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Instead of passing out, as Jones allegedly did, Yankovic's head explodes at the opening song's end. The opening theme to the Warner Bros. cartoon Duck Dodgers (2003–05), performed by Tom Jones with the Flaming Lips, is a pastiche of "Thunderball". Jones sang the theme during Sean Connery's AFI Life Achievement Award ceremony in 2006.
Sir Thomas Jones Woodward [1] [2] (born Thomas John Woodward; 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.
An urban legend states that during the recording of the theme to Thunderball, Tom Jones held the song's final note long enough to pass out; in this film, Yankovic holds it long enough to make his head explode. Originally, Yankovic had planned to loop the note to the required length, but in the studio, he discovered he was able to hold the note ...
25. Tom Jones – "Thunderball" Tom Jones seems like the perfect vocalist for a James Bond tune. Coming off the heels of 1964's Goldfinger (which introduced the opening credits song, sung by ...
Tom Jones (born 7 June 1940), (real name Thomas Jones Woodward) is a Welsh singer whose career has spanned five-and-a-half decades since his emergence as a vocalist in the mid-1960s, with a string of top hits, regular touring, appearances in Las Vegas (1967–2011), and career comebacks. [1]
Cornell stated that the biggest two influences on "You Know My Name" were Tom Jones, who performed the theme for Thunderball, and Paul McCartney, who composed and performed the theme for Live and Let Die. "I decided that I was going to sing it like Tom Jones, in that crooning style. I wanted people to hear my voice," Cornell said.
20 Greatest Hits (subtitled The Tenth Anniversary Album) is a 1975 compilation album by Tom Jones. As the subtitle suggests, it had been ten years since Jones' first hit, "It's Not Unusual" in 1965. With a copyright date of 1974, the album was released in the UK on 28 February 1975.
The quality of the songs is high, and most are kept in-house, so they match his persona well." [1] Jude Rogers from The Guardian found thath 24 Hours "is an effective piece of Johnny Cash-lite about a man on death row. The final breaths of this character may close the album, but Jones's belly-deep bellow abides."