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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 ...
1982 "Hurts So Good" Bruce Gowers 1982 "Hand to Hold Onto" Bruce Gowers 1982 "Jack and Diane" Bruce Gowers 1983 "Crumblin' Down" Chris Gabrin 1983 "Pink Houses" Chris Gabrin 1984 "Authority Song" Jay Dubin 1985 "Lonely Ol' Night" Jonathan Kaplan 1985 "Small Town" Jonathan Kaplan 1986 "R.O.C.K. in the USA (A Salute to '60s Rock)" John Mellencamp
John J. Mellencamp [1] (born October 7, 1951), previously known as Johnny Cougar, John Cougar, and John Cougar Mellencamp, is an American singer-songwriter. He is known for his brand of heartland rock , which emphasizes traditional instrumentation.
At the time, 1982 had the second lowest number of number-one songs since 1956, with only 15 songs reaching the #1 spot. That year, 10 acts received their first number-one songs: The J. Geils Band, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Vangelis, The Human League, Survivor, John Cougar, Men at Work, Joe Cocker, Jennifer Warnes, and Toni Basil.
According to John Mellencamp, "Jack & Diane" was based on the 1962 Tennessee Williams film Sweet Bird of Youth. [8] He said of recording the song: "'Jack & Diane' was a terrible record to make. When I play it on guitar by myself, it sounds great; but I could never get the band to play along with me.
John Cougar is the third studio album by John Cougar. [3] It was his first album to be released by his new record company Riva Records. [5] Released in 1979, following the success in Australia of the single "I Need a Lover" from his previous album A Biography (which did not receive a U.S. release), John Cougar included the aforementioned track for U.S. audiences, as well as a re-working of A ...
Olivia Newton-John had two songs on the Year-End Hot 100, including "Physical", the number one song of the year. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1982 . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 25, 1982, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of November 1, 1981 ...
This is a list of singles that have peaked in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 during 1982. A total of 81 songs hit the top-ten in 1982, including 15 number-one singles, and 6 number-two hits. Paul McCartney, Hall & Oates, Olivia Newton-John, and Diana Ross each had three top-ten hits in 1982, tying them for the most top-ten hits during the ...