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Chestnut Street Incident is the debut studio album by Johnny Cougar released in 1976. [3] Signing on with David Bowie's manager, Tony Defries, Mellencamp travelled to New York City to cut this first album. DeFries would also go on to produce the album as well.
Album details Peak chart positions Certifications; US [1] AUS [2] CAN [3] 1976 Chestnut Street Incident. Release date: October 1, 1976; Label: MCA — — — 1978 A Biography. Release date: March 6, 1978; Label: Riva — 19 19 1979 John Cougar. Release date: July 27, 1979; Label: Riva; Released as Miami in Australia; 64 77 77 RIAA: Gold [4 ...
DeFries insisted that Mellencamp's first album, Chestnut Street Incident, a collection of cover versions and some original songs, be released under the stage name "Johnny Cougar", claiming that the name "Mellencamp" was too hard to market. [10] Mellencamp reluctantly agreed, but the album was a commercial failure, selling only 12,000 copies. [11]
The Eagles release Hotel California. Globally, it will become the third best-selling album of all time, behind the same band's February-released Greatest Hits compilation. December 12 – Ace Frehley is shocked on stage during a Kiss concert in Lakeland, Florida after touching an ungrounded metal railing. The incident inspires the song "Shock Me".
Producer Don Gehman stated in a 2011 interview that American Fool was fraught with layers of problems. "We had 20 or so songs, we had a record company that was hoping we were making a Neil Diamond‑type album, and after we spent two or three months in the studio recording these songs and mixing them to the best of our ability, I can remember an A&R guy in a pink shirt coming in to listen to ...
The Kid Inside is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter John Cougar.It was released January 27, 1983 by MainMan Records. It was recorded in 1977 for MCA Records and was intended to be the follow-up to his debut album Chestnut Street Incident, but MCA declined to release the album and dropped John Cougar Mellencamp from the label.
The record-breaking hot dog slid down Chestnut’s throat with 70 seconds left to eat. Joey Chestnut beats Takeru Kobayashi AND his own World Record with 83 hot dogs in 10 minutes. # ...
Sad Clowns & Hillbillies is the 23rd studio album by American singer-songwriter and musician John Mellencamp.It was released on April 28, 2017 by Republic Records. [11] The album features significant contributions from Carlene Carter, who worked with Mellencamp on Ithaca, the movie he scored for Meg Ryan; she sang on the track 'Sugar Hill Mountain' for the soundtrack (later included on Sad ...