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The Arrows had two 14-week television shows in the UK called Arrows in 1976 and 1977, which were broadcast on Granada Television and produced by Muriel Young.They are the only band to have two weekly TV series and no records released during the run of either series; a result of a conflict between the band's manager Ian Wright of the M.A.M. Agency, and the group's mentor/producer Mickie Most.
Death Row Records is an American record label that was founded in 1991 by The D.O.C., Dr. Dre, Suge Knight, and Dick Griffey. [8] The label became a sensation by releasing multi-platinum hip-hop albums by West Coast-based artists such as Dr. Dre (The Chronic), Snoop Dogg and 2Pac (All Eyez on Me) during the 1990s.
Hooker joined forces with his friend Alan Merrill, at the time well-known in Japan, to found the band Streak in 1972, which evolved into the Arrows. [2] The band had several hit records produced by Mickie Most. [3] Alan Merrill wrote the song "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" for the Arrows, giving a co-writer credit to Hooker by way of settling a debt. [4]
Death Row still had plans to release the album, but got cancelled later for unknown reasons. The album was later leaked in 2011. Innocent Man (2002) - Mark Morrison : In 2001, Death Row entered the UK market in conjunction with the Ritz Music Group, just after Suge Knight was released from prison. [ 22 ]
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" is a rock song written by Alan Merrill and Jake Hooker and first recorded by the Arrows, a British rock band, in 1975. A 1981 cover version by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, released as the first single from her album of the same name, became Jett's highest-charting hit, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and becoming the No. 3 song for 1982. [1]
The recording was produced by Mickie Most and was released on RAK Records, distributed by EMI. "Touch Too Much" was Arrows' highest charting hit; it also reached No. 2 in the South African charts and was in the top 20 there for 15 weeks. [3] The song appeared on the soundtrack of the feature film The Look of Love, a 2013 biopic of Paul Raymond. [4]
Articles relating to the record label Death Row Records, founded in 1992 by Suge Knight, Dr. Dre, The D.O.C. and Dick Griffey.The label became a sensation by releasing multi-platinum hip-hop albums by West Coast-based artists such as Dr. Dre (The Chronic), Snoop Dogg (), Tha Dogg Pound (), and Tupac Shakur (All Eyez on Me) during the 1990s.
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