John Wooler

John Wooler
John Wooler
Birth name	John Wooler
Born	1958; Scotland, United Kingdom
Origin	Scotland, United Kingdom
Genres	Blues; classic soul; Americana; funk; rock and roll; pop;
Occupations	Record producer; music executive; radio host;
Instrument(s)	piano; keyboard;
Years active	1982–present
Labels	Virgin Records UK (1984–1994); Virgin Records America (1994–2002); Pointblank Records (Founded 1989); Back Porch Records (Founded 1997); EMI Music Group; Universal Music Group;

John Wooler (born 1958) is a Scottish-American multiple Grammy Award-winning record producer, global licensing, label relations, and record label executive. With 37 years of worldwide experience in the music industry, his career brought him a total of 5 Grammy Awards wins from the 26 Grammy nominations he received.

As an industry executive at Virgin Records UK and Virgin Records America, he signed both legendary and contemporary artists and is known for his production work including The Rolling Stones, Simple Minds, Genesis, XTC, Iggy Pop, Van Morrison, John Lee Hooker, Albert Collins, Young Dubliners, Dan Brodie, and John Hammond to name a few, with nearly 170 albums recorded under his credits.

He founded Pointblank Records, an imprint label of Virgin Records, which successfully signed acts like Isaac Hayes, Pops Staples, and Charlie Musselwhite and co-founded Back Porch Records, which was an Americana and roots rock sub-label of Virgin Records that signed artists including Cracker, and Over the Rhine.

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