Tom Jones

Tom Jones born Thomas John Woodward in Trefforest Pontypridd in Glamorgan Wales is a Welsh singer and actor Sir Thomas John Woodward OBE known professionally as Tom Jones began his career began with a string of topten hits in the mid1960s He has toured regularly with appearances in Las Vegas Joness voice has been described by Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic as a fullthroated robust baritone His performing range has included pop RB 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 including Its Not Unusual Whats New Pussycat the theme song for the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball Green Green Grass of Home Delilah Shes a Lady Kiss and Sex Bomb Jones made his acting debut playing the lead role in the 1979 television film Pleasure Cove He played himself in Tim Burtons 1996 film Mars Attacks In 1970 he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Television Series Musical or Comedy nomination for hosting the television series This Is Tom Jones In 2012 he played a role in an episode of Playhouse Presents Jones received a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1966 an MTV Video Music Award in 1989 as well as two Brit Awards Best British Male in 2000 and the Outstanding Contribution to Music award in 2003 Jones was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE in 1998 and knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to music in 2005 Jones experienced a resurgence in notability in the 2010s due to his coaching role on the television talent show The Voice UK from 2012 with the exception of 2016