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2227
"Innocent When You Dream"
'No Brains No Tumors'
'7" VINYL'
???: (1995) Strip Core/Forum

10,000 Maniacs
"I Hope I Don't Fall in Love With You"
'Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits'
pop: (1995) Manifesto/Caroline

Dave Alvin
"Ol' 55"
'Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits'
???: (1995) Manifesto/Caroline

Eric Anderson
"Ol' 55"
'Be True To You'
(1975) Arista

Bad Liver and Hans Brustna Hjartan (Sweden)
All Tom Waits covers (14 songs of course)
'Fjorton Sanger (14 songs): Tom Waits'
(1989) Nonstop Records NSM 33-15

Beat Farmers
"Rosie"
'The Pursuit Of Happiness'
(1987) Curb 1518 77501 2
(Out of print Dec. 94)

Bim Skala Bim
"Train Song"
'Eyes and Ears'
ska: (1994) BIB Records

The Bobs
"Temptation"
'Sing The Songs Of...'
rock/pop: (1990) Rhino 71467

Tim Buckley
"Martha"
'Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits'
pop: (1995) Manifesto/Caroline

'Sefronia'
pop: (1974) Discreet

Bulletboys
"Hang on St. Christopher"
'Freakshow'
heavy metal: (1991) Warner Bros. 9 26168-2

T-Bone Burnett
"Time"
'T-Bone Burnett'
Rock: (1986) MCA

John Campbell
"Way Down in the Hole"
'Howlin' Mercy'
????: (????) ????

Mary Chapin Carpenter
"Downtown Train"
'Hometown Girl'
Country: (1987) Columbia CK40758

Johnny Cash
"Down There By The Train" (Waits never recorded this song)
'American Recordings'
Country: (1994) ?????

Alex Chilton
"Downtown"
'Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits'
???: (1995) Manifesto/Caroline

Popa Chubby
"Heartattack and Vine"
'Hit the High Hard One'
blues: (1997) Laughing Bear/PrimeCD

Holly Cole
"Tango 'Til They're Sore" (live)
"Train Song" (live)
'It Happened One Night'
jazz: (1997) ????

"Take Me Home"
"Train Song"
"Jersey Girl"
"Temptation"
"Falling Down"
"Invitation to the Blues"
"Cinny's Waltz"
"Frank's Theme"
"Little Boy Blue"???
"I Don't Wanna Grow Up"
"Tango 'Til They're Sore"
"(Looking For) The Heart of Saturday Night"
"Soldier's Things"
"I Want You"???
"Good Old World"
"The Briar And the Rose"
'Temptation'
jazz: (1995) Metro Blue

"Purple Avenue"
'Blame It On My Youth'
jazz: (1992) Capital Records or Metro Blue

Shawn Colvin
"The Heart of Saturday Night"
'Cover Girl'
folk: (1994) Sony 7464 57875 2

"Ol' 55"
"Someday" promo cassette for 'Cover Girl'
folk: (????) Columbia CAT6452

Compulsive Gamblers
"Way Down In The Hole"
"Gambling Days are Over, Say it with Liquor"
(????) ????

Elvis Costello and The Brodsky Quartet
"More Than Rain" (same version as below)
"Plugging the Gaps Vol. 2" (rereleased from promo CD)
(1995) Tone Records 2CD003

"More Than Rain"
promo CD of Elvis Costello and the Brodsky Quartet live at New York Town Hall in 1993
(1993)

Dion
"The Heart of Saturday Night (Looking for)"
'Return of the Wanderer'
????: (1978) DCC Records 1094 49 4
(Out of print July 1995)

Dion DiMucci
"San Diego Serenade"
'Yo Frankie'
????: (1989) Arista

Drugstore
"Old Shoes"
'Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits'
???: (1995) Manifesto/Caroline

The Eagles
"Ol' 55"
'On The Border'
(1974) Asylum

English Country Blues Band
"Tom Traubert's Blues"
'Home And Deranged'
(1983) Rogue Records

Everything But The Girl
"Downtown Train"
'Acoustic'
(1992) Atlantic Records

Marianne Faithfull
"Strange Weather" (Song written for Marianne, only recorded by Waits later)
'Faithfull - A Collection of Her Best Recordings'
rock: (1994) Island 314-524 004-2

'Strange Weather'
rock: (1987) Island

Frente!
"Ruby's Arms"
'Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits'
????: (1995) Manifesto/Caroline

Georgette Fry
"On the Nickel"
'Rites of Passage'
Blues: (199?) Ontario Arts Council #SRR002

Davis Gaines
"Rainbow Sleeves"
'????'
????: (199?) ???? ????

Nanci Griffith
"San Diego Serenade"
'Late Night Grande Hotel'
folk: (1991) MCAD 10306

Screamin' Jay Hawkins
"Heartattack and Vine" (4:22)
"Ice Cream Man" (3:22)
'Black Music For White People'
blues: (1991) Demon Records FIEND CD 211
blues: (1993) BIZA 40102

"Whistling Past the Graveyard"
'?????????'
blues: (19??) ?????????
John Hammond
"No One Can Forgive Me" (Waits never recorded this song)
'Got Love If You Want It'
(1992) Virgin, Pointblank

Heavy Metal Horns (from Boston)
"Way Down in the Hole" (3:26)
'Heavy Metal Horns'
(1991) Square Records 4000-2

Hootie and the Blow Fish
"Hope I Don't Fall In Love With You"
Performed on 'MTV Unplugged' (1996) ??????

Hue & Cry (Scottish)
"(Lookin for) The Heart of Saturday Night"
'???????????' 10" EP
(1991?) ?????

Rickie Lee Jones
"Rainbow Sleeves" (Waits never recorded this song)
'Girl At Her Volcano'
(1983) Warner Bros.

"Rainbow Sleeves" (Waits never recorded this song)
"The King Of Comedy" (Soundtrack)
(1983) Warner Bros.

Magnapop
"Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis"
'Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits'
???: (1995) Manifesto/Caroline

Manhattan Transfer
"Foreign Affair"
'Extensions'
(1980) Atlantic

Claire Martin
"Old Boyfriends"
'Old Boyfriends'
(????) ?????? (Britain)

Ian Matthews
"Ol' 55"
'Best Of...' compilation 'Discreet Repeat'
(1980) Rockburgh

'Some Days You Eat Bear...And Some Days The Bear Eats You'
(1974) Elektra

Sarah McLachlan
"Ol' 55"
'Boys on the Side' soundtrack
blues: (1995) ????

'The Freedom Sessions' EP
blues: (1994) Nettwerk Records W2-6321 (Canada)

Meatloaf
"Martha"
'????'
pop: (1995) ????

Bette Midler
"Shiver Me Timbers"
'Songs For The New Depression'
pop: (1976) Atlantic

"Shiver Me Timbers" (live)
'Divine Madness'
pop: (1980) Atlantic

Moxy Fruvous (Canada)
"Jockey Full of Bourbon"
Not recorded...
a cappela: (19??) ????

Maura O'Connell
"Broken Bicycles"
'A Real Life Story'
????: (1990) Warner Bros. Records

Pale Saints
"Jersey Girl"
'Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits'
???: (1995) Manifesto/Caroline

Jeffrey Lee Pierce
"Pasties and a G-String"
'Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits'
rap: (1995) Manifesto/Caroline

The Picketts
"The Heart of Saturday Night (Looking for)"
'Paper Doll'
????: (????) ????

Primus
"Cemetary Polka"
'???' - Rare recording

The Ramones
"I Don't Want to Grow Up"
'!Adios Amigos!'
????: (1995) ????

Tony Rice and Dave Grismond
"Whistling Down the Wind" (instrumental)
'Tone Poems'
????: (19??) ????

Jonathan Richman
"The Heart of Saturday Night"
'You Must Ask the Heart'
????: (19??) ????

Brian Rickman
"I Wish I Was in New Orleans"
'Ex-Priest'
????: (1996) Aesthetic/EMI Records

Mathilde Santing
"Soldier's Things"
"Broken Bicycles"
'????'
????: (19??) ????

Bob Seger
"16 Shells from a Thirty-Ought Six"
'It's A Mystery'
rock: (1995) Cema/Capitol 99774

"Blind Love"
"New Coat of Paint"
'The Fire Inside'
rock: (1991) ????

Astrid Seriese (Dutch)
"Dirt In The Ground"
"Underground"
"Blow Wind Blow"
'Secret World'
jazz: (1994) ????

"Yesterday is Here"
"Little Boy Blue"
'Eclipse'
jazz: (1993) ????

Pete Shelley
"Better Off Without a Wife"
'Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits'
???: (1995) Manifesto/Caroline

Jane Siberry
"Train Song" (live)
(live "unofficial" tape)

Patti Smythe
"Downtown Train"
'Downtown Train' (single)
(1987) CBS

Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes
"New Coat of Paint"
'All I Want is Everything'
R&B: (1993) ???

'In the Heat'
R&B: (1984) Polydor

Bruce Springsteen
"Jersey Girl" (live)
'Cover Me' (12" single)
rock: (1984) CBS

"Jersey Girl" (live)
'Live 1975-1985'
rock: (1986) CBS

Rod Stewart
"Hang on St. Christopher"
'Spanner In the Works'
pop/rock: (1995) Warner Bros. 7599 45867 2

"Tom Traubert's Blues"
'Unplugged ... And Seated'
pop/rock: (1993) Warner Bros. 45289-2

"Downtown Train"
'The Mercury Anthology'
pop/rock: (1992) Polygram 512805

'Downtown Train' (a subset of Storyteller)
pop/rock: (1990) Warner Bros 2-26158

'Storyteller - Complete Anthology'
pop/rock: (1989) Warner Bros 2-25987

Jack Tempchin
"Tijuana" (co-written with Waits, otherwise unavailable)
'Jack Tempchin'
(1977) Arista

These Immortal Souls
"You Can't Unring a Bell"
'Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits'
???: (1995) Manifesto/Caroline

Tindersticks
"Mockin' Bird"
'Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits'
???: (1995) Manifesto/Caroline

Johan Verminnen
"Better Off Without a Wife" (Dutch "Beter zonder wijf")
'Stilte als Refrein'
???: (1976) Biram Records
Re-released on Ariola Express label (A BMG Belgium company)

Violent Femmes
"Step Right Up"
'Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits'
???: (1995) Manifesto/Caroline

The Walkabouts
"Yesterday's Here"
'Jack Candy' - Single
Subpop: (1993) ?????

Jerry Jeff Walker
"(Looking For) The Heart of Saturday Night"
'It's a Good Night For Singing' (out of print)
country: (1976) MCA-2202

The Wedding Present
"Red Shoes by the Drugstore"
'Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits'
???: (1995) Manifesto/Caroline

Paul Young
"Soldier's Things"
'The Secret Of Association'
(1985) CBS



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