- Tom Waits - The Ghost Of Saturday Night (1974)
- Blind Mamie Forehand - Honey In The Rock (1927)
- Cliff Edwards - When You Wish Upon A Star (1940)
- Frank Sinatra - One For My Baby (One More For The Road) (1947)
- Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys - Ramblin' Man (1952)
- Harry Partch - Ring Around The Moon (Phase 1) (1953)
- Prisonaires - Just Walking In The Rain (1953)
- Tennessee Ernie Ford - Sixteen Tons (1955)
- Harry Belafonte - Sylvie (1956)
- Ray Charles - Drown In My Own Tears (1956)
- Howlin' Wolf - I Asked For Water (She Gave Me Gasoline) (1956)
- Jack Kerouac - McDougal Street Blues (1959)
- Hank Ballard & The Midnighters - Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go (1960)
- Bob Dylan - I Was Young When I Left Home (1961)
- Paul Robeson - No More Auction Block (1962)
- Son House - John The Revelator (1965)
- Tom Waits - Romeo Is Bleeding (1978)
- MC 900 Ft. Jesus - Romeo Is Bleeding (2004)
- John Brim - Ice Cream Man (1968)
- Big Mama Thornton - Ball And Chain (1968)
- Howlin' Wolf - Dorothy Mae (1952)
- Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Floppy Boot Stomp (1978)
- William Burroughs - Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt (Falling In Love Again) (1990)
- Gavin Bryars with Tom Waits - Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet (1993)
- Johnny Dowd - Easy Money (2008)
- Low Anthem - Home I'll Never Be (2008)
- Southside Johnny with La Bamba's Big Band - Down, Down, Down (2008)
- Califone - Salt (2009)
- Beirut - Payne's Bay (2011)
- Jesca Hoop - City Bird (2011)
- Horrible Crowes - Mary Ann (2011)
- Man Man - Steak Knives (2011)
- William Elliott Whitmore - Not Feeling Any Pain (2011)
- Tom Waits - I Don't Wanna Grow Up (1992)