Sir Thomas Jones Woodward (born 7 June 1940) is a Welsh singer. His career began with a string of top 10 hits in the 1960s and he has since toured regularly, with appearances in Las Vegas from 1967 to 2011. His voice has been described by AllMusic as a "full-throated, robust baritone".
Jones's performing range has included pop, R&B, show tunes, country, dance, soul, and gospel. In 2008, the New York Times called him a "musical shapeshifter [who could] slide from soulful rasp to pop croon, with a voice as husky as it was pretty". He has sold over 100 million records, with 36 Top 40 hits in the UK and 19 in the US, including "It's Not Unusual", "What's New Pussycat?", the theme song for the James Bond film Thunderball (1965), "Green, Green Grass of Home", "Delilah", "She's a Lady", "Sex Bomb", and a cover of Prince's "Kiss".
Jones has also occasionally dabbled in acting, first making his debut in the lead role of the television film Pleasure Cove (1979). He also appeared as himself in Tim Burton's film Mars Attacks! (1996). In 1970, he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy nomination for hosting the television series This Is Tom Jones. In 2012, he played his first dramatic acting role in an episode of Playhouse Presents. He received a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1966, an MTV Video Music Award in 1989, and two Brit Awards: Best British Male in 2000 and Outstanding Contribution to Music in 2003. He received an OBE in 1998 and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2006 for services to music. He experienced a resurgence in popularity in the 2010s due to his role as a coach on the talent show The Voice UK (2012–2015, 2017–present).
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As a Stooges fan it seems wrong but ....
How I Came to Like Tom Jones
Mark Thompson and Brian Phelps [hosts of “the Mark & Brian Show” 6-10AM KLOS-FM in Los Angeles, California 1987/2012] provided skits, pranks, and crazy contests along with helicopter traffic reports. They dubbed the helicopter pilot “Sky Lord” and involved him in many of their ‘contests’.
When M & B heard that while patrolling the skies above LA, Sky Lord was often able to view naked sunbathers on building tops, they turned it into one of their contests and challenged listeners to intentionally show themselves to the Eye-in-the-sky. While not exactly a contest, I think they did finally declare the winner to be a young lady who water skied nude on Lake Castaic (just north of the city).After hearing them make jokes about his appearance, (very handsome) romance novel cover model Fabio took exception to their taunts and called the ‘Show”. They found that Fabio was actually a ‘regular guy’ who had a background in Electrical Engineering and prided his giant stereo. M & B broadcast a visit to his apartment to see his hifi, which he claimed could “Whoosh, blow the clothes right off” of girls sitting in his listening chair. They judged it to be an impressive rig.
They taunted Tom Cruise, as well. He contacted them, and they invited him on the “Show”. Mark & Brian had a listener, Keith, who was a master of impersonating Gene Wilder, which happened to be one of Tom Cruise’s favorite actors, since childhood. When Cruise appeared on their show they managed to steer the conversation to the ‘other’ famous guests they’d had on the “Show” and eventually offered to give ‘Gene’ a call. They put Cruise on the line with the Keith (the impersonator) where he was effusive in his praise of the actor’s movie career. After hearing him read few pages of dialog from “Willie Wonka” Cruise was completely duped since the voice mimic was so perfect. He found out later about the trick and seemed truly ticked off about being suckered. He swore vengeance.
One year, for Valentine’s Day, they got Sky Lord’s helicopter fitted with loud PA system and arranged for him to fly Tom Jones around Los Angeles at a low altitude. For about 2 hours Jones sang love songs over the PA, to serenade the populace. Several times during the flight they’d check in—usually finding T.J. in the middle of belting out a ballad.
That’s when I came to a new appreciation of Tom Jones. Cool dude.
Don't get me wrong, but it's not unusual.
Plus Chrissie, so hey. 7.
As a Stooges fan it seems wrong but ....
..but it works with Chrissie and Tom ;-)
Tom Jones. Chrissie Hynde.
L I K E .
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Off topic :
Sir Thomas once performed on stage with Janis Joplin.
Really? I know RP is an eclectic mix but Tom Jones?
Bravo RP!