BROOKLYN, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 06: Joan Jett attends the Bvlgari B.zero1 Rock collection event at Duggal Greenhouse on February 06, 2020 in Brooklyn, New York. (Photo by Steven Ferdman/Getty Images) ...

Singer-songwriter and guitarist Alan Merrill was the brain behind "I Love Rock 'n' Roll", and he was born on this day in 1951.

Dolly Parton would have loved to sing "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" with Joan Jett — but the latter just wasn't up for it. "When I wrote 'Rockstar,' the title song, I was picturing her as a little girl ...

Alan Merrill was a member of The Arrows, the band that originally recorded “I Love Rock ‘n Roll.” During a 2009 interview with Songfacts, Merrill discussed the origin of the track. “That was a ...

Many people think of “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” as a Joan Jett original. Despite her rendition being undoubtedly the most popular, it was actually written and recorded by a U.K.-based group, Arrows – ...

Today, November 18th 2021, marks the 40th anniversary of Joan Jett’s iconic album I Love Rock ‘n Roll. This album was her first with The Blackhearts as her backing band (they were inducted into the ...

He loves Rock 'n' Roll. And rock loves him right back. For his performance in round two of the Quarterfinals on America's Got Talent Season 20, 10-year-old guitar prodigy Bay Melnick Virgolino ...

This week, Toyah and King Crimson’s Robert Fripp have set their way-back machine to January 2021 when, still deep in pandemic lockdown, they covered Joan Jett and The Blackhearts‘ “I Love Rock N’ Roll ...