Tom Jones

Tom Jones is a Welsh singer born Thomas John Woodward, who also uses the name Sir Thomas Jones Woodward. He begins his career in the 1960s with a run of top 10 hits and maintains an international performing career for decades, with regular concert work and long-running appearances in Las Vegas between 1967 and 2011.

Voice and style

Jones has a robust baritone voice and performs across a wide range of styles, including pop, rhythm and blues, show tunes, country, dance, soul and gospel.

Recordings and chart success

He sells more than 100 million records worldwide. In the United Kingdom he achieves 36 Top 40 singles, and in the United States he has 19 Top 40 hits. Among his best-known recordings are “It’s Not Unusual”, “What’s New Pussycat?”, the theme song from the 1965 film “Thunderball”, “Green, Green Grass of Home”, “Delilah”, “She’s a Lady”, “Sex Bomb”, and a cover of “Kiss”.

Albums

His studio albums include Along Came Jones, It’s Not Unusual, What’s New Pussycat?, A-tom-ic Jones, From the Heart, Green, Green Grass of Home, Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings, 13 Smash Hits, The Tom Jones Fever Zone, Delilah, Help Yourself, This Is Tom Jones, Tom, I Who Have Nothing, She’s a Lady, Tom Jones Close Up, The Body and Soul of Tom Jones, Somethin’ ’Bout You Baby I Like, Memories Don’t Leave Like People Do, Say You’ll Stay Until Tomorrow, What a Night, Do You Take This Man, Rescue Me, Darlin’, Tom Jones Country, Don’t Let Our Dreams Die Young, Love Is on the Radio, Tender Loving Care, At This Moment, Carrying a Torch, The Lead and How to Swing It, Reload, Mr. Jones, Tom Jones & Jools Holland, 24 Hours, Praise & Blame, Spirit in the Room, Long Lost Suitcase, and Surrounded by Time.

Other work and recognition

Jones also works occasionally as an actor. He makes his acting debut in the television film Pleasure Cove in 1979, appears as himself in Mars Attacks! in 1996, and takes a dramatic role in an episode of Playhouse Presents in 2012. He is nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy in 1970 for hosting This Is Tom Jones. His awards include the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1966, an MTV Video Music Award in 1989, and two Brit Awards, including Best British Male in 2000 and Outstanding Contribution to Music in 2003. He is appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1998 and is knighted in 2006 for services to music. In the 2010s he gains renewed public visibility as a coach on The Voice UK.