Tom Jones

It's not unusual” when you become one of the most popular singers on the planet for fame to obscure the essentials of an artist. It is all too often forgotten. For example, that pop icon Tom Jones has a voice made for the blues, an emotional style that captures the soul of R&B and a presence that can only be described as rock ‘n' roll. In the end, the man who made wearing tight leather pants really cool is one helluva singer.
His prodigious vocal power and endearing charisma have sustained his popularity for nearly 40 years. Now a new generation of fans has discovered him through his animated image seducing Marge Simpson on “The Simpsons,” the international success of his 1999 album Reload (which went to #1 in the U.K. and throughout Europe) and it's updated 2003 American version Reloaded: Greatest Hits.
Tom Jones first hit the charts in 1964, with “It's Not Unusual” , which was deemed so sexual that it was banned by the BBC. Only when a pirate offshore radio station played the song did it become a #1 hit in the U.K. The following year, it charted at #10 in the U.S. In 1965, his version of Burt Bacharach's “What's New Pussycat?” (from the film of the same name) reached #3. That same year he belted out the Top 30 theme to the James Bond flick Thunderball . He also won the Grammy as Best New Artist.
Jones has sung everything from rock to R&B to show tunes to country. Elvis Presley, with whom he was friends, would warm up his voice to “Delilah” and The King would call radio stations to request a Jones country favorite, “Green, Green Grass of Home.” Each song was a Top 15 hit. Between 1965 and 1971, he racked up 10 gold albums and 27 hit singles, nine of them Top 20. Along with those previously mentions, they include “She's A Lady” (#2 gold), “Without Love (There is Nothing)” (#5 gold), “Love Me Tonight” (#13) and “I (Who Have Nothing)” “Help Yourself”, “Can't Stop Loving You” and “Daughter Of Darkness”.
During the rest of the ‘70s and through the ‘80s, he continued to record and his concerts continued to sell out. In the U.S., he reached the country Top 40 with five albums and nine singles. In the U.K. he returned to the pop charts in 1987 with the ballad “It's Not Unusual” in London clubs, and when the song was re-released, it topped the charts there. In 1988, he was back in the U.S. pop Top 40 with his collaboration with the critically acclaimed Art of Noise on the Prince tune “Kiss.” The music video, in which he appeared, won MTV's Breakthrough Video of the Year award.
1999's Reload , a duets album with the likes of the Pretenders, Barenaked Ladies, Simply Red, The Cardigans, Portishead and Stereophonics, went six times platinum in the U.K. and sold more than 4,000,000 copies worldwide, becoming the biggest-selling album of his illustrious career. Numerous honors have followed, from performing at the White House Millennium Celebration and the Queen's Golden Jubilee at Buckingham Palace to receiving two Brit Awards for Best Male and Outstanding Achievement.
Tom Jones continues to prove that he is a most “unusual” performer indeed, not only sustaining his popularity over decades, but continuing to grow and be challenged as an artist as well.

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