The original a-side version from 1975 by the band (Alan Merrill and) the Arrows. The group were produced by British legend Mickie Most, and the tune was written by Arrows Alan Merrill and Jake Hooker. The song was later covered by Joan Jett, Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus and many more. Lead vocals & bass guitar by Alan Merrill, guitar & backing vocals by Jake Hooker, and drums and backing vocals by Paul Varley. The Arrows released both an a-side version and a b-side version of this particular song. Having their own TV series, the band recorded many versions of their songs for performance on the show, in accordance with musician's union rules at the time. The video was made in three locations. The park is Berkeley Square, London England, W1, the street scenes are on Charles Street, same area. The performance was filmed on Quay Street in Manchester England, at the Granada/ITV studios. This clip aired on Granada/ITV in 1976, produced by Muriel Young and directed by Peter Walker. This version is available on The Arrows "Tawny Tracks" rarities album. There have been many different recording bands named the Arrows over decades, on separate continents, so in order to keep focus and clarity I have made sure people know this is the Arrows fronted by lead singer Alan Merrill in the headline above. Clip trivia: The mystery man standing by the tree with the Arrows at the end of this clip is Monsieur Kamayatsu of the legendary Japanese band The Spiders. Cosmic oddity: Arrows singer Alan .... + Informações

Alan Merrill and Monsieur Kamayatsu perform "Automatic Pilot" a song which has been on three seperate albums by their band Vodka Collins, in different versions over decades. The clip features an interview done in winter of 2007, with an impromtu jam on acoustic guitars of the Vodka Collins 1972 hit song. This is bi-lingual in Japanese and English with both musicians going from one language to the other. Filmed in Alan Merrill's flat in New York City which was part of a televison broadcast on Fuji TV in Japan.. + Informações

Arrows perform their top ten chart hit "touch too much" on Top Of The Pops in the UK in 1974. The record was produced by legend Mickie Most on his RAK-EMI record label. The Arrows band members are bassist lead singer Alan Merrill, guitarist Jake Hooker and drummer Paul Varley.. + Informações

Alan Merrill's 1985 Hard Hearted Woman video, the first single release from his Polydor solo album. The actresses are Joan Hastings as the brunette, and Kathleen Vigeland the blonde. Note: Alan Merrill played all the instruments and did all the voices (lead and background) on this track except drums by Eddie Tuduri. Vid trivia: A young pre-fame Will Smith attended this 1984 Adam Friedman produced video shoot.. + Informações

Arrows lead singer Alan Merrill gets a turn at being part of the mystery lineup on Nevermind The Buzzcocks in 2002. A no brainer for the panel, which included Skid Row's Sebastian Bach. There's a glimpse of Arrows performing their 1974 top ten record "touch too much," which reached #6 in the NME singles charts. Interesting that the show's host failed to mention that Merrill was also a guitarist for several years with the band Meat Loaf after The Arrows broke up. I was amazed that fact was overlooked given the revered stature of the Meat Loaf band in the UK.. + Informações

Alan Merrill - with "Nothing Ever Happens" a song from his 2011 album release 'Numbers." Song composed by Alan Merrill, who played all the instruments on this track and also sang all the parts. Thank you to all the great photographers who contributed to this slide show and actress model singer Miyu Watanabe for appearing in this clip. Photos taken in New York City, Tokyo, Hakata and Yokohama. "Nothing Ever Happens © 2010 Tugboat Music (ASCAP) Lyrics- www.the-aleecat.com From the album, Alan Merrill - "Numbers" 2011 www.cdbaby.com www.alanmerrill.net http Miyu Watanabe - born Tokyo, April, 1984 - appears courtesy of Club Sensation, Yokohama.. + Informações

Arrows in their last ever appearance doing their song "Love Rider," a tune recorded in 1976 at Granada's Quay Street Studio in Manchester England that didn't get released until 2005 with EMI's "A's B's and Rarities." The band split up shortly after this Christmas appearance. Because of reruns the band were on air in 1977 even though they had gone separate ways. Following up, the lead singer Alan Merrill formed the Island Records band Runner, drummer Paul Varley the Charisma Records band Darling, guitarist Terry Taylor founded the Rhthym Kings band with Bill Wyman, and guitarist Jake Hooker became his wife Lorna Luft's manager. For more on the band look up "Arrows UK pop group" on any search engine.. + Informações

Alan Merrill singing "Walk Away Renee" with Tom Finn and George Cameron of The Left Banke. 3-24-2011 in a Red Cross benefit concert for relief for Japan's tsunami victims. The show was held at The Bowery Electric in lower Manhattan, NYC. The song was a huge hit in 1966 for The Left Banke and is an enduring timeless rock classic. The event was organized by Sean Yox. Clip trivia: The trio had no sound check or rehearsal.They just went on stage and performed the song about 10 minutes after arriving at the club. It was the first time they'd ever sung the song together on stage. Remarkable really.. + Informações

Clip from 1989s Encyclopedia Brown where Buddy Clagget (played by Rick Overton) gets busted by his brother Casey Sparkz (played by Alan Merrill) after being wired by the police. The kids in this scene are Laura Bridge as Sally Kimball, and Scotty Bremner as Encyclopedia Brown. Clip Trivia: A talented actor and comedian, Rick Overton went on to star in a number of films, including "Earth Girls Are Easy.". + Informações

Alan Merrill's rendition of the Left Banke's "Walk Away Renee" from his limited edition CD Rive Gauche. This visualization is loosely based on Alan's interview with Dawn Eden, which can be read at: leftbanke.larryhovis.net For more about Alan Merrill, please visit www.alanmerrill.com PEW MAN FU STUDIOS http. + Informações

Alan Merrill, original composer of the song "I Love Rock n Roll", jams with Jon Paris (jonparis.com) at BB King's New York City, May 2009. + Informações

The song "Numbers", performed by Alan Merrill. Originally written for his band Runner's second album, the song was only recorded in demo form at London's ATV Music in 1978 by Runner band members Alan Merrill and Steve Gould with a click track. In 2010 Alan Merrill added the drums of ex Paul McCartney and Wings drummer Steve Holley in New York and the track was completed. Of interest-- Eric Clapton had a hold on this song in 1979 when Runner didn't do it and nearly recorded the tune, but it was decided by his label that it was too close to "Lay Down Sally" stylistically, so Clapton ultimately didn't record it. Players- Alan Merrill - Lead vocals, bass and lead guitar Steve Gould - Harmonies and rhythm guitar Steve Holley - Drums and percussion Copyright ATV Music Ltd, 1978 The title track of Alan Merrill's 2011 solo release, "Numbers, The Collections Vol.#2." Lyrics: the-aleecat.com Words and music -Alan Merrill www.alanmerrill.com. + Informações

Pretty Ballerina, Alan Merrill- Alan Merrill - guitars, bass, lead vocals Tommy Mandel - keyboards Sandy Gennaro - drums Produced by Kirk Yano Photos of Alan Merrill and various Japanese models including sisters Yuri Tachikawa and Mari Tachikawa) from popular An-An and Non-Non fashion magazines, 1971. www.alanmerrill.com. + Informações

Alan Merrill's debut solo single, written by Monsieur Kamayatsu and Zuzu (Yasui Kazumi) a ballad with a French feel to it. This 45 rpm made the top 10 in Japan in 1969 and his debut album "Alone In Tokyo" followed in 1970 on Atlantic Records. Recorded entirely in Japanese, this album established the 18 year old as a core and integral part of the Japanese pop GS scene for several years, before he left for England to form the popular band The Arrows as lead singer. The song "Namida" means teardrops in English. This version is a remastered 2008 re-mix and re-issue appearing on Merrill's "Alien In Tokyo" album. This slideshow shows some performance photos as well as modelling that Merrill did for major corporate campaigns and print magazines like Anan and Nonon. As if that wasn't enough, he was also a very in demand session bass player and guitarist in Tokyo.. + Informações

Alan Merrill - with "Slaves" a song from his 2011 album release 'Numbers." Photos by courtesy of Robbie Michaels, Feb 27, 2011 at Aza Lounge, New York City. Alan Merrill played all the instruments and sang all the parts on this track. Lyrics- www.the-aleecat.com From the album, Alan Merrill - "Numbers" 2011 www.cdbaby.com www.alanmerrill.net Composed by Alan Merrill ( © Tugboat Music Ltd.) ASCAP. + Informações

Please Let Me Love You from Merrill 1, Alan's first solo LP, released in Japan in 1971. The album did very well there, even though all the songs were in the English language. This was a very unusual thing in Japan at the time. Alan Merrill was the first successful foreigner in Japan's domestic rock market in the country's history, having hit records in the Japanese language, touring, modeling, and hosting TV shows in the late 1960s and early 70s. He was a pioneer, performing and touring with the top Japanese bands of the day, The Tigers, Tempters, The Spiders, and Golden Cups, the only foreigner in the "Group Sounds" scene. The CD can be purchased at CD Baby: cdbaby.com For More information about Alan Merrill, please visit: www.alanmerrill.com Special Thanks to Garden Of Shadows: www.digitalperversion.net SimsCave: www.simscave.com PEW MAN FU STUDIOS http. + Informações

Recently remastered and reissued on Alan Merrill's album "Numbers" (The Collections Volume 2) in 2011- www.cdbaby.com Lyrics- www.the-aleecat.com Alan Merrill, performing a song originally from his Polydor solo album released in 1985, "Always Another Train"- The song was originally recorded by Alan Merrill's band The Arrows, and the first recorded version is on the album Arrows & Friends "Tawny Tracks" which was produced by Bill Wyman. This is a different version, recorded after The Arrows disbanded in 1977, about a year after the first recording of the song. This version is available on CD, on Alan Merrill's "Never Pet A Burning Dog" album. Co-produced by Alan Merrill and Jimmy Miller, the track featured with the slideshow was recorded at Island Studios in London, England. The photos are from various public domain sources, depicting the players on the recording. Musicians on the basic track- Alan Merrill - Lead vocals, bass guitar Terry Taylor - Guitar, backing vocals Steve Gould - Guitar, backing vocals Mick Taylor - Guitar, Slide guitars Steve Winwood- Keyboards, Synth and backing vocals Mike Driscoll - Drums Oliver Tobias - Backing vocals Damalza - Percussion Composed by Alan Merrill, Terry Taylor, Jake Hooker- Published by Promobill Ltd / Wytel Music Publishing Copyright 1976-. + Informações

Alan Merrill, covers the Bert Russell - Russ Farrell classic song "Hang On Sloopy" originally a hit by The Vibrations as "My Girl Sloopy" in 1964. The McCoys took it to number one in 1965 featuring a young Rick Derringer on lead vocals. Many years later Alan Merrill toured with Derringer's band and recorded several live released versions of this song with the group. Not one to waste learning a song, Alan Merrill recorded it on his "The Face Of 69" album released in 2010. Merrill is playing all the instruments and singing all the parts on this recording. The song was named for Dorothy Sloop, a singer known simply as Sloopy. It's the Ohio State song.. + Informações

Just kidding! Actually Alan Merrill is playing the character Casey Sparkz in the HBO film Encyclopdia Brown in this never before seen out-take from the film. The policemen are there to protect "Casey" who is carrying the valuable Idaville rose from the legendary time capsule.. + Informações

Vodka Collins perform their song "Scratchin'" from their "Tokyo -New York" LP from 1973. Alan Merrill/guitar and vocals, Monsieur Kamayatsu/guitar and vocals, Hiroshi Oguchi/drums, Mabo/bass guitar. This live clip was filmed in 1997.. + Informações

By the band Runner, this is "Rock N Roll Soldiers"- a song written and sung by Alan Merrill from the band's debut chart hit album on Island Records in the USA. The track was produced by James Guthrie, and recorded at The Manor studio in Oxfordshire England in 1978. Runner was an amalgamation of former members of the bands Rare Bird, The Arrows, Whitesnake and the Van Morrison Band. "Rock' N Roll Soldiers" - the players: Alan Merrill - lead vocals, lead guitar Steve Gould - harmony vocals, rhythm guitar Mick Feat - bass guitar, harmony vocals Dave Dowle- drums Additional player- Ian Lynn- keyboards The Runner album was distributed by Acrobat Records in the UK. The band were on Island records for the rest of the world. Copyright- ATV Music 1978. + Informações

The band Arrows perform "Love Rider," in 1976 with lead singer Alan Merrill dropping bass guitar and fronting the band. It was around this time that the band began to reshuffle their lineup from the original 1974 trio, plus the addition of a new guitarist (Terry Taylor), and also a fifth (for the touring band) player, a utility member (Steve Gould of the recently disbanded Rare Bird) taking up bass duties but never seen on camera. Although recorded in 1976, this song was not released until the Millennium because of an ugly legal situation with their record label that prevented the band from releasing any recordings, ultimately resulting in the breakup of the group. Dormant for decades, the song was released some 30 years later, and appears on the album "Arrows, A's B's and Rarites" on EMI records. The new addition to the band on lead guitar Terry Tayor makes an appearance here. (Terry is currently with Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings). Lead vocals by Alan Merrill, rhythm guitar Jake Hooker, and drums Paul Varley. Arrows wardrobe designed exclusively by Dee Harrington. Website- www.arrowsfan.co.uk. + Informações

An Alan Merrill photo slideshow of the song "Hard Road" from his new album "The Face Of 69" (MEC Records) released in January 2010. Alan plays and sings all the parts on this track except for the drums, which are played by Andy Bigan. End of the song backing vocals by Alan's daughter Laura Merrill. The photos in this clip are a cross section of his 40+ year career in music, going back to his semi-pro bands in the 1960s and then on to Vodka Collins, The Arrows, Derringer, Meat Loaf and more. I have also added lots of current solo acoustic photos from 2009. Photos are by Neil Kitson (Getty Images), Robbie Michaels (New York Songwriter's Circle), Jung Kim (Conde Nast) and more. Lyrics- When I started out I was still in my teens Guitar in my hand, I was young wild and keen Playing here and there, looking for a break Making all the girls, yeah I took what I could take All the way Yeah it's a hard road, you've got to walk a while It's a real hard road, it could be worth every mile Yeah it's a hard road, you've got to walk sometimes It's a real hard road Now I'm a man and I've been through the fire It seems like getting burned only fevered my desire Got to push hard every day, and lean on lady luck It's eat or get swallowed, it's hit first or duck All the way Yeah it's a hard road, you've got to walk a while It's a real hard road, sometimes it's worth every mile Yeah it's a hard road, you've got to walk sometimes It's a real hard road- Yeah it's a hard road, you've got to walk a .... + Informações

Eddie Ban of the famous Japanese band The Golden Cups and rock legend Alan Merrill sing their own rendition of "Sweet Home Chicago" at the Japan@Chicago conference "Engaging Commodities" at the University of Chicago, May 21, 2010. Visit lucian.uchicago.edu for more info on The Golden Cups at Japan@Chicago.. + Informações

Radio, performed by Alan Merrill Alan Merrill - lead vocals, keyboards, guitars Dave Glover, bass Pete Phipps, drums Jan Tilley and Jackie Kamm, harmony vocals Recorded in Portsmouth England and New York City. www.the-aleecat. + Informações