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Frederick James 'Bob' Wooler was born, Liverpool on 19 January 1926; died, Liverpool, 8 February 2002. He is most notable for being instrumental in introducing The Beatles to their manager, Brian Epstein & as the DJ at the Cavern Club. Liverpool skyline. ... January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The Beatles were an English rock band from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. ... Brian Samuel Epstein, born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England (19 September 1934 – 27 August 1967), was an English businessman best known as the manager of The Beatles. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... External view of the New Cavern Club, January 2006 The Cavern Club, which was opened on January 16, 1957, is a legendary rock and roll club at 10 Mathew Street, Liverpool, England, where Brian Epstein was introduced to the Beatles on 9 November 1961. ...

While he was living in Garston, he became involved in managing a skiffle group called The Kingstrums. He entered them into a talent contest at the Gateacre Labour Club. The competition was won by a group called The Mars Bars, who later became Gerry and the Pacemakers. The Kingstrums disbanded in 1958 but his experience of the music scene convinced Bob that he was more suited to being a compère for the shows put on at local jive hives. As a compère/disc jockey he worked, part-time, for promoters such as Wally Hill of Peak Promotions. Garston is a district of Liverpool, on Merseyside, postcode L19. ... Gerry & the Pacemakers was a British rock and roll group during the 1960s, and one of the few groups to challenge the Beatles in popularity. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ...

Bob's encyclopaedic knowledge of the local scene soon made him a sought-after figure by promoters and his advice was regularly heeded. Allan Williams offered him a job at the Top Ten Club but it burned down shortly after opening. Always of smart attire, Bob then started full time employment, in his most notable role, as compère at the Cavern Club. While Allan Williams was sorting out his finances, due to his former club burning down, he recommended that Bob become The Beatles' manager, an offer that he declined. His voice was captured on the only live footage of the Beatles ever filmed at the Cavern, performing Some Other Guy & saying "We've got the hi-fi high & the lights down low, so here we go!" Later, he was instrumental in introducing the Beatles to their future manager, Brian Epstein. Bob became one of the major figures on the Mersey Scene and did much to help the various groups, remaining at the Cavern until 1967. Former Liverpool businessman and promoter; original manager of The Beatles, who sent the young band to Hamburg, Germany, where they gained vital show business experience. ... External view of the New Cavern Club, January 2006 The Cavern Club, which was opened on January 16, 1957, is a legendary rock and roll club at 10 Mathew Street, Liverpool, England, where Brian Epstein was introduced to the Beatles on 9 November 1961. ... The Beatles were an English rock band from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. ... Some Other Guy is a rock n roll song, written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ...

Bob had great banter with The Beatles. During one of the Cavern introductions, John Lennon once told a naive Cavern audience that Bob was his long lost father, whom he hadn't seen for fifteen years.

The Lennon Incident

On 18 June 1963, at Paul McCartney's 21st birthday party, Bob made a comment to John Lennon, suggesting that Lennon was in a homosexual relationship with Brian Epstein. Lennon later told his wife, Cynthia, "He called me a bloody queer so I bashed his ribs in". Wooler was hospitalised & Epstein was of mind to mend the situation by asking Lennon to apologise. Lennon refused, so Epstein wrote an unagreed apology on his behalf. June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Sir James Paul McCartney MBE (born June 18, 1942) is a Grammy Award-winning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ... John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... Since its coinage, the word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ... // Cynthia Lennon née Powell (born September 10, 1939) was the first wife of John Lennon. ...

Woolerisms

• "The best of cellars", a wordplay of 'best of fellas', & referring to the cellar in which the original Cavern Club was situated.
• "The Nemperor" for Brian Epstein, was an amalgamation of NEMS, Epstein's record shop in Liverpool, & 'emperor'.

Others include; "Mr Showmanship" for Rory Storm, "The Panda Footed Prince of Prance" for Faron, leader of Faron's Flamingos, "The Sheik of Shake" for Karl Terry, of Karl Terry & the Cruisers and "The Boswell of Beat" for Bill Harry, editor of Mersey Beat. Brian Samuel Epstein (September 19, 1934 – August 27, 1967) was a Jewish-English businessman, best known as the manager of The Beatles. ... Rory Storm (January 7, 1938 – September 28, 1972), real name Alan Caldwell, was the leader of Rory Storm & The Hurricanes, a Liverpool band who were contemporaries of The Beatles in the late 1950s and early 1960s. ... Bill Harry was born in Liverpool, England. ... Mersey Beat was a music publication in Liverpool, England in the early 1960s. ...

External Links

• Guardian UK, Bob Wooler discussing John Lennon
• Guardian UK, Obituary
• Liverpool Daily Post, Reminiscences
• The Best of Fellas: The Story of Bob Wooler, Spencer Leigh, 2002. ISBN 0954383907