Tom Waits

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actor composer human lyricist pianist record producer singer-songwriter

Tom Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor known for his gravelly voice, experimental songwriting, and dark, theatrical storytelling.

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instanceOf actor ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
lyricist ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
singer-songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1970 ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album ⓘ
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album
birthName Tom Waits self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Alan Waits
collaboratedWith Francis Ford Coppola ⓘ
Kathleen Brennan ⓘ
Robert Wilson ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1949-12-07 ⓘ
debutAlbum Closing Time ⓘ
debutAlbumReleaseYear 1973 ⓘ
familyName Waits ⓘ
filmAppearance Bram Stoker's Dracula ⓘ
Coffee and Cigarettes ⓘ
Down by Law ⓘ
Rumble Fish ⓘ
Short Cuts ⓘ
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus ⓘ
The Outsiders ⓘ
genre avant-garde ⓘ
blues ⓘ
cabaret ⓘ
experimental music ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
rock ⓘ
givenName Thomas ⓘ
influenced Mark Lanegan ⓘ
Nick Cave ⓘ
PJ Harvey ⓘ
The Pogues ⓘ
influencedBy Beat Generation ⓘ
surface form: Beat Generation writers

jazz music ⓘ
instrument guitar ⓘ
piano ⓘ
vocals ⓘ
marriageStart 1980 ⓘ
memberOf Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
name Tom Waits self-link ⓘ
nominatedFor Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
notableAlbum Alice ⓘ
Bad as Me ⓘ
Blood Money ⓘ
Bone Machine ⓘ
Frank's Wild Years ⓘ
Mule Variations ⓘ
Rain Dogs ⓘ
Real Gone ⓘ
Small Change ⓘ
Swordfishtrombones ⓘ
The Heart of Saturday Night ⓘ
notableFor dark theatrical storytelling ⓘ
experimental songwriting ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
composer ⓘ
musician ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
singer-songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Pomona, California ⓘ
surface form: Pomona, California, United States
recordLabel Anti- ⓘ
Asylum Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
Island Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence California, United States ⓘ
spouse Kathleen Brennan ⓘ
styleCharacteristic cabaret and vaudeville influences ⓘ
noir-influenced lyrics ⓘ
use of unconventional instruments ⓘ
vocalCharacteristic gravelly voice ⓘ
workFeaturedIn musical play "Alice" ⓘ
musical play "The Black Rider" ⓘ

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Tom Waits → birthName → Tom Waits self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomas Alan Waits
Seven Psychopaths → castMember → Tom Waits ⓘ
The Wire → composer → Tom Waits ⓘ
subject surface form: Somewhere
Jack Kerouac → influenced → Tom Waits ⓘ
Hozier → influencedBy → Tom Waits ⓘ
Coffee and Cigarettes → musicBy → Tom Waits ⓘ
Tom Waits → name → Tom Waits self-link ⓘ
The Wire → openingThemePerformer → Tom Waits ⓘ
Asylum Records → signedArtist → Tom Waits ⓘ
Coffee and Cigarettes → stars → Tom Waits ⓘ