LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES- OCT 7, 2019…HAPPY SIXTY EIGHTH BIRTHDAY TO JOHN MELLENCAMP. FROM THE EARLY 80’S TO MID 90’S MELLENCAMP COULD DO NO WRONG. STARTING IN 1982 WITH THE ALBUM ‘AMERICAN FOOL’ MELLENCAMP HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST TRACKS BY A SOLO ARTIST (7) TO HIT THE TOP POSITION ON BILLBOARD’S TOP MAINSTREAM ROCK CHART. FROM 1978-2012 MELLENCAMP RACKED UP THIRTY BILLBOARD TOP 100 SINGLES. HE WON A GRAMMY AWARD IN 1983 FOR ‘HURTS SO GOOD’ AND HAS 13 GRAMMY NOMINATIONS. HE’S IN THE SONGWRITERS HALL OF FAME, AND WAS INDUCTED INTO THE “ROCK & ROLL” HALL OF FAME IN 2008.
TO DATE HE’S SOLD OVER 30 MILLION ALBUMS. MELLENCAMP IS A NOTORIOUS SMOKER AND HAS BEEN SMOKING UP TO 6 PACKS OF CIGARETTES A DAY FOR YEARS, AND WON’T QUIT, DESPITE HAVING SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK AT THE AGE OF 42.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN, LIGHT ONE UP FOR US!!!
HERE’S CLASSIC MELLENCAMP
photo thanks-vevo-mellencamp
