Wolfman Jack

Robert (Bob) Smith was born on January 21, 1939 and became world famous in the 1960s and 1970s as a disc jockey using the stage name of Wolfman Jack. He died on July 1, 1995 and a memorial has been dedicated to him at Del Rio, Texas, USA.

External sources

:*The Wolfman Jack Online Museum

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:*"Wolfman Jack's old station howling once again." – Dallas Times Herald, January 2, 1983. – Article about Bill Mack and the restoration of the old RCA 250kW transmitter by Mike Venditti .

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:*Dedication of the Wolfman Jack Memorial in Del Rio, Texas – Shown in this montage of pictures is a group shot that includes Arturo Gonzalez. The caption identifies him as "the former owner of XERF".

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:*"Del Rio to Honor Wolfman Jack" – San Antonio Express-News, June 16, 1995. – Article describing how Bob Smith (Wolfman Jack) came to Del Rio, Texas, to meet Arturo Gonzelez at his law office on Pecan Street and wanting to know who was the owner of radio station XERF. Arturo Gonzelez who was 94 in 1995, recalls his first meeting with Bob Smith in 1963.

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:*Don Logan describes how Bob Smith became Wolfman Jack

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:*Border Radio, by Fowler, Gene and Crawford, Bill. Texas Monthly Press, Austin. 1987

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:*Big Beat Heat (Alan Freed and the early years of Rock & Roll), by Jackson, John A. – Schirmer Books, New York. 1991. ISBN 0-02-871155-6

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:*Mass Media Moments in the United Kingdom, the USSR and the USA (includes details of XERF in 1984), by Gilder, Eric. – "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu Press, Romania. 2003 ISBN 973-651-596-6

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:*Wolfman Jack and the Gun Battle in the Mexican Desert from FreeEnterpriseLand.com

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:* {{imdb name|id=0413125|name=Wolfman Jack}}

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