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Mar 30, 2020 · The co-writer and original singer of I Love Rock 'N' Roll, Alan Merrill, has died after contracting coronavirus. His daughter Laura shared the news, saying the 69-year-old had been healthy enough ...
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Contents. Alan Merrill. Alan Merrill (born Allan Preston Sachs; February 19, 1951 – March 29, 2020) was an American vocalist, guitarist and songwriter. In the early 1970s, he was one of the few resident foreigners in Japan to achieve pop star status there. He wrote the song " I Love Rock 'n' Roll ", [ 1 ] and was the lead singer on the ...
Mar 29, 2020 · Musician Alan Merrill, who wrote and sang the original version of the classic song I Love Rock 'N' Roll died in March 2020 due to coronavirus.
Alan Merrill, center, performing with the Arrows in 1976 with, from left: Terry Taylor, Paul Varley and Jake Hooker. Mr. Merrill and Mr. Hooker wrote “I Love Rock ’n’ Roll” together. Erica ...
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Mar 30, 2020 · March 30, 2020 8:59 AM PT. NEW YORK —. Alan Merrill — who co-wrote the song “I Love Rock and Roll,” which became a signature hit for fellow rocker Joan Jett — died Sunday in New York of ...
Alan died of coronavirus at 69 on March 29, 2020. This interview is from August 1, 2009. The son of jazz musicians Aaron Sachs and Helen Merrill, Alan moved from New York to Japan when he was still a teenager, becoming the first foreign pop star residing in Japan to break out in that country, both as a solo artist and with his group Vodka Collins.
