Born in Pontypridd, South Wales, in 1940 to a traditional coal-mining family, he began singing at an early age in church and in the school choir. Left school at 16 and was married, having a son a year later. He brought in money for his family from an assortment of jobs, singing in pubs at night. By 1963...See full bio »
1999An Audience with Tom Jones
(TV special)
(performer: "Kiss", "Delilah", "Ain´t that a lot of love", "Thunderball", "The Green, green grass of home", "Sunny Afternoon", "I'm never gonna fall in love again", "Motherless Child", "What's new pussycat", "Baby It's cold outside", "Sex Bomb", "Ghost Riders in the sky", "Are You Gonna Go My Way", "You can leave your hat on", "It's not unusual")
1999Agnes Browne
(performer: "She's a Lady", "Delilah", " It Feels Like I'll Never Fall in Love Again", "It's Not Unusual")
1972The Special London Bridge Special
(TV movie)
(performer: "I who have nothing", "London is London", "Got to get you into my life/ He loves me", "London Town", "She's a lady", "Style", "Ghost Riders in the sky", "If", "You've got a friend", "Rip it up / Lucille / Tutti Frutti / Janey, Janey / Good Golly Miss Molly / We're gonna have some fun tonight")
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Episode #3.9
(1970)
(performer: "MacArthur Park" - uncredited, "For Once in My Life" - uncredited, "Ain't That Good News?" - uncredited, "You're My World" - uncredited, "War" - uncredited)
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Episode dated 16 November 1970
(1970)
(performer: "Cabaret" - uncredited, "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" - uncredited, "Heart" - uncredited, "Love Is Just Around the Corner" - uncredited, "Don't Give Up the Ship" - uncredited, "We Saw the Sea" - uncredited)
The problem I had in the '70s was that the Labour Government got in, and the tax went through the roof. I was doing big tours in America at the time, and when I toured America in 1974 my accountant said, 'Think about not coming back, because as soon as you set foot in Britain, everything you've worked for this year will go, the Government will take it all in tax'. (On his move to Los Angeles)
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Trivia:
Is a big fan of American country-music legend "Gentleman" Jim Reeves (1923-1964), once describing him in an interview as having a "wonderful smooth style".
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