Sign up for exclusive updates for Tom Waits News, Tours Press releases. Join the mailing list here. Tom Waits new music, concerts, photos, and official news updates directly from Tom Waits's Twitter and Facebook. Tom Waits (born Thomas Alan Waits, in Pomona, California, on December 7, 1949) is a prolific American singer, songwriter, composer, and actor. Tom Waits on Rolling Stone, your trusted source for the latest artist news, bio, & reviews. The independently curated and operated website, Tom Waits Library, is live and updated. Take a look if you haven’t before, or check back in if it’s been awhile. Visit Amazon.com's Tom Waits Store to shop for Tom Waits albums (CD, MP3, Vinyl), concert tickets, and other Tom Waits-related products (DVDs, Books, T-shirts). Also. Thomas Alan Tom Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as soundin. Find Tom Waits bio, music, credits, awards, & streaming radio on AllMusic - A neo-beatnik songwriter who grew weirder and… Thomas Alan Tom Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel. Tom Waits was was born in Pomona, California, to schoolteachers Alma Fern (Johnson) and Jesse Frank Waits. Described as one of the last beatniks of the contemporary.