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In 1980, Waits married Kathleen Brennan, split from his manager and record label, and moved to New York City. He produced the soundtrack for Francis Ford Coppola's film One from the Heart (1981), and subsequently made cameo appearances in several Coppola films. He repeatedly toured the United States, Europe, and Japan, and attracted greater critical recognition and commercial success with Small Change (1976), Blue Valentine (1978), and Heartattack and Vine (1980).
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His first albums were the jazz-oriented Closing Time (1973) and The Heart of Saturday Night (1974), which reflected his lyrical interest in nightlife, poverty, and criminality. He relocated to Los Angeles in 1972, where he worked as a songwriter before signing a recording contract with Asylum Records. Inspired by the work of Bob Dylan and the Beat Generation, he began singing on the San Diego folk music circuit as a young man. Waits was born and raised in a middle-class family in California. He worked primarily in jazz during the 1970s, but his music since the 1980s has reflected greater influence from blues, rock, vaudeville, and experimental genres. His lyrics often focus on the underbelly of society and are delivered in his trademark deep, gravelly voice. Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American musician, composer, songwriter, and actor.
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