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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Merrill has received more than 474,683 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Alan Merrill is the 2,259th most popular singer (down from 1,897th in 2019), the 12,131st most popular biography from United States (down from 10,288th in 2019) and the 611th most popular American Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 470k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Alan Merrill ranks 2,259 out of 4,381. Before him are JJ Lin, Brett Anderson, Song Yuqi, Black Francis, Tayanna, and John Waite. After him are Tijana Dapčević, Mildred Bailey, Heather Nova, Aram Mp3, Paula Cole, and Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Alan Merrill ranks 621. Before him are Frits Goedgedrag, Piet Kleine, Peter Hitchens, Kenny Anthony, Eddie Dibbs, and Wolfgang Hanisch. After him are Nobutaka Taguchi, Mazlan Othman, Emmanuel Nadingar, Boško Abramović, Wilner Piquant, and Fița Lovin. Among people deceased in 2020, Alan Merrill ranks 736. Before him are Arnold Wolfendale, Roger Saint-Vil, John Davies, Magdaleno Mercado, Rahat Indori, and Oliver Friggieri. After him are Jan Halvarsson, Charley Pride, Gerhard Strack, Louis Meznarie, Paul Nihill, and Alberto Alesina.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alan Merrill ranks 12,131 out of 20,380. Before him are Alyson Reed (1958), William Wirt (1772), Lisa Ann Walter (1963), Daniel Harvey Hill (1821), Sarah Drew (1980), and Benjamin Stoddert (1751). After him are Tommy Noonan (1921), Patsy Kelly (1910), Henry Weed Fowler (1878), George Voinovich (1936), Mildred Bailey (1907), and Daniel Roebuck (1963).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Alan Merrill ranks 611. Before him are Ellen McLain (1952), Eddie Kendricks (1939), Fred Neil (1936), Bobby Rydell (1942), Taylor Dayne (1962), and Black Francis (1965). After him are Mildred Bailey (1907), Paula Cole (1968), Rosanne Cash (1955), P. P. Arnold (1946), Jimmy Dean (1928), and Charley Pride (1934).

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