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my son and my daughter-in-law you know
who were also my managers
and and mark my son he said look if you
don't
sing you'll die tom jones is a welsh
singer that's one of the most popular
vocalists to emerge from the mid-1960s
selling more than 100 million records
during his career
thomas had 36 top 40 hits in the united
kingdom
and 19 in the united states his notable
songs include
it's not unusual what's new pussycat
delilah she's a lady and green green
grass of home
thomas also appeared in several film and
television projects such as
fantasy island 1984 fresh prince of bel
air 1993
and mars attacks 1996
and he became a coach on the talent
competition the voice uk in 2012.
jones received a knighthood from queen
elizabeth ii for
services to music in 2006 seven years
after he was named an
officer of the order of the british
empire
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but the four of us we get on so well and
it's it's so
natural you know we we don't feel any
pressure there's no
one-upmanship nobody's trying to get on
and
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video his full name is
sir thomas john woodward but is also
known as tiger
he was born june 7th 1940 in treforest
ponte pred glamorgan wales
making him 80 years of age at the time
of this production
he stands at 1.77 meters or 5 feet 10
inches tall
from an early age jones loved to sing at
gatherings and in the school choir
as a child in school he struggled with
dyslexia but enjoyed listening to music
including bbc radio which featured
american blues
r b and rock genres which later
influenced his musical style
tom hated his misshapen nose which had
been broken many times in fights when he
was a boy
eventually he persuaded his manager to
let him have it fixed in an operation
that was officially to
repair some nasal cartilage he had
regular cosmetic surgery for the next 40
years
tom didn't enjoy a 100 percent seduction
rate with famous women
lulu sandy shaw dion warwick and darlene
love all managed to resist his charms
tom jones was married to melinda
treachard from march 2nd 1957
until her death on april 10 2016.
they stayed married despite his many
well-publicized infidelities
the couple had one son mark woodward
born 1957.
jones has stated that he had sex with up
to 250 groupies a year at the height of
his fame
jones had affairs with well-known women
including mary wilson of the supremes
tv host charlotte laws
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and former miss world marjorie wallace
in a 2008 interview with blender
magazine
cassandra peterson better known as
elvira mistress of the dark
revealed she lost her virginity to jones
one affair resulted in the birth of a
son in october 1987
while on tour in the united states jones
had a brief relationship with model
katherine berkey
who then discovered she was pregnant
after a legal battle that included dna
testing a united states court ruled in
1989
that jones was the boy's father jones
denied the court's findings until
finally in 2008 he admitted they were
true
he showed no interest in meeting his son
jonathan berkery
linda lady woodward died on april 10
2016 at cedars-sinai hospital in los
angeles
after a short but fierce battle with
cancer with jones cancelling concerts at
the time
after her death jones sold their los
angeles mansion and its contents
apart from treasured photos and moved
back to the uk
he resides in a flat in london as she
suggested
my style was was not was not in style
because the beatles and the stones and
all those bands you know they were
they were boyish looking tom jones was
born thomas john woodward
on june 7 1940 in glamorgan south wales
he grew up with mother freda father
thomas a coal miner and sister sheila
and began to sing at weddings and family
gatherings as a young boy
tom studied at wood road infant school
wood road junior school
and potty pridge central secondary
modern school and sang in the choir
he was diagnosed with tuberculosis at
age 12
and has said that he spent two years in
bed recovering
when he was just 16 tom married his
girlfriend linda trenchard
who was pregnant with his child he
dropped out of school and worked for a
glove factory and construction company
in order to support
linda and their son mark who was born a
month after their wedding
in 1963 tom began singing lead for
welsh band tommy scott and the senators
and the following year the group
recorded a few songs with producer joe
meek
but didn't garner much interest from
record labels despite
meek's best efforts after gordon mills
saw the band play he became tom's
manager
and convinced him to start going by tom
jones after he took him to london
in 1964 jones signed with deca and
released
the single chills and fever late that
year
the second single it's not unusual was
an international hit
thanks to radio carolyn a pirate radio
station reaching number one on the uk
charts and number 10 on the us
charts in 1965. that year jones also
recorded the theme songs for
what's new pussycat and thunderball
in 1966 tom was honored with a grammy
for best new artist and released green
green grass of home
which hit number one on the uk chart
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in the 1960s he had several more hits
such as i'm coming home
1967 i'll never fall in love again
1967 and delilah 1968.
tom's first las vegas performance took
place at the flamingo in 1967
while in vegas jones spent time with
elvis presley who he'd met at the
paramount film studio two years earlier
jones and presley became friends and
remained close until elvis death
until 2011 tom spent at least one week
per year performing in vegas
in 1969 he began starring in a variety
show
this is tom jones reportedly earning
nine million dollars during its three
season run
the show also earned jones a golden
globe nomination in 1970
during the 1970s tom also appeared on
the special london bridge special
1972 on happiness island
1974 and the u.s television movie
pleasure
cove 1979. he began recording country
music in the 1980s
and nine of his singles reached the top
40 on the country charts in the u.s
in 1988 tom recorded a cover of prince's
kiss
and the video earned him an mtv video
music award
in 1999 he released an album of cover
duets reload
which reached number one on the uk
charts
his performing range has included pop r
b show tunes country
dance soul and gospel in 2008 the new
york times called jones a musical
shape-shifter who could slide from
soulful rasp to
pop croon with a voice as husky as it
was pretty
jones has sold over 100 million records
with 36 top 40 hits in the uk and 19 in
the us
i always wanted to be a singer ever
since i can remember ever since i was a
child
i would get up and sing in parties and
in school and any chance i got
and people used to say to me oh you'll
be a star where do you go tom jones net
worth
is an estimated 300 million dollars
in 1976 tom and linda paid 500
000 for dean martin's mansion in los
angeles
they sold the home to nicholas cage for
6.469 million in 1998
the couple also owned an 8 143 square
foot villa in the mulholland estates
neighborhood of los angeles
which they purchased for 2.65 million
dollars in 1998
after linda passed away tom sold the
home and an adjacent lot for 11.28
million
and moved to london
tom jones car collection includes a
rolls-royce silver shadow
a rolls-royce phantom
a bentley continental gt
a range rover
and a bmw 650 coupe
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