{"id":31613,"date":"2025-03-10T18:03:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T18:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/on-this-day-march-10-2008-john-mellencamp-is-inducted-into-the-rock-roll-hall-of-fame\/"},"modified":"2025-03-10T18:03:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T18:03:15","slug":"on-this-day-march-10-2008-john-mellencamp-is-inducted-into-the-rock-roll-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/on-this-day-march-10-2008-john-mellencamp-is-inducted-into-the-rock-roll-hall-of-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day, March 10, 2008: John Mellencamp is inducted into the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2025-03-10\/ABCAudio_ThisDayInHistory_v03_ag.jpg\" alt><\/figure>\n<p>Indiana rocker <strong>John Mellencamp<\/strong> was inducted into the Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame in a ceremony held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Mellencamp was inducted by <strong>Billy Joel<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y7hq2FYoYAw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>who told him<\/strong><\/a>, \u201cDon&#8217;t let this club membership change you, John.\u00a0 We need you to be pissed off and restless because no matter what they tell us\u2014we know this country is going to hell in a handcart.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added, &#8220;People need a voice like yours to echo the discontent that&#8217;s out there in the heartland &#8230; They need to know that somebody out there feels the way they do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mellencamp then treated the crowd to performances of the <em>Uh-Huh<\/em> tracks \u201cPink Houses\u201d and \u201cAuthority Song.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also inducted on that day were\u00a0<strong>Madonna,<\/strong> <strong>Leonard Cohen<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>The Ventures<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><b><em><span><strong>(Video includes uncensored profanity.)<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"raw-html-embed\"><iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y7hq2FYoYAw?si=dyGMxE8s8TrCX9Ut\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025, ABC Audio. 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