| “Jersey Girl” | ||
|---|---|---|
| Song by Tom Waits | ||
| Album | Heartattack and Vine | |
| Released | September 1980 | |
| Length | 5:11 | |
| Label | Asylum | |
| Writer | Tom Waits | |
| Producer | Bones Howe | |
"Jersey Girl" is a song composed and originally sung by American musical artist Tom Waits from his 1980 album Heartattack and Vine. A song is a Musical composition. Songs contain vocal parts that are performed 'sung' and generally feature Words ( Lyrics) commonly followed Thomas Alan Waits (born 7 December 1949) is an American Singer-songwriter, Composer, and Actor. An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public Heartattack and Vine was Tom Waits ' last album on the Asylum label Events in September It is the start of the academic year in many countries in the Northern Hemisphere. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Asylum Records is an American Record label, owned by Warner Music Group, founded by agent-managers David Geffen and Elliot Roberts in 1971 A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both Thomas Alan Waits (born 7 December 1949) is an American Singer-songwriter, Composer, and Actor. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Dayton Burr "Bones" Howe (born 1933 is a Grammy-award-winning Record producer and Recording engineer associated with 1960s and 1970s hits mostly of The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Thomas Alan Waits (born 7 December 1949) is an American Singer-songwriter, Composer, and Actor. Heartattack and Vine was Tom Waits ' last album on the Asylum label The song is also included on Waits' compilation albums Bounced Checks (1981), Anthology of Tom Waits (1985), and Used Songs, 1973-1980 (2001). Used Songs 1973-1980 is a compilation of songs from Tom Waits 's Asylum Records years
It has been covered most famously by New Jersey native and musical icon Bruce Springsteen. New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States.
On August 24, 1981 Bruce Springsteen and Tom Waits performed the song together at the Brendan Byrne Arena (now known as the Izod Center) in New Jersey. The Izod Center (formerly Brendan Byrne Arena, and later Continental Airlines Arena) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the