Rickie Lee Jones (never recorded by Waits)
On the 10” ep
A Girl at Her Volcano
(Warner Brothers 23805-1) (1983)
Also on the original soundtrack album
The King of Comedy
(Warner Brothers
23765-1) (1983)
“Rainbow Sleeves”
Bette Midler (never recorded by Waits)
Performed in the film
Divine Madness
(1981); removed from video versions because of licensing problems
“Rainbow Sleeves”
Patty Morabito (never recorded by Waits)
On the album
The Delicate Hour
(LML 164) (2003)
“Rainbow Sleeves”
Ian Shaw (never recorded by Waits)
On the album
Soho Stories
(Milestone 9316) (2001)
“Rain Dogs”
The Carnival Saloon
On the album
The Carnival Saloon Live
(2001)
“Rain Dogs”
Fjorton SÃ¥nger (recorded in Swedish)
On the album
Bad Liver and Hans Brustna Hjärtan
(Nonstop Records NSM 33-15) (1989)
“Red Shoes by the Drugstore”
The Wedding Present
On the various artists album
Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits
(Manifesto PT3 41101-2) (1995)
Also on the U.K. album
Singles 1995â97
(Cooking Vinyl COOK CD 134) (1999)
“Romeo Is Bleeding”
Wolfgang Ambros (recorded in German as “Romeo Verliert Bluat”)
On the album
Ambros Singt Waits
(BMG Ariola München) (2000)
“Romeo Is Bleeding”
Claudia Bettinaglio
On the album
Saving All My Love
(Taxim HE 024) (2001)
“Romeo Is Bleeding”
Dexter Romweber's Infernal Racket
On the various artists album
New Coat Of Paint: The Songs of Tom Waits
(Manifesto MFO 42101-2) (2000)
“Rosie”
The Beat Farmers
On the album
The Pursuit of Happiness
(Curb 1518 77501 2) (1987)
“Rosie”
Gale Force
On the album
Gale Force
(Fantasy 9527) (1978)
“Ruby's Arms”
Wolfgang Ambros (recorded in German as “Es Is Vorbei”)
On the album
Ambros Singt Waits
(BMG Ariola München) (2000)
“Ruby's Arms”
Casino Steel
On the album
V.S.O.P.
(Orchard 801097) (2001)
“Ruby's Arms”
Frente!
On the various artists album
Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits
(Manifesto
PT3 41101-2) (1995)
“Ruby's Arms”
Megan Mullally
On the album
The Sweetheart Break-In
(Supreme Music Program) (2000)
“Ruby's Arms”
Fjorton SÃ¥nger (recorded in Swedish)
On the album
Bad Liver and Hans Brustna Hjärtan
(Nonstop Records NSM 33-15) (1989)
“Ruby's Arms”
Jan Vayne
On the album
Vanity
(EMI Netherlands) (1994)
“San Diego Serenade”
Wolfgang Ambros (recorded in German as “Heimatserenade”)
On the album
Ambros Singt Waits
(BMG Ariola München) (2000)
“San Diego Serenade”
Eric Andersen
On the album
Sweet Surprise
(Arista 4075) (1976)
“San Diego Serenade”
Cliff Aungier, Jerry Donohue, and Geoff Bradford
On the various artists album
Blues Brittania
(Blueprint 7) (2000)
“San Diego Serenade”
Barbi Benton
Released as a single “Staying Power”/“San Diego Serenade” (Playboy PB-203 7) (1976)
Also on the album
Something New
(Playboy PB-411) (1976)
“San Diego Serenade”
Keith Carradine
On the album
Lost and Found
(Asylum 114) (1978)
“San Diego Serenade”
Marcus Dagan
On the album
Old Friends
(MarKas Music 1754) (2000)
“San Diego Serenade”
Baby Jane Dexter
On the album
I Got Thunder
(Elba 5006) (1992)
“San Diego Serenade”
Kate Dimbleby
On the album
Good Vibrations
(Black Box Jazz 1004) (2000)
“San Diego Serenade”
(retitled “Serenade”)
Dion
On the album
Yo Frankie
(Arista ARCD-8549) (1989)
“San Diego Serenade”
David Gogo
On the album
Bare Bones
(Ragged Pup/Cordova Bay 11) (2000)
“San Diego Serenade”
Nanci Griffith
On the album
Late Night Grande Hotel
(MCA D 10306) (1991)
Also on the album
The Complete MCA Recordings
(MCA 00044702) (2003)
“San Diego Serenade”
Freddie Henry
On the album
Get It Out in the Open
(Cloud 8809) (1979)
“San Diego Serenade”
Sarah Leib
On the album
It's Not the Moon
(Panfer Productions) (2003)
“San Diego Serenade”
Ralph McTell
On the album
Right Side Up
(Warner Brothers 56296) (1976)
“San Diego Serenade”
Juice Newton
On the album
Take Heart
(Capitol 12000) (1979)
“San Diego Serenade”
Lynn Rothrock
On the album
This Is Me
(Independent 71410) (2002)
“San Diego Serenade”
Claudia Schmidt
On the album
Out of the Dark
(Flying Fish FF-361) (1985)
“San Diego Serenade”
Spanky and Our Gang
On the album
Change
(Epic 33580) (1975)
“Saving All My Love for You”
Claudia Bettinaglio
On the album
Saving All My Love
(Taxim HE 024) (2001)
“Shiver Me Timbers”
Wolfgang Ambros (recorded in German as “Nach Mir Die Sintflut”)
On the album
Ambros Singt Waits
(BMG Ariola München) (2000)
“Shiver Me Timbers”
Laurie Beechman (recorded in a medley with Noel Coward's “Sail Away”)
On the album
Listen to My Heart
(Excelsior Ltd. LB CD001) (1990)
“Shiver Me Timbers”
Holly Cole
On the album
Collection: Vol. 1
(Magada 81040) (2004)
“Shiver Me Timbers”
The House Band
On the album
Rockall
(Green Linnet 1174) (1996)
“Shiver Me Timbers”
Bette Midler
On the album
Songs for the New Depression
(Atlantic SD 18155) (1976)
Live version on the album
Live at Last
(Atlantic SD 29000) (1977)
Live version also on the album
Experience the Divine: Greatest Hits
(Atlantic 782497-2) (1993)
A different live version is on the album
Divine Madness
(Atlantic SD 16022)(1980)
“Shiver Me Timbers”
Glenn Yarborough
On the album
I Could Have Been a Sailor
(Folk Era 1702) (1995)
Also on the album
Day the Tall Ships Came
(Folk Era 1455) (2000)
Live version on the album
Live at the Troubador
(Folk Era 1704 (1994)
“Shore Leave”
John Hammond
On the album
Wicked Grin
(Pointblank/Virgin 7243 9 50764 2 8) (2001)
“16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought-Six”
John Hammond
On the album
Wicked Grin
(Pointblank/Virgin 7243 9 50764 2 8) (2001)
“16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought-Six”
Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band
On the album
It's A Mystery
(Capitol 99774) (1995)
“Soldier's Things”
Holly Cole
On the album
Temptation
(Metro Blue CDP 7243 8 31653 2 2) (1995)
“Soldier's Things”
Hederos and Hellberg
On the album
Ven Stood Still
(Gravitation 010) (2000)
“Soldier's Things”
Eric Leeds
On the album
Things Left Unsaid
(Paisley Park/Warner Brothers 9 45199) (1993)
“Soldier's Things”
Windmill Saxophone Quartet
On the album
This âN' That
(Global Village 9802) (1998)
“Soldier's Things”
Paul Young
On the album
The Secret of Association
(Columbia CK 39957) (1985)
“Step Right Up”
Violent Femmes
On the various artists album
Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits
(Manifesto PT3 41101-2) (1995)
“Straight to the Top”
Lea Delaria
On the album
Play It Cool
(Warner Brothers 47933) (2001)
“Strange Weather”
Marianne Faithfull
On the album
Strange Weather
(Island 7 90613-1) (1987)
Also on the album
Faithfull: A Collection of Her Best Recordings
(Island 314-524036-2) (1994)
Also on the album
A Perfect Stranger: The Island Anthology
(Island 314-524 579-2) (1998)
Also on the album
Stranger On Earth: An Introduction to Marianne Faithfull
(Polygram International 585152) (2001)
Also on the album
20th Century Masters â The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marianne Faithfull
(Island 000114602) (2003)
Live version on the album
Blazing Away
(Island 422-842794-2) (1990)
“Strange Weather”
Andi Sexgang
On the album
Faithfull Covers
(Dressed to Kill 375) (2000)
Also on the box set
Complete Sex Gang Children
(Dressed to Kill 428) (2000)
“Swordfishtrombone”
Claudia Bettinaglio
On the album
Saving All My Love
(Taxim HE 024) (2001)
“Swordfishtrombone”
Hell Blues Choir
On the album
Greetings from Hell: The Tom Waits Songbook
(Tylden and Co.
GTACD 8212) (2003)
“Swordfishtrombone”
Fjorton SÃ¥nger (recorded in Swedish)
On the album
Bad Liver and Hans Brustna Hjärtan
(Nonstop Records NSM 33-15) (1989)
“Take It With Me”
Kitty Margolis
On the album
Left Coast Life
(Mad-Kat 11008) (2001)
“Take It With Me”
Megan Mullally
On the album
Big as a Berry
(Varese 062144) (2002)
“Take It With Me”
Jubilant Sykes
On the album
Wait for Me
(Sony 89107) (2001)
“Take It With Me”
Anne Sofie Von Otter and Elvis Costello
On the album
For the Stars
(Deutsche Grammophon 289 469 530-2) (2001)
“Take Me Home”
Mary Ellen Bernard
On the album
Point of Departure
(Original Cast Records 9351) (1995)
“Take Me Home”
Holly Cole
On the album
Temptation
(Metro Blue CDP 7243 8 31653 2 2) (1995)
“Take Me Home”
Crystal Gayle (different recording than on
One from the Heart
soundtrack)
On the album
Cage the Songbird
(Warner Brothers 23958) (1983)
Also on the album
Best of Crystal Gayle: Talking in Your Sleep
(Castle 122) (2000)
Also on the album
Blue: All Her Greatest Hits
(Hallmark 30864) (2001)
“Take Me Home”
Maria Joao
On the album
Undercovers
(Emarcy 4428) (2002)
“Take Me Home”
Luba Mason
On the album
Collage
(P.S. Classics 423) (2004)
“Take Me Home”
Vonda Shepard
Performed on the T.V. series
Ally McBeal
(1999)
“Tango 'Til They're Sore”
Holly Cole
On the album
Temptation
(Metro Blue CDP 7243 8 31653 2 2) (1995)
Live version on the album
It Happened One Night
(Metro Blue 52699) (1997)
“Tango 'Til They're Sore”
Fjorton SÃ¥nger (recorded in Swedish)
On the album
Bad Liver and Hans Brustna Hjärtan
(Nonstop Records NSM 33-15) (1989)
“Tango 'Til They're Sore”
Astrid Seriese
On the album
Into Temptation
(Briga) (1996)
“Telephone Call from Istanbul”
The Carnival Saloon
On the album
The Carnival Saloon Live
(2001)
“Telephone Call from Istanbul”
The Red Elvises
On the album
Your Favorite Band Live
(Shoobah-Doobah 5012) (2000)
“Temptation”
Beekeeper
On the album
Eel Binge
(MussMyHair MMH5550-1) (1995)
“Temptation”