WOLFMAN JACK

Updated 04-May-2020.

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Wolfman Jack – IMDb: Wolfman Jack, Actor: American Graffiti. Wolfman Jack was born on January 21, 1938 in Brooklyn, New York, USA as Robert Weston Smith. He was an actor, known for American Graffiti (1973), Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) and Motel Hell (1980). He was married to Lucy Lamb. He died on July 1, 1995 in Belvedere, North Carolina, USA.

WOLFMAN JACK EL PARTE 1: KIP’s AMERICAN GRAFFITI BLOG is a tribute to the 1973 film classic, AMERICAN GRAFFITI with pictures, personal interviews and other articles.

KIN PLAN PARK, MUSEUM IN HONOR OF WOLFMAN JACK: The Wolfman is gone, but the legendary disc jockey’s family will continue to share his love of music.
The family of Wolfman Jack, who died July 1 at age 57, is planning a park and museum in his honor that will pay tribute to legends of rock, blues and country music, said his wife, Lou Smith.

Lay Your Hand On the Radio: Provided to YouTube by CDBaby Lay Your Hand On the Radio · Wolfman Jack Lay Your Hand On the Radio ℗ 2012 Lou Lamb Smith Released on: 2012-08-20 Auto-generat…

Wolfman Jack, Raspy Voice Of the Radio, Is Dead at 57

My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Robert Weston Smith, known as Wolfman Jack, was an American disc jockey . famous for his gravelly voice, he credited it for his success . he lived on 12th and 4th streets and went to his parents divorced while he was a child . to help keep him out of trouble, his father bought him a large trans-oceanic radio . Smith became an avid fan of R&b music and the disc Disc jockey Alan freed originally called himself the “Moon Dog” after street musician Moondog . freed used a recorded howl to give his early broadcasts a unique character . in 1963, Smith took his act to the border when the inter-American radio advertising’s Ramon Bosquez hired him and sent him to the studio and transmitter site of XERF-AM at Ciudad Acu most border stations broadcast at 250,000 watts, five times the U.S. limit . the border stations made money renting time to preachers and psychics . they took 50 percent of the profit from anything sold by mail order XERB was the original call sign for the border blaster station in Rosarito beach, Mexico . the station boasted “50,000 watts of Boss Soul Power” XERB has an office in the rear of a small strip mall in Chula Vista, California . it was not unlike the small broadcast studio depicted in the film American Graffiti . rumored that Smith left Mexico after eight months and moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, to run station KUXL . he was still broadcasting as Wolfman Jack on XERF via taped shows he sent to the station . Kelley saw the potential for Wolfman Jack to become more than a radio personality . he promoted Smith to the major media and formed enduring relationships with journalists . in 1971, the Mexican government banned Pentecostal preachers Smith edited his old XERB tapes and sold them to radio stations everywhere . he also appeared on Armed Forces radio from 1970 to 1986 . at his peak, Wolfman Jack was heard on more than 2,000 Wolfman Jack moved to Belvidere, north Carolina, in 1989, to be closer to his extended family . in the 80s, he did a brief stint at XEROK 80, another border blaster station recordings of Wolfman Jack’s old shows reintroduced to syndication a decade after his death . recordings remain available to local stations, currently through Envision Networks as of 2020 . ambiguity of his audience finally got a good look at him when he appeared in the 1969 film A Session with the Committee . he started his recording career in Minneapolis, Minnesota while working at KUXL Radio in 1965 . in 1978, he appeared as Bob “The Jackal” Smith in a made-for-TV movie Deadman’s Curve . he also appeared in the film’s 1979 sequel More American Graffiti . Jim Morrison was the regular announcer and occasional host for The Midnight Special on NBC from 1973 to 1981 . he was also the host of his variety series The Wolfman Jack Show, which was produced in Canada by CBC the estate of wolfman jack released a hip hop single in 2012 . in the single version of the track includes a shouted talk-over intro by the Wolfman . on the album version version Rundgren perform in 2016, clips from the Wolfman Jack Radio Program were used in the film 31 . because of the laws passed in the UK in 1967, it became necessary for the sales operation to be situated in the us . for a time, tapes are traded among collectors of his work . buried at a family cemetery in Belvidere.