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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]
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.
Along Came Jones is the 1965 debut album recorded by Tom Jones and included his massive hit single "It's Not Unusual". The album reached No 11. Some of the songs were covers and some were written especially for Jones like the Gordon Mills-penned "The Rose". The album title is a possible reference to the song of the same name.
In the US, Jones performed the song on three occasions on The Ed Sullivan Show. [8] "It's Not Unusual" is the theme song of his late 1960s–early 1970s television musical variety series, This Is Tom Jones. The first studio version was released in 1995 on the compilation album, The Legendary Tom Jones – 30th Anniversary Album.
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.
Tom Jones' Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Welsh singer Tom Jones, released in late 1973 on Decca Records (on Parrot Records in the United States and Canada). The album spent 13 weeks on the UK albums chart in January–March and May 1974, peaking at number 15.
From the Heart is the third UK album by Tom Jones, released in 1966 on Decca Records.The LP is composed largely of pop standards.It was not released in North America, where Parrot Records recompiled many of its tracks into Jones' forth album there, Green, Green Grass of Home, featuring his hit single of the same name.
"Delilah" is a song recorded by Welsh singer Tom Jones in December 1967. The lyrics were written by Barry Mason, and the music by Les Reed, who also contributed the title and theme of the song. It earned Reed and Mason the 1968 Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. [1]