
American Pop(1981)
The history of American popular music runs parallel with the history of a Russian Jewish immigrant family, with each male descendant possessing different musical abilities.

Tom Waits
Self
Donna Gordon
Model (uncredited)
Tom Waits for No One is a animation, music film released in 1979 exploring themes of jazz, urban. Directed by John Lamb, it stars Tom Waits, Donna Gordon. In this rotoscope animation, Tom Waits sings about "The One That Got Away."
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