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Initially dropping his Germanic surname for the more all-American stage handle of Johnny Cougar, the Seymour, Indiana native (born in 1951) emerged in the late ‘70s as a leather-clad rock ‘n’ roll rebel for the New Wave age, enjoying his first success with 1978’s ersatz-Springsteen sing-along “I Need a Lover.” But a tiny name tweak to the slightly more sophisticated John Cougar heralded his chart-topping breakthrough with 1982’s American Fool, whose eternal teen-romance serenade “Jack and Diane” recast him as a keen observer of small-town American life. That focus would only turn sharper as he rebranded himself John Cougar Mellencamp for 1983’s Uh-Huh and 1985’s Scarecrow, where acoustic anthems like “Small Town” and “Pink Houses” celebrated Rust Belt resilience while quietly raging at the socioeconomic inequalities that necessitate it. 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