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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Label	Occurrences
Tom Waits canonical	40
Thomas Alan Waits	1

Statements (77)

Predicate	Object
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 ⓘ Island Records ⓘ
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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Asylum Records → signedArtist → Tom Waits ⓘ

Hozier → influencedBy → Tom Waits ⓘ

The Wire → composer → Tom Waits ⓘ

The Wire → openingThemePerformer → Tom Waits ⓘ

Jack Kerouac → influenced → Tom Waits ⓘ

Coffee and Cigarettes → stars → Tom Waits ⓘ

Coffee and Cigarettes → musicBy → Tom Waits ⓘ

Somewhere (from "West Side Story") → hasCoverVersionBy → Tom Waits ⓘ

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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus → stars → Tom Waits ⓘ

Seven Psychopaths → castMember → Tom Waits ⓘ

Tom Waits → name → Tom Waits self-link ⓘ

Tom Waits → birthName → Tom Waits self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thomas Alan Waits

Chris Blackwell → workedWithArtist → Tom Waits ⓘ

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band → collaboratedWith → Tom Waits ⓘ

subject surface form: Preservation Hall Jazz Band

Jim Jarmusch → hasCollaboratedWith → Tom Waits ⓘ

¡Adios Amigos! → originalArtistOfCoveredSong → Tom Waits ⓘ

Mark Howard → notableWorkWith → Tom Waits ⓘ

Mark Howard → collaboratedWith → Tom Waits ⓘ

The Blind Boys of Alabama → collaboratedWith → Tom Waits ⓘ

Way Down in the Hole → composer → Tom Waits ⓘ

Way Down in the Hole → lyricist → Tom Waits ⓘ

Way Down in the Hole → performer → Tom Waits ⓘ

Way Down in the Hole → albumArtist → Tom Waits ⓘ

Way Down in the Hole → writer → Tom Waits ⓘ

Way Down in the Hole → creditedSongwriter → Tom Waits ⓘ

The Book of Eli → starring → Tom Waits ⓘ

Short Cuts → starring → Tom Waits ⓘ

song "Oh Shenandoah" → hasRecordingBy → Tom Waits ⓘ

subject surface form: Oh Shenandoah

At Play in the Fields of the Lord (film) → starring → Tom Waits ⓘ

Colin Stetson → hasCollaboratedWith → Tom Waits ⓘ

Licorice Pizza → stars → Tom Waits ⓘ

Mr. Nick → portrayedBy → Tom Waits ⓘ

The Old Man and the Gun → star → Tom Waits ⓘ

The Tiger and the Snow → starring → Tom Waits ⓘ

Zachariah Rigby → portrayedBy → Tom Waits ⓘ

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs → stars → Tom Waits ⓘ

Mystery Men → castMember → Tom Waits ⓘ

Bunny → musicBy → Tom Waits ⓘ

Night on Earth → musicBy → Tom Waits ⓘ

Downtown Train → writer → Tom Waits ⓘ

Downtown Train → composer → Tom Waits ⓘ