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Tom Jones
Originally paying his dues as the black leather-clad front man with Tommy Scott
and the Senators playing in Welsh working men's clubs, Tom Jones – born Thomas
John Woodward on June 7, 1940 in Treforest, Wales - rocketed to fame as the
hip-thrusting raucous singer who topped the charts in 1965 with the impossibly
catchy pop rocker “It's Not Unusual”. Not only did his distinctive vocal style
survive the Beatles-inspired era of teenage rebellion, he cemented his
popularity with further smashes like the dramatic “Delilah”, the theme to
“What's New Pussycat?” and the huge power ballad...
