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Closing Time is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released on March 6, 1973, on Asylum Records. Produced and arranged by former Lovin' Spoonful member Jerry Yester , Closing Time was the first of seven of Waits' major releases by Asylum.
"Ol' '55" is a song by American musician Tom Waits. It is the opening track and lead single from Waits' debut studio album, Closing Time, released in March 1973 on Asylum Records. Written by Waits and produced by Jerry Yester, "Ol' '55" was a minor hit. It has been described as more conventional than Waits' later songs. [1]
Tom Waits was born and raised in a middle-class family in Pomona, California. Inspired by the work of Bob Dylan and the Beat Generation, he began singing on the San Diego folk circuit. [3] [4] He relocated to Los Angeles in 1972, where he worked as a songwriter before signing a recording contract with Asylum Records.
Waits has also released one video album and 16 music videos. Waits's debut release was the 1973 single "Ol' '55", which was the lead single for his debut album Closing Time (1973). He began recording in 1971, but these first sessions would not be released until the beginning of the 1990s. For most of the 1970s he recorded for Asylum Records.
The Early Years is a two-part retrospective album series of Tom Waits songs, consisting of recordings made before Waits' debut album, Closing Time. Volume one was released in 1991 and volume two was released in 1993 on Bizarre/Straight. The recordings were made between July and December 1971.
Tom Waits - vocals, piano; DaWillie Gonga - Yamaha electric grand piano "Blue Valentine" - 5:51 from Blue Valentine (1978) Tom Waits - vocals, electric guitar; Ray Crawford - electric guitar solo "(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night" - 3:51 from The Heart of Saturday Night (1974) Tom Waits - vocals, acoustic guitar; Jim Hughart - bass ...
The music, for the most part, consists of Waits' gravelly, rough voice, set against a backdrop of piano, upright bass, drums and saxophone. Some tracks have a string section, whose sweet timbre is starkly contrasted to Waits' voice. "Tom Traubert's Blues" opens the album. Jay S. Jacobs has described the song as a "stunning opener [which] sets ...
"Time" is a song by Tom Waits appearing on his eighth studio album Rain Dogs.It was written by Waits and was recorded in 1985 at RCA Studios in New York City. [1]It was covered by Tori Amos for her 2001 concept album Strange Little Girls.