Joan Jett's solo career looked like it was destined to be a dud after the Runaways splintered — but everything broke wide open with her second release, 1981's I Love Rock 'n Roll. Released on ...

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 ...

Joan Jett‘s second and third solo albums Bad Reputation and I Love Rock ‘n Roll turn 40 this year, and to celebrate, Z2 Comics is putting out a new graphic novel, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts ...

Firstly, a little background. While Jett will always be associated with “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll,” she did not perform the original version of the song. The track was originally by a ...

It wasn’t until the late 1970s that “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll” found a young Joan Jett. She first heard it while in England on tour with her band, the Runaways, getting a taste of the song ...

Alan Merrill, who penned the anthem "I Love Rock 'N' Roll" that became an era-defining hit for fellow rocker Joan Jett, has died of complications from coronavirus at age 69. Daughter Laura ...

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 ...

Little did Joan Jett, born Joan Marie Larkin ... out of the previously obscure Arrows song “I Love Rock ’n’ Roll.” Seven years later, Jett and her band reached the top 10 one last time ...

On a raucous night at the Rosebud Bar & Kitchen in Somerville in 2011, Nicole “Nikki T” Tammaro witnessed a Joan ... Jett’s world. As for who’ll get to play “I Love Rock ‘N Roll ...

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts scored a No. 1 hit ... Merrill was best known for writing the track “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll.” Merrill originally wrote and recorded the iconic song while he ...