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The Singer had died a long and varied career in music, with bands in Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States

co-author and original singer of I Love Rock 'N' Roll, Alan Merrill , after contracting coronavirus.

His daughter, Laura, said the 69-year-old had been healthy enough to play shows a few weeks ago.

"He downplayed the "cold" he thought he had," she wrote, before warning other families not to be complacent.

"you don't think It will happen to you or your family a good. It has," she wrote. "Stay at home, if not For You , for others. For my dad. This thing is real. "

I love Rock 'N' Roll became a global hit for Joan Jett in 1982, and has been covered by artists ranging from Britney Spears to Weird Al Yankovic

A parody version, I love sausage, in Last Year 's Christmas Number One in the UK, with proceeds going to charity.

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Coronavirus is also The Life of Country Singer Joe Diffie over the weekend claimed that while The Family of Nashville legend John Prine said he was critically ill, on a respirator, and Covid-19-symptoms are treated.

Prine, an influential singer-songwriter who is known for lyrical, melancholic folk songs such as Hello In There and Angel From Montgomery, has so far survived cancer twice.

As the news of his condition broke, musicians such as Joan Baez , Bette Midler , and Kacey Musgraves , the Grammy Award-winner sent their love and support.

Alan Merrill , who was born Allan Preston Sachs in New York , had a long and varied career as a musician. He signed his first record contract as a singer in The Band The Lead , had a Big Hit in Japan with Aoi Bara (Blue Rose).

After the release of two successful solo albums, and hosting TV shows and acting in soap Operas, he left Japan for the UK in 1974, for the shape of The Arrows , the a glam-rock gloss on the Classic Pop -melodies.

The Group scored hits with A touch Too Much and My Last Night With You , and I love Rock 'N' Roll was written by Merrill and guitarist Jake Hooker as a "knee-jerk reaction to the" Rolling Stones " It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)" in 1975.

Originally released on the B-side of The Arrows ' single dissected heart, it's a hit after DJs play instead of was started The Other side.

its success led to The Band getting a weekly ITV series, with musical guests including Marc Bolan , Slade and The Bay City Rollers and that was where the American singer Joan Jett first heard, and fell in love, I love Rock 'N' Roll.

In the mid-1970s, Jett tried to convince you, your band, The Runaways , to cover it, but they refused. When The Band broke up, Jett recorded and spent Seven Weeks at The Top of the Billboard chart.

After his death, when he wrote: "My thoughts and love goes out to His Family , friends and the music community as a whole. I can still remember, watch The Arrows on the television in London and is Blown Away by The Song that screamed hit me.

"With deep gratitude and sadness, wish him a good journey to The Other side. "

Merrill later Meat Loaf ' s joined The Band for two albums and played with Rick Derringer .

: "Let this be a lesson for all of us who try to stay in contact with The People you really love and care about. Life is very short. Alan, I'm sorry, that I reach out to you years ago. I love you very much. "

During his career, Merrill also made a return, had a part in the HBO series encyclopedia Brown, was in The Band runner, and The Most recent released several albums as a solo artist, with 2019 Radio Zero.

Merrill ' s daughter said that it was unlikely that her father will get a proper funeral because of the restrictions in the course of the coronavirus.

"We will probably not be able to mourn him properly, with a funeral," she wrote. "I lost the biggest love of My Life and not be embrace in the location every, because I Am suspended and need to self-quarantine for Two Weeks . Alone . "

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Source of news: bbc.com