Tom Jones

Tom Jones is a popular Welsh-born singer, rock and roll star, Grammy Award winner (1966), Academy Award winner (1997), and Knighthood winner. Tom was born on June 7, 1940 in the Welsh town of Pontypridd in the family of a miner and a housewife. At birth, the boy was given the name Thomas Jones Woodward. His parents regularly attended church, and soon Tom began to sing in the choir there. Studying at school, Jones took part in student concerts, performed in the vocal ensemble of the class. Later, the young man was invited to a local rock band as a drummer.

In 1965, the hit Tom Jones “It’s Not Unusual” received international recognition, and for the performance of the song “Thunderball”, recorded for the movie “Agent 007. Ball Lightning”, the young singer won a Grammy Award in the category “Best Debutante”.

In 1968, Tom Jones released a new album “Delilah” with the hit of the same name. The disk stayed at the top of the European hit parade for several weeks, and several European singers – Emil Horowiec, Peter Alexander, Jimmy Fontana, Karel Gott – immediately made cover versions of the title song. Later in the USSR, the hit was sung by Muslim Magomaev, and Tom Jones himself performed the song in duets with Luciano Pavarotti and Adriano Celentano.