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"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.
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.
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.
“Ol’ 55” became the first of many Waits songs to be covered by more commercial artists when Asylum’s marquee act the Eagles included it on 1974’s On the Border. “I Hope That I Don’t ...
'Ol' 55' (Tom Waits) More driving at dawn, this time leaving a lover's house. If you've ever done that, you know how Tom Waits must have felt when he penned this beauty, made more famous by the ...
An Eagles recording of "Ol' 55" on their album On the Border brought Waits further money and recognition, although he regarded their version as "a little antiseptic". [ 45 ] To promote his debut, Waits and a three-piece band embarked on a U.S. tour, where he was the supporting act for more established artists. [ 46 ]
In 1975, Baker took on their management, renamed them as Ol' 55 for the Tom Waits song, and recruited front man Frankie J. Holden and, later in the year, saxophonist Wilbur Wilde. The band enjoyed popularity with a style that bordered on parody but managed to combine novelty retro kitsch and clever theatrics with a keen sense of pop dynamics ...
‘It was a big thrill for me,’ US artist tells Iggy Pop in a rare radio appearance