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Sep 30, 2014 · Alan Merrill, singing his Vodka Collins band composition Automatic Pilot as he wrote it in English in 1971, the song was later translated into Japanese.
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Sep 27, 2019 · Alan Merrill singing his composition "Automatic Pilot" in Japanese, which was translated from the original English language version by Hiroshi Oguchi for their band Vodka Collins' double...
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Vodka Collins was a Tokyo-based Japanese-American rock band, formed in 1971. The core band members were drummer Hiroshi Oguchi (formerly of The Tempters), singer-guitarist Alan Merrill, singer-guitarist Hiroshi "Monsieur" Kamayatsu (formerly of The Spiders) and bassist Take Yokouchi (formerly of the Four Leaves touring band, High Society).
Jul 22, 2009 · Vodka Collins in 1997 on one if their 1990s reunion tours performing a bit of their 1972 Japanese hit single "Automatic Pilot" from their EMI album Tokyo-New York (and re-recorded on the 1990s...
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Weary of sessions for other artists, and anxious to get back on stage, Alan Merrill formed the hard-edged glam rock group Vodka Collins (as lead singer and guitarist) in 1972 with Hiroshi Oguchi. The band were quickly successful.
The first incarnation of Vodka Collins disbanded in the winter of 1973, at the peak of their popularity, with lead singer Alan Merrill leaving Tokyo for London to form another succcessful glam pop band The Arrows, who had hits with "I Love Rock N Roll", "Touch Too Much" and "My last Night With You".
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The Vodka Collins Tokyo – New York album has been reissued again as recently as October 2011 on EMI Japan. While working in Japan with his main project Vodka Collins, Merrill also had a side project in New York, starting with a tribute to Don Covay he began recording with R&B producer Jon Tiven.
