This week, another fine lookin’ playlist from our man Rosko, 

with a selection of the many influences of Tom Waits.

1 Hound Dog – Big Mama Thornton

2 House of the Rising Sun – Leadbelly

3 Someone To Watch Over Me – George Gershwin

4 The Dirty Dozen No. 2 – Tampa Red

5 My Sweet Hunk O’Trash – Billie Holiday & Louis Armstrong

6 Dave Brubeck – Jack Kerouac & Steve Allen

7 Scrapple For The Apple – Charlie Parker

8 Criss-Cross – Thelonious Monk

9 Anything Goes – Cole Porter With Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks

10 Don’t You Just Know It – Huey “Piano” Smith & His Clowns

11 Hey Now Baby – Professor Longhair

12 Spoonful – Howlin’ Wolf

13 Dream Myself A Sweetheart – Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry

14 Reaching Into In – Ken Nordine

15 My Funny Valentine – Chet Baker

16 St. James Infirmary – Bobby Bland

17 I Got The Blues – Dion & The Belmonts

18 Frankie & Johnny – Champion Jack Dupree

19 Let’s Go Get Stoned – Ray Charles

20 I Put A Spell On You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins

21 Fire And Water – Wilson Pickett

22 That’s Alright – Mose Allison

23 Mr. President (Have Pity On The Working Man) – Randy Newman

24 Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag, Pt. 1 – James Brown

25 Dachau Blues – Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band