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"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]
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.
The songwriters had a 1967 hit in "Everybody Knows" by The Dave Clark Five—who also recorded a Reed–Mason follow-up—and another success in 1968 with "Delilah", again a Top 10 hit for Tom Jones. "Delilah" was originally written for P. J. Proby , and later covered by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band in 1975.
Tom Jones Live at Caesar's Palace is a live album by Welsh singer Tom Jones, released in 1971 on Decca Records (on Parrot Records in the United States and Canada). The album spent five weeks on the UK official albums chart, peaking for two non-consecutive weeks at number 27.
‘I’ll keep on singing it,’ musician, 83, promised
Delilah is the sixth studio album by Welsh singer Tom Jones. Released in 1968, it became his first album to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart , spending two separate one week reigns at the top during a run of 14 consecutive weeks in the top 5.
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.
"Not Responsible" (Gordon Mills) – Tom Jones, Mary Western "It's Not Unusual" (Les Reed, Gordon Mills) – Tom Jones, Mods of London "Bama Lama Bama Loo" (Little Richard)-Mod Singer, Mods "Without Love" (Danny Small) – Mary Western, Servant Girls "You Can Leave Your Hat On" (Randy Newman) – Lady Bellaston, Shopgirls "Land of a Thousand ...