CAPTION: WOLFMAN JACK. If you have a loved one that you would like mentioned on our program, please contact us. Wolfman Jack, in his day the most famous rock and roll disc-jockey in America, has howled for the last time. Howard is the only one left now. The disc- jockey, who achieved fleeting international fame for his part in George Lucas's 1973 teenage rites-of-passage film American Graffiti, died on Saturday night from a heart attack. Smith also had just completed a 20-city book tour to promote his new autobiography 'Have Mercy: Confessions of the Original Rock 'n' Roll Animal.' To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. Every nightfor over six decades, millions of people have listened to Wolfman Jack on the radio. Smith also played himself in the 1973 film 'American Graffiti,' director George Lucas's tribute to hot rods and rock 'n' roll. jockey, Wolfman Jack. The Wolfman had recently lost 40 pounds through diet and exercise, he said. The character was based in part on the manner and style of bluesman Howlin' Wolf. He began working on his career by enrolling in the Academy of Broadcasting in Washington D.C and supported his studies through door-to-door . He was feeling really good," said Lonnie Napier, vice-president of Wolfman Jack Enterprises. 'It was a complete shock,' she said. ``He walked up the driveway, went in to hug his wife and then just fell over, said Napier from the radio personalitys home about 120 miles east of Raleigh. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. Wolfman Jack's Halloween Special. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. 'In the beginning everybody thought he was black. Most of his audience assumed he was black, and his most conspicuous service was as one of a small band of white disc-jockeys - "Poppa Stoppa" in New Orleans, Dewey Philips at WDIA Memphis and John Richbourg at WLAC Nashville were others - who broke the racial barrier which had traditionally surrounded black music. That station continues to broadcast under the call sign XEPRS-AM. XERF's 250,000 watts was five times the power allowed on American radio stations at the time, giving the Wolfman a rapt teenage audience almost all the way across America. I don't want to say I knew Joy, but she was bored one Los Angeles night in 1972 --- she said she was 12 --- when she called the radio station I worked for, KIQQ. Jack Mould takes 1st Place BMX Dirt landing a 720 . The stations signal blanketed much of the United States. Born Robert Weston Smith in Brooklyn, New York. Add to your scrapbook. Following this appearance on film, Wolfman Jack continued making sporadic appearances on the screen, including appearing on the television program Married with Children.Sadly, Wolfman Jack passed away in 1995 at the age of only 57. Learn more about managing a memorial . Smith appeared in several television shows as Wolfman Jack, including The Odd Couple, What's Happening! "Everybody in America has a clear memory of that voice. Wolfman appeared in the movie "Mortuary Academy" in 1988. Details Transcript Legendary. Wolfman Jack. After selling encyclopedias and Fuller brushes door-to-door, Smith attended the National Academy of Broadcasting in Washington, D.C. After graduating from NAB in 1960, Smith began working as "Daddy Jules" at WYOU in Newport News, Virginia. Wolfman Jack was born Robert Weston Smith, in Brooklyn, New York, on January 21, 1938. Smith battled heart problems in the past but had recently lost weight and become more health-conscious in his eating habits, Joy Smith said. What other famous celebs live in North Carolina? A car driving from New York to L.A. would never lose the station. Try again later. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. ``He had just done one of his best shows, Napier said. But I still didn't know what to do on stage. He was among a group of border disk jockeys in the early 1960's with names like Hound Dog and Huggy Boy, and he had his name legally changed. Since May 1994, the Wolfman had done a Friday night show live from Washington's Planet Hollywood restaurant on Pennsylvania Avenue NW, featuring party-pleasing records from the 1960s and early 1970s such as "Shout." Drag images here or select from your computer for Wolfman Jack memorial. 'Nobody will ever be able to duplicate his distinctive style. Her love for travel has taken her to many parts of the world. Did you know that Wolfman Jack is routinely considered to be one of the first "shock jocks" in the history of radio broadcasting and that his program was syndicated to American troops during. As a young teenager, he would listen to the radio in his home's basement, where he pretended to be the DJ. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. In a broadcasting career that spanned four decades, Smith worked for 'too many radio stations to count,' Tod Smith said. Wolfman Jack, 57, the rock-and-roll disc jockey whose gravelly voice and trademark wolf howls made him one of the nation's most recognizable voices, died July 1 at his home here after a heart. ODN. English Ed Perva Jr was my brother. Resend Activation Email. Recordings of Wolfman Jack's old shows were reintroduced to syndication a decade after his death and remain available to local stations, through Talent Farm as of mid-2020.[14]. Through his radio show and many TV appearances, he dominated the social media scene, years before the invention of the Internet. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot loses re-election bid, concedes defeat, Nordic stars bring sex, terrorism, murder to U.S. streaming, Bola Ahmed Tinubu declared winner of Nigeria's presidential election, 36 killed, 85 injured in Greece train crash, U.S. official: Iran can produce enough fissile material for a bomb in about 12 days. His name came from a trend of the period, when disc jockeys took nicknames such as ``Moondog or ``Hound Dog. He enjoyed horror movies, so he took the name Wolfman. XERB was the original call sign for the border blaster station in Rosarito Beach, Mexico, which was branded as The Mighty 1090 in Hollywood, California. Wolfman Jack started his recording career in Minneapolis while working at KUXL Radio in 1965 with George Garrett, who helped record the album Boogie with the Wolfman by Wolfman Jack and the Wolfpack on the Bread Label. Just look at this lineup - Wolfman Jack, Howard Stern, Soupy Sales, and Don Imus. It was as Wolfman Jack, however, that he became a cult figure and icon of rock-and-roll radio. BIOGRAPHY Wolfman Jack was born Robert Weston Smith, in Brooklyn, New York, on January 21, 1938. His distinctive voice and musical tastes were spread around the globe through syndication. The album reached #29 on the Billboard 200 chart and was certified gold in 1975. His trademark was his Wolfman howl and gravelly voice. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. Wolfman Jack was born on January 21, 1938 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. It was there that he was heard by the film director George Lucas who, remembering the part which the Wolfman had played in his own teenage years, growing up in the small Californian town of Modesto, cast the disc-jockey in American Graffiti. He was going to live the way he lived, Napier said. Edwin R. Perva Jr., 30, of Hertford was killed about 1 a.m.when his 1991 Ford ran off the road and into a ditch beforestriking a driveway culvert and going airborne for 46 feet, saidHighway Patrol Trooper K.L. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. Because of the laws passed in the UK in 1967, the sales operation needed to be situated in the U.S. For a time, Don Kelley, Wolfman Jack's business partner and personal manager, acted as the West Coast agent for the planned new Radio Caroline, but the deal eventually fell apart. James F. Mills, "Wolfman Turns into Country Gentleman: N.C. [12] In the 1980s, he did a brief stint at XEROK 80, another border-blaster station that was leased by Dallas investors Robert Hanna, Grady Sanders, and John Ryman. 9200 Sunset Boulevard PH 20 Powerball ticket forgotten in coat pocket turns out to be $1 million winner. This internet. I've got that nice raspy sound." "Wolfman Jack" died on July 1, 1995. Eventually a group of Kansas City students called his bluff. Early pictures show him with a goatee, but sometimes he combed his straight hair forward and added dark makeup to look somewhat "ethnic." Todd Rundgren, the Guess Who, Leon Russell and Freddie King all wrote songs about him. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. 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His early influences were the DJ's of his day like Tommy Small, The Hound and Jocko. The ambiguity of his race contributed to the controversy of his program. Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. He moved to Belvidere, North Carolina, in 1989, to be closer to his extended family. Wolfman Jack, in his day the most famous rock and roll disc-jockey in America, has howled for the last time. Wolfman Jack died of a heart attack. He also bantered with sidekicks, engineers and celebrity callers. July 1, 1995 - Wolfman Jack, the rock 'n' roll disc jockey whose gravelly voice and wolf howls made him one of the nation's most recognizable personalities, died of a heart attack. Please enter your email and password to sign in. During the peak of his radio career, Wolfman Jack was heard on over 2000 radio stationsin 53 countries. He was an actor, known for American Graffiti (1973), Sgt. A couple of shots of whiskey helps it. This account has been disabled. His early influences were the DJ's of his day like; Tommy Small, The Hound, and Jocko. Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Authorities in Maine said one bison remained on the loose Tuesday after three of the animals were seen running loose on a road Monday. He was in the movie "American Graffiti" in 1973 as a disc jockey. 25:02. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. [1] Famous for his gravelly voice, he credited it for his success, saying, "It's kept meat and potatoes on the table for years for Wolfman and Wolfwoman. I never lived in New York, but WNBC was a legendary station. . Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. Dog rescued after falling 12 feet into Georgia storm drain. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. Wolfman Jack belonged to a more innocent era of rock and roll, when disc- jockeys - not marketing, video, or movie tie-ins - made hits, and when an exotic moniker and a gravel-voice gimmick could make a dj almost as big a star as those whose records he played. Jack Charlton funeral takes place in Newcastle. Smith was 'one of the most creative and influential presenters on radio,' said music mogul Dick Clark. Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Firefighters in Georgia came to the rescue of a dog who fell into a storm drain and ended up stranded about 12 feet underground. I loved her. She ran a red lightand was hit by an oncoming car. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1939 as plain Robert Smith - not a name to fire the imagination of a nation's teenagers in a field inhabited by myriad "Howlin's"; "Screamin's", "Moondogs" and "Hound Dogs". From the busy streets of Brooklyn in the 30s and 40s, Robert Weston Smith aka Wolfman Jack - would go on to turn his childhood love of radio into a career th. Jim Morrison's lyrics for "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)" were influenced by Wolfman Jack's broadcasting. Wolfman Jack on XERB Summer 1968. His early influences were the DJ's of his day like Tommy Small, The Hound and Jocko. He was a radio-show host right up until his death, broadcasting his last "oldies but goodies" show Friday night from a Planet Hollywood restaurant in Washington, D.C. Just before his death he returned home from a 20-day tour to promote his autobiography, "Have Mercy: Confessions of the Original Rock-and-Roll Animal," published by Warner Books. There was a problem getting your location. Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/factsverse?sub_confirmation=1 Or, watch more videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkXAntdjbcSKgHx6EQVOwNKVz1cR2hKVThe fact that Wolfman Jacks program was being broadcast from Mexico meant that he could get away with including more risqu humor. The border stations made money by renting time to Pentecostal preachers and psychics, and by taking 50% of the profit from anything sold by mail order. [9], In a deal promoted by Don Kelley, the Wolfman was paid handsomely to join WNBC in New York in August 1973, the same month that American Graffiti premiered, and the station did a huge advertising campaign in local newspapers predicting the Wolfman would propel their ratings over those of their main competitor, WABC's Cousin Brucie (Bruce Morrow). Wolfman credited his success to his voice, sustained by a regular intake of Camels and the judicious lubrication of whisky. "It's kept meat and potatoes on the table for years for Wolfman and Wolfwoman. Smith and his wife of 35 years, Lou Lamb, settled in Los Angeles with their two children in the early 1970s after moving frequently in 1960s. The family, which runs Wolfman Jack Productions, moved to North Carolina in the mid-1980s. Wolfman Jack, 57, the rock-and-roll disc jockey whose gravelly voice and trademark wolf howls made him one of the nation's most recognizable voices, died July 1 at his home here after a heart attack. Year should not be greater than current year. He was just exhausted from all he was doing,' she said, adding that the family was still mourning the loss of his mother, Rosalyn, just last month. Robert Smith (Wolfman Jack), disc-jockey: born Brooklyn, New York 1939; married (one son, one daughter); died Belvidere, North Carolina 1 July 1995. The leader of the band was an anthropomorphic wolf who was modeled after Jack. In 1962 he worked at KCIJ, a country station in Shreveport, La., where he went by the name Big Smith With the Records. The Wolfman was rumored to actually broadcast from this location during the early to mid-1960s. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. Born January 21, 1938 Died July 1, 1995 (57) in. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. Please reset your password. Feb. 28 (UPI) -- The World's Ugliest Dog Contest, held annually in California, announced applications are now available for owners of aesthetically-challenged canines seeking to prove the unsightliness of their pooches. On Diamond D's 1992 album Stunts, Blunts and Hip Hop, a parody of Wolfman Jack is done on the skit "Wuffman Stressed Out". wolfman jack joins in singing nothing takes the place of you on his radio show. Thank you! 'He created a phenomenon just by playing black music at a time when pop music was still pretty segregated (in the United States),' said his son, Tod Weston Smith. A native New Yorker, he was interested in radio at a young age and was particularly a fan of Alan Freed . Robert Weston Smith (January 21, 1938 July 1, 1995), known as Wolfman Jack, was an American disc jockey active from 1960 till his death in 1995. Born Jan. 21, 1938 in Brooklyn, N.Y., Smith was raised in a family of pop music buffs. Rest In Peace, Joy. He was famous for his gravelly voice and his trademark "wolf howl". The Friday night radio show he worked on until his death was carried on 55 stations across the country, Mr. Napier said. I lover her still. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) and Motel Hell (1980). A system error has occurred. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. He was born Robert Smith in Brooklyn on Jan. 21, 1938, and for a couple of years in 1960 and 1961 he was Daddy Jules on WTID in Norfolk, Va. The person behind Wolfman Jack was revealed in George Lucas ' 1973 Academy Award-winning film American Graffiti. In 1970, he began an association with Armed Forces Radio that would last until 1986. The next year, Wolfman Jack began hosting televisions ``Midnight Special and moved to New York to work for WNBC radio. You will receive your first newsletter soon. See the article in its original context from. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? He was also responsible for engineering, producing, and assembling the band. In his early days, Wolfman Jack made sporadic public appearances, usually as a master of ceremonies for rock bands at Los Angeles clubs. He also had played host on a weekly TV show called "The Midnight Special" for eight years, leaving in 1982. "I could have been Mexican, I could have been black; I could have been anything. Wikimapia/inlinefox In the 1960s, the Wolfman's rise to fame climbed even higher when he took a job just over the Mexico border at a radio station broadcasting at 250,000 watts - two and a half times the legal limit for radio stations in the U.S. The station pumped out at 250,000 watts, five times the legal limit for American stations at the time, and was heard across most of the country. Located just across the border from Del Rio, Texas, the 250,000-watt station was not subject to the same restrictions governing U.S. radio stations, a freedom that allowed Smith to play unconventional music and develop a manic on-air persona. No animated GIFs, photos with additional graphics (borders, embellishments. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. Robin Jarvis is a travel writer and editor for OnlyInYourState.com with a bachelor's degree in Journalism. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. Feb. 28 (UPI) -- A Michigan woman said a Powerball ticket found forgotten in the pocket of her husband's coat turned out to be a $1 million winner. The DJ, whose real name was Robert Smith, collapsed in his wife's arms shortly after returning home from Washington, D.C., where he hosted a nationally syndicated radio show from the Planet Hollywood nightclub, according to his daughter, Joy Renee Smith. "I looked real Neanderthal," he would later recall. Message in a bottle travels more than 185 miles in Australia. Morgan. As Wolfman Jack became known to a national audience, he moved beyond radio, taking roles on TV and in movies. Wolfman enjoyed national popularity. Then the Beatles hit and everyone sounded like them. The email does not appear to be a valid email address. When the one surviving ship in what had originally been a pirate radio network of Radio Caroline North and Radio Caroline South sank in 1980, a search began to find a replacement. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. Entering into the 1970s, the Wolfman was a full-blown cult figure.In 1973, Wolfman Jack was immortalized on film thanks to his performance as a fictionalized version of himself in George Lucas nostalgic masterpiece American Graffiti. Tapir briefly escapes enclosure at Florida zoo. Make sure that the file is a photo. pic.twitter.com . In 1974, he moved to New York to host Midnight Special on television and work for WNBC radio. 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