[DOC] [TLE] John Mellencamp - Wikipedia [PAR] Mellencamp reluctantly agreed, but the album was a complete failure, selling ... 
So that's where he came up with that name. ... going to go for it, or we're not going 
to put ... 1 hit in Australia with "I Need a Lover. ... In 1982, Mellencamp released 
his... [DOC] [TLE] Jack & Diane - Wikipedia [PAR] "Jack & Diane" is a 1982 hit rock song written and performed by American singer-
songwriter John Mellencamp, then performing as "John Cougar." It appears on 
Mellencamp's album American Fool. ... Stopping and starting, it's not very musical
. ... In 1982, producer and guitarist Mick Ronson worked with Mellencamp on his
... [DOC] [TLE] John Mellencamp - Guitarist, Songwriter, Singer - Biography.com [PAR] Oct 12, 2016 ... Born in 1951 in Seymour, Indiana, John Mellencamp began his musical career in 
... His breakthrough 1982 album, American Fool, featured the No. 1 track "Jack & 
Diane," and throughout the decade he cemented his ... Mellencamp was not 
pleased with this decision and would later return to his birth name. [DOC] [TLE] Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: American Fool (Remastered) [PAR] The second single inspired me to buy "American Fool" back in 1982 when I ... 
The song eventually spent 4 weeks at #1 and went gold; it's even been ... "
American Fool" is not the best John Mellencamp CD, as he was still a bit 
immature as a writer. .... This is the last album Cougar would put out under the 
name John Cougar. [DOC] [TLE] John Mellencamp facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] Considering the fact that he had a wife and daughter to support, his in-laws did ... 
with American Fool in 1982; Uh-Huh released in 1982, under the name John ... 
Johnny Indiana was one of our choices, Puma, Mustangbut nothing was ... 
Looking back, it seems natural that Mellencamp's fifth album, 1982's American 
Fool... [DOC] [TLE] John Cougar (album) - Topics [PAR] 1 hit in Australia in 1978 when it was released as a single from A Biography . ... 
however, "Small Paradise" was released as a single in place of "Miami," but it 
was not ... Mellencamp would later go on to say that he had no idea about the 
name .... It was the first of three major hit singles from his 1982 album American 
Fool . [DOC] [TLE] John Mellencamp on Apple Music [PAR] As a child in Seymour, Indiana, Mellencamp had suffered a number of ... 
Mellencamp's next album, 1982's American Fool, became his breakthrough, both 
... The success of American Fool meant that he could add "Mellencamp" to his 
stage name, ... the album with an extensive tour, but he suffered a major heart 
attack in late... [DOC] [TLE] John Mellencamp | UME: Universal Music Enterprises [PAR] In his first album of all new songs in over five years, John Mellencamp ... But his 
next album, American Fool, was his career turning point. The 1982 release went 
to #1, much thanks to its Grammy-winning #2 single ... Recovered and renewed, 
he undertook an underground club tour under the band name "Pearl Doggy," and
... [DOC] [TLE] Not Fade Away: John Mellencamp Reclaims His Name (And ... - WXRT [PAR] November 12, 2013 1:32 PM ... But after the success of 1982's American Fool(
which included the hit singles ... If you go back to the late '70s, everybody had to 
have a producer. ... The album saw the arrival of bassist Toby Myers, who joined 
Wanchic, ... And while he never named his group (a la the Silver Bullet Band, the
... [DOC] [TLE] John Cougar, 'American Fool' (1982) | 50 Rock Albums Every ... [PAR] Nov 12, 2014 ... But mostly his eventual influence was retrospective: Above all "Jack ... weeks at 
Number One in 1982, American Fool's still the Coug album ...

Question: He later went back to Mellencamp, but under this name his album "American Fool" was No. 1 in 1982
Answer: John Cougar