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Thomas Alan Waits was born on December 7, 1949, in Pomona, California. [7] He has one older sister and one younger sister. [8] His father, Jesse Frank Waits, was a Texas native of Scots-Irish descent, and his mother, Alma Fern (née Johnson), hailed from Oregon and had Norwegian ancestry.
Thomas Alan Waits was born in Pomona, California, to schoolteachers Alma Fern (Johnson) and Jesse Frank Waits. Described as one of the last beatniks of the contemporary music, Waits in fact has two separate careers.
- January 1, 1
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- Pomona, California, USA
Tom Waits, born as Thomas Alan Waits, is an American singer and actor famous for his unconventional songs in music genres such as, blues, jazz and vaudeville. Blessed with a distinctive voice that is intoxicating, gravelly and mellow, all at once, he easily carved a niche for himself in the booming music scenario in the America of the 1970s.
Thomas Alan Waits was born in Pomona, California, to schoolteachers Alma Fern (Johnson) and Jesse Frank Waits. Described as one of the last beatniks of the contemporary music, Waits in fact has two separate careers.
- December 7, 1949
Mar 12, 2009 · tom waits: Yeah, yeah. Whittier. I was born in Pomona. But then my folks split up and I moved to San Diego. I moved back to L.A. when I was of age. I was 20 when I moved back—19 or 20.
Mar 1, 2011 · The son of two schoolteachers, Tom Waits was born in 1949 in Pomona, Calif. His early life, including his first job at Napoleone Pizza House, influenced his later albums.
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Dec 22, 2017 · Born Thomas Alan Waits, December 7, 1949, in Pomona, CA (some sources say Whittier); son of Jesse Frank Waits and Alma (Johnson) McMurray, both school teachers; married Kathleen Patricia Brennan (script editor and playwright), August 10, 1980; children: Casey, Kellesimone, and Sullivan.