Sir Thomas Jones Woodward OBE (born 7 June 1940), known professionally as Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer. His career began with a string of top-ten hits in the mid-1960s. He has toured regularly, with appearances in Las Vegas (1967–2011). Jones’s voice has been described by AllMusic as a “full-throated, robust baritone”.
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Jones had his big breakthrough with “It’s Not Unusual,” which became a major hit in the U.K. and in the United States.
Jones has a fundamental interest in a wide range of music. Although he is well known for hits including It’s Not Unusual, Kiss, Delilah, What’s New Pussycat, I’ll Never Fall In Love Again and If I Only Knew, he is first and foremost an artist with a true rhythm and blues soul.
Singing legend and The Voice star Sir Tom Jones recently opened up about growing up with dyslexia. Speaking on BBC Radio 2 last week, Sir Tom revealed that he was often told that he was ‘lazy’ when he was at school and was consistently being told that he needed to ‘try harder.