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    • Oct 7, 1951
    John Mellencamp is born in Seymour, Indiana. The rocker, known for such hits as "Hurts So Good," "Pink Houses" and "Jack & Diane," which will be the foundation for a Jake Owen country hit, "I Was Jack (You Were Diane)." Mellencamp is namechecked in the title of Keith Urban's 2015 hit "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16"
    Sep 20, 1976
    MCA releases "Johnny Cougar," the debut album by John Mellencamp, a future nominee in the Country Music Association awards
    Jan 3, 1981
    Debby Boone sings "You Light Up My Life" on TV's "Solid Gold." The episode also features Bette Midler, Peter Allen and John Cougar Mellencamp
    Feb 14, 1981
    Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers Band perform "I've Done Enough Dyin' Today" on the "Solid Gold" TV show, joined in the episode by Ronnie Milsap, Tina Turner and John Cougar Mellencamp
    Oct 29, 1982
    John Mellencamp receives a gold single from the RIAA  for his pop anthem "Jack & Diane." The song is referenced more than 20 years later in the Kenny Chesney country hit "I Go Back" and used as an inspiration for the 2017 Jake Owen hit "I Was Jack (You Were Diane)"
    Oct 17, 1983
    Riva releases the John Cougar Mellencamp album "Uh-Huh." One of its enduring tracks is "Pink Houses," referenced in the lyrics of Old Dominion's 2016 country hit "Song For Another Time"
    Sep 22, 1985
    Willie Nelson sponsors the inaugural Farm Aid concert in Champaign, Illinois, with Merle Haggard, John Cougar Mellencamp, Roger Miller, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Alabama, George Jones, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, B.B. King, Judy Rodman and Waylon Jennings, among others
    Jul 4, 1986
    Willie Nelson performs "Smokin' In The Boys Room" with Vince Neil in Farm Aid II at the University of Texas' Memorial Stadium in Austin. Also appearing: George Jones, John Mellencamp, Dwight Yoakam, Exile, Julio Iglesias, Huey Lewis, Alabama, Janie Fricke, Joe Ely and Rosanne Cash
    May 7, 1987
    John Mellencamp, a future Country Music Association awards nominee, joins agriculture workers to protest policies that hurt family farmers at the Farmers Home Administration in Chillicothe, Missouri
    Jul 29, 1988

    The Tom Cruise movie "Cocktail" debuts with The Everly Brothers' "When Will I Be Loved" the vehicle for a wedding dance. Also featured: Ry Cooder, Little Richard, John Mellencamp and The Beach Boys

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