Koschmider met again in July at the 2i's Coffee Bar, where they arranged for Derry and the Seniors (and soon, other Liverpool groups) to perform in Hamburg. On 1 December 1960, Williams opened the Top Ten Club on Liverpool's Soho Street (the name being borrowed from a Hamburg club popular with Liverpool rock acts, including the Beatles), with Bob Wooler as its DJ. However, the club burned down a week later due to an electricity overload. In spring 1960, Williams bought the lease for a social club with plans to convert it into a nightclub called the Blue Angel. The Blue Angel opened in March 1962. Rock concert promotion In March 1960, Williams attended a Liverpool Empire concert starring Gene Vincent and Eddie Cochran, which prompted Williams to host his own show with the two stars. He and promoter Larry Parnes agreed to host a show on 3 May with the two American stars and a coterie of Liverpool rock acts, including Ringo Starr's Rory Storm and the Hurricanes and Gerry and the Pacemakers. Cochran died in a car crash less than three weeks before the concert, though Vincent and the Liverpool acts still performed as scheduled. The show was a huge success for the Liverpool rock scene and opened a fruitful working relationship between Williams and Parnes for several months. In May 1962, Williams booked Jerry Lee Lewis to perform on a bill with Rory Storm and the Hurricanes at New Brighton Tower Ballroom. Beatles management In May 1960, as Williams began supplying Parnes with backing groups for solo singers, the Beatles, as regular patrons and performers at the Jacaranda, pressed Williams for opportunities; Williams helped find them a temporary drummer (Tommy Moore) and booked them for an audition with Parnes. The audition resulted in Parnes asking the Beatles to tour Scotland as the backing band for Johnny Gentle in late May 1960. Between May and August, Williams secured a number of bookings for the group at other places. Rod Murray observed, "None of [the Beatles] had any business sense, and without Allan Williams I don't think they would have got anywhere." One memorable booking was backing a local stripper, named Janice; when she discovered the Beatles were not familiar with the "Gypsy Fire Dance", they instead backed her with a rendition of the Harry Lime theme tune. Around 8 August 1960, Bruno Koschmider asked Williams for another Liverpool