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Alan Merrill

1951 - 2020

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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", and was the lead singer on the original recording of it, made by the band the Arrows in 1975. The song became a breakthrough hit for Joan Jett in 1982. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Merrill is the 2,302nd most popular singer (down from 2,261st in 2024), the 12,589th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,126th in 2019) and the 649th most popular American Singer.

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Among singers, Alan Merrill ranks 2,302 out of 4,381. Before him are Ruth Etting, M. Shadows, Trijntje Oosterhuis, Ellen McLain, Frank Ocean, and Gillian Chung. After him are Matthieu Chedid, Vinjamuri Anasuya Devi, Yolandi Visser, Anna Sedokova, Leona Lewis, and Mike Will Made It.

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Among people born in 1951, Alan Merrill ranks 649. Before him are Maria Klawe, Harry Groener, Mercedes Cabrera, Hossein Alizadeh, Julian Lloyd Webber, and Marietta Giannakou. After him are Françoise Nyssen, Azimzhan Askarov, Mike Bantom, Alan Minter, Rubén Cano, and Jean-Pierre Bel. Among people deceased in 2020, Alan Merrill ranks 751. Before him are Doris de Agostini, Tamás Wichmann, Sergey Belyayev, and Grant Imahara. After him are Azimzhan Askarov, Angelika Amon, Eugene Wright, Liang Wudong, Alan Minter, Bucky Pizzarelli, Bernard Bailyn, and Arnold Wolfendale.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alan Merrill ranks 12,589 out of 20,380. Before him are Ken Wahl (1954), and Paige O'Hara (1956). After him are Joe Dumars (1963), Frank Vaughn (1902), Jimmy Iovine (1953), Peyton Manning (1976), Clayton Moore (1914), Shaun White (1986), John Cameron Mitchell (1963), Anthony Boucher (1911), Bob Kurland (1924), and Morgan Woodward (1925).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Alan Merrill ranks 649. Before him are Crystal Waters (1964), Bobby Charles (1938), Ruth Etting (1896), M. Shadows (1981), Ellen McLain (1952), and Frank Ocean (1987). After him are Mike Will Made It (1989), Bobby Goldsboro (1941), Blake Shelton (1976), Amy Grant (1960), Andrew Wood (1966), and Ellie Greenwich (1940).

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