RIP Alan Merrill, writer of "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" - COVID-19

[64Guitars]

Alan Merrill
February 19, 1951 – March 29, 2020
R.I.P.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52089768



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AT_Pbtyid0

[cuthbert]

Was sorry to read this news. Wasn't familiar with his catalog, but he did write a stone cold classic.

RIP, Alan Merrill.

[Jean Pierre]

RIP Alan Merril

I didn't know much except this song  "I Love Rock 'n' Roll"  a rock song written by Alan Merrill and Jake Hooker and first recorded by the Arrows in 1975. It is best known for its 1982 cover version by Joan Jett