“When I first heard it I thought, 'Christ! What the bloody hell do they want me to sing this for?' But Burt Bacharach explained, 'I want the big voice to sing this bloody crazy song.' And you put it on, it's a classic.”
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Sir Thomas Jones Woodward 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".
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Born 7 June 1940 · Q180850
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When you first come into show business and get a hit record, it is the start of something. As time goes by it just gets better. This is the best thing I have had. It
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2026· 35 entries
North Wales Live: Welsh people are just learning what Tom Jones's real name is after decades
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Wales Online: People in Wales are just realising what Tom Jones's real name actually is
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Washington Reporter: Op-Ed: Tom Jones: If Alaska’s laws aren’t enforced, nothing works
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Chilevisión: ¡Una bomba de amor! Etienne Bobenrieth puso toda su sensualidad a disposición con clásico de Tom Jones
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ringsidereport.com: I’ll Never Fall In Love Again: Tom Jones – Ringside Report Classic Song Of The Day
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MondoSonoro: TOM JONES + JOOLS HOLLAND Country Blues Rock CD Sally Suzas Linda Lu Roberta NM
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Chronicle Live: Tom Jones superfan Mary, 81, has wish come true with very special care home performance
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Tribute Archive: Tom Jones Obituary | Maggard Funeral Homes | Hazard, KY
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Nation.Cymru: Sir Tom Jones gives his verdict on major new Voice UK twist
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SMH.com.au: ‘I’ll spare you the rest’: Listen to Tony Abbott’s Tom Jones cover
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The Age: ‘It’s not unusual’: Abbott channels Tom Jones at Liberal fundraiser
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The Leader Wrexham: PICTURES: More great shots as Tom Jones and Nile Rodgers play Chester
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Harpers Wine & Spirit: Tom Jones: ‘Looking Back, Forging Ahead’
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SMH.com.au: Watch: Tony Abbott performs Tom Jones cover at Liberal fundraiser
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Wales Online: Sir Tom Jones issues four-word response to 'game-changing' Voice UK twist
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Mshale: Helene Fischer & Tom Jones - Sex Bomb Channel 5 Wild Drama (9OAoojgjsd)
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The Leader Wrexham: Tom Jones and Nile Rodgers & CHIC wow crowds at sold-out racecourse
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parade.com: The Infamous Hollywood Pick-Up Line That Inspired Tom Jones’ Sultry 1965 Hit
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Audacy: Tom Jones | Wind Creek Event Center | September 24
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Mshale: Hugh Laurie (Tom Jones) - Baby Please Make A Change Mark Kelly (ByweMESRfH)
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Published video “'I've Got A Women' @ The Voice 2019 UK FULL VIDEO @TomJones #tomjones”.
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Published video “Tom Jones - I've Got A Women (The Voice UK, 2019)”.
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Hunters Bay Radio: The Best of Cher, Neil Diamond & Tom Jones
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Liverpool Echo: Chester Racecourse Tom Jones road closures as huge event takes over city venue
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Belfast Live: Tom Jones CHSq stage times, age restrictions and more for sold-out Belfast show
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Tribute Archive: Calvert "Tom" Jones Obituary | Iberts Mortuary Inc | Patterson, LA
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Published video “Tom Jones & Peter Donegan 'I’ll Never Fall In Love Again' at The Voice UK FULL VIDEO @TomJones”.
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Published video “Tom Jones & Peter Donegan - I’ll Never Fall In Love Again (The Voice UK, 2019)”.
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Published video “Ruti Olajugbagbe & Tom Jones live 'What A Wonderful World' The Voice UK FULL VIDEO @TomJones”.
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Published video “Tom Jones & Ruti Olajugbagbe - What A Wonderful World (The Voice UK, 2018)”.
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Published video “'It’s Not Unusual' live at The Voice UK in 2018 FULL VIDEO@TomJones #thevoiceuk #tomjones”.
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Published video “Tom Jones - It’s Not Unusual (The Voice UK, 2018)”.
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Published video “'A Whole Lot Of Shakin'' live at The Voice UK, 2018 FULL VIDEO@TomJones #tomjones”.
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Published video “Tom Jones - A Whole Lot Of Shakin' (The Voice UK, 2018)”.
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2025· 1 entry
Lead Stories rated the claim “Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in music for 2025 includes Tom Jones, Jelly Roll, Willie Nelson, Pink, Jimmy Page, Johnny Mathis, Mick Jagger” Viet Spam.
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2021· 3 entries
Released album “Surrounded by Time”.
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Said they had known each other since the 1960s and simply enjoyed spending time together
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Jones said that he uses inversion therapy to stay in good health
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2020· 1 entry
Jones again appeared on the BBC's Jools' Annual Hootenanny, broadcast on New Year's Eve, on which he duetted with Jools Holland and with Celeste
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2018· 1 entry
Embarked on a live summer tour, which was planned to run from 1 May to 11 August
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2017· 1 entry
Jones returned to The Voice as a coach for series 6, his fifth year on the show
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2015· 2 entries
Released album “Long Lost Suitcase”.
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Jones' autobiography Over the Top and Back was published by Michael Joseph
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2012· 2 entries
Released album “Spirit in the Room”.
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Played his first dramatic acting role in an episode of Playhouse Presents
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2010· 1 entry
Released album “Praise & Blame”.
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2008· 5 entries
Released album “24 Hours”.
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That she lost her virginity to Jones, calling the experience "painful and horrible" and stating that she required stitches afterwards
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Jones was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame
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Released 24 Hours on S-Curve Records, his first album of new material to be issued in the United States for over 15 years
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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"
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2006· 2 entries
And Greatest Hits Live, originally issued by C/F International in 1981 and later licensed to and issued by Prism Leisure Corporation as 30 Greatest Hits – Live in Concert
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“When you first come into show business and get a hit record, it is the start of something. As time goes by it just gets better. This is the best thing I have had. It”
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2005· 2 entries
And released the live album John Farnham & Tom Jones – Together in Concert
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The BBC reported that Jones was Wales's wealthiest entertainer, having amassed a fortune of £175,000,000
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2004· 1 entry
Released album “Tom Jones & Jools Holland”.
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2003· 1 entry
Appeared as himself and sang the theme song of the animated show, Duck Dodgers, based on the 1953 Looney Tunes short Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century starring Daffy Duck
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2002· 2 entries
Released album “Mr. Jones”.
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Jones released the album Mr
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2000· 1 entry
Jones garnered a number of honours for his work, including a BRIT Award for Best British Male
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1999· 3 entries
Released album “Reload”.
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Was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2006 at Buckingham Palace for his services to music
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Jones released the album Reload, a collection of cover duets with artists such as the Cardigans, Natalie Imbruglia, Cerys Matthews, Van Morrison, Mousse T, Portishead, Stereophonics and Robbie Williams
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1998· 1 entry
And was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2006 for services to music
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1997· 6 entries
Released album “At His Best”.
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Released album “Selection of Tom Jones”.
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Released album “The Ultimate Collection”.
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Released album “Greatest Hits: Singles A’s & B’s”.
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Jones recorded a cover of Randy Newman song "You Can Leave Your Hat On" for the soundtrack of The Full Monty
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Released album “The Best of… Tom Jones”.
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1996· 7 entries
Released album “Short Stories: She's a Lady”.
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Released album “20 Great Love Songs”.
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Released album “Simply The Best”.
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Jones appeared as himself in Tim Burton's ensemble science-fiction comedy film Mars Attacks
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Released album “Classic Tom Jones”.
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Released album “Touch My Heart”.
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Released album “She’s a Lady”.
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1995· 9 entries
Released album “Their Greatest Hits - Tom Jones / Engelbert Humperdinck”.
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Released album “Sings The Greats: The Collection”.
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Released album “Delilah”.
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Released album “Tom Jones in Nashville”.
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Released album “World Pop Songs 27”.
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Released album “By Request”.
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Released album “The Collection”.
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Released album “Greatest Hits”.
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Released album “The Legendary Tom Jones: 30th Anniversary Album”.
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1994· 7 entries
Released album “The Very Best Of Tom Jones”.
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Released album “She’s a Lady: His Greatest Hits”.
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Released album “Delilah: The Classic Collection”.
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Released album “Their Greatest Hits”.
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Released album “The Lead and How to Swing It”.
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Released album “Tom Jones”.
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Released album “Country Memories”.
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1993· 4 entries
And released the album The Lead and How to Swing It the following year
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Released album “Velvet + Steel = Gold (1964-1969)”.
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Released album “What a Party”.
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Released album “The Golden Hits of Engelbert Humperdinck & Tom Jones”.
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1992· 2 entries
Released album “The Complete Tom Jones”.
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Made his first appearance at the UK's Glastonbury Festival, and in 1993 he appeared as himself in episodes of two US sitcoms, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ("The Alma Matter") and The Simpsons ("Marge Gets a Job")
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1991· 3 entries
Released album “The Classic Collection”.
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On Dover Records, featuring Jones's cover of Morrison's title track
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Released album “Carrying a Torch”.
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1990· 1 entry
Released album “First Hits”.
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1989· 10 entries
Released album “Лучшие песни из репертуара Тома Джонса”.
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That Jones was the boy's father
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Released album “It’s Not Unusual”.
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Released album “The Ultimate Hit Collection: 1965–1988”.
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Released album “Welterfolge mit Tom Jones - Die Collection der grossen Hits von 1964-1969”.
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Released album “Stop Breaking My Heart”.
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Released album “A Kiss From the Tiger”.
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Located at 6608 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, in front of Frederick's of Hollywood
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Released album “The Hits Collection”.
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Released album “At This Moment”.
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1988· 1 entry
Released album “The Best of Tom Jones”.
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1987· 4 entries
Released album “The Greatest Hits”.
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Released album “Things That Matter Most to Me”.
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Tom Jones re-entered the singles chart with "A Boy from Nowhere", which went to No
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Released album “The Greatest Hits of Tom Jones”.
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1985· 1 entry
Released album “Tender Loving Care”.
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1984· 2 entries
Released album “Love Is on the Radio”.
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Guest-starred in an episode of the television series Fantasy Island as an accountant who fantasises about living life as Dick Turpin
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1983· 1 entry
Released album “Don’t Let Our Dreams Die Young”.
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1982· 2 entries
Released album “Country”.
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Released album “Die Weisse Serie”.
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1981· 1 entry
Released album “Darlin’”.
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1980· 1 entry
Released album “The Golden Hits”.
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1979· 3 entries
Released album “Rescue Me”.
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Jones made his acting debut in Pleasure Cove, an ABC television film which was a pilot for a potential television series but was not picked up
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Released album “Do You Take This Man”.
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1977· 3 entries
Released album “Say You’ll Stay Until Tomorrow”.
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Released album “What a Night”.
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Released album “Tom Jones - Greatest Hits”.
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1976· 5 entries
With "Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow", which went to No
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Released album “Tom Jones Sings 24 Great Standards”.
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Jones was set to make his film debut in the film Yockowald, in which he was to play a CIA assassin
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Released album “Love Machine”.
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Purchased the mansion at 363 Copa De Oro Road in the East Gate Bel Air area of Los Angeles from Dean Martin for $500,000
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1975· 2 entries
Released album “The Tenth Anniversary Album of Tom Jones: 20 Greatest Hits”.
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Released album “Memories Don’t Leave Like People Do”.
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1974· 3 entries
Following the UK's 1974 election of a Labour government, Jones became a tax exile to avoid a 98% income tax.
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Released album “Somethin’ ’Bout You Baby I Like”.
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Released album “20 Greatest Hits”.
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1973· 2 entries
Released album “The Body and Soul of Tom Jones”.
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Released album “Tom Jones' Greatest Hits”.
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1972· 2 entries
Released album “Close Up”.
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Jones co-starred with Jennifer O'Neill in David Winters's television special The Special London Bridge Special
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1971· 3 entries
Released album “A Thing Called Love”.
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Released album “Tom Jones Presents”.
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Released album “Tom Jones Sings She’s a Lady”.
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1970· 3 entries
Released album “I Who Have Nothing”.
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Released album “Tom”.
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Received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy nomination for hosting the television series This Is Tom Jones
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1969· 1 entry
Released album “This Is Tom Jones”.
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1968· 2 entries
Released album “Help Yourself”.
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Released album “The Tom Jones Fever Zone”.
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1967· 5 entries
Released album “13 Smash Hits”.
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Released album “Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings”.
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Released album “Green, Green Grass of Home”.
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Jones performed in Las Vegas for the first time, at the Flamingo
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Setting a new record of 42 years between two UK number ones; this record would be surpassed by Kate Bush when "Running Up That Hill" topped the charts in 2022, a 44-year gap between number ones
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1966· 5 entries
Released album “From the Heart”.
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best New Artist (1966).
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Released album “A-Tom-ic Jones”.
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An MTV Video Music Award in 1989, and two Brit Awards: Best British Male in 2000 and Outstanding Contribution to Music in 2003
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Jones's popularity began to slip somewhat, causing Mills to reshape the singer's image into that of a crooner
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1965· 5 entries
Released album “What's New Pussycat?”.
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Released album “Along Came Jones”.
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Released album “It's Not Unusual”.
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Released album “Three At The Top”.
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At the Paramount film stage, when Elvis was filming Paradise, Hawaiian Style
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1964· 1 entry
The group recorded several solo tracks with producer Joe Meek, who took them to various record labels, but they had little success
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1963· 1 entry
For Tommy Scott and the Senators, a Welsh beat group
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1940· 1 entry
Born 1940-06-07.
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1894· 1 entry
And is listed in Guinness World Records as the world's oldest record shop
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