What connects this song
Credits it shares with other songs, each from a cited source. Tap a number or a name.
Recorded at Eastern Sound, also Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word (Elton John), Working Man (Rush) and Don’t Forget Me (When I’m Gone) (Glass Tiger)
Written by Tom Waits, also Ol’ 55 (Eagles), The Long Way Home (Norah Jones) and Downtown Train (Rod Stewart)
Released on Alert Music, also Jersey Girl (Holly Cole), Take Me Home (Holly Cole) and Train Song (Holly Cole)
Part of Blame It on My Youth, also God Will and I’m Gonna Laugh You Right Out of My Life
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
108 other songs on fono were recorded at Eastern Sound, by Gordon Lightfoot and Elton John and others
Tom Waits wrote 277 songs on fono
Tom Waits’s most frequent co-writer is Kathleen Brennan (104 songs together)
Tom Waits first appears on fono in 1973, 18 years before this song
Credits
All 7 credits
- Written by
- Tom Waits
- Performed by
- Aaron Davis, David Piltch and Holly Cole
- Part of
- Blame It on My Youth
- Recorded at
- Eastern Sound
- Released on
- Alert Music
- Written by
- Tom Waits
- Performed by
- Aaron Davis, David Piltch and Holly Cole
- Part of
- Blame It on My Youth
- Recorded at
- Eastern Sound
- Released on
- Alert Music
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Tom Waits
Same studio: Eastern Sound
Same label: Alert Music
Same release: Blame It on My Youth
Same writer: Tom Waits
Same studio: Eastern Sound
Same label: Alert Music
Same release: Blame It on My Youth
Elsewhere
Sources (8)
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1MusicBrainz Purple Avenue was performed by Aaron Davis
Purple Avenue was performed by Aaron Davis
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Purple Avenue was performed by David Piltch
Purple Avenue was performed by David Piltch
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Purple Avenue was performed by Holly Cole
Purple Avenue was performed by Holly Cole
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Purple Avenue was written by Tom Waits
5MusicBrainz Purple Avenue is part of the release Blame It on My Youth
Purple Avenue is part of the release Blame It on My Youth
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz Purple Avenue was recorded at Eastern Sound
Purple Avenue was recorded at Eastern Sound
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz Alert Music is the label of the song Purple Avenue
Alert Music is the label of the song Purple Avenue
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz Purple Avenue was released on 1991-10-04
Purple Avenue was released on 1991-10-04
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026