Mellencamp; 1991 album, Whenever we wanted, is first under the name John Mellencamp) Guinness enc. of pop. mus., 2nd ed. (Mellencamp, John; signed by Tony de Fries in 1976 as Johnny Cougar; becaume John Cougar Mellencamp in 1983; dropped Cougar in 1989) Contemporary musicians: v. 2 (Mellencamp, John "Cougar") v. 20 (Mellencamp, John) |
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