found: Fissinger, L. John Cougar, c1983:t.p. (John Cougar) p. 5, etc. (John Mellencamp; changed name to John Cougar; in 1982 began using the name John "Cougar" Mellencamp)
found: Harshfield, D. Manchild for real, c1986:t.p. (John Cougar Mellencamp) p. 30 (b. 10/7/1951)
found: Int. ww in mus., v. 2, pop. mus., 1st ed.(Mellencamp, John; b. Oct. 7, 1951, Seymour, Ind.; singer, musician (guitar), songwriter; adopted name Johnny Cougar in 1976, changed to John Cougar Mellencamp, 1983)
found: New Rolling stone enc. of rock & roll(Mellencamp, John; called Johnny Cougar by David Bowie's manager, Tony DeFries, then signed with Riva Records as John Cougar; his album, Uh-huh (1983) was credited to John Cougar Mellencamp; 1991 album, Whenever we wanted, is first under the name John Mellencamp)
found: Guinness enc. of pop. mus., 2nd ed.(Mellencamp, John; signed by Tony de Fries in 1976 as Johnny Cougar; becaume John Cougar Mellencamp in 1983; dropped Cougar in 1989)
found: Contemporary musicians:v. 2 (Mellencamp, John "Cougar") v. 20 (Mellencamp, John)
