Tom was knighted by Her Majesty the Queen in 2006, an honor he deeply cherishes. An honor he was able to celebrate once again in 2012 when he performed at the Queens Diamond Jubilee concert at Buckingham Palace.
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”.
Jones’s voice has been described as a “full-throated, robust baritone”.According to Jones himself, his young voice was a tenor voice. He said: “What you lose on the top end, you gain on the bottom end. I used to be able to hit a top C when I was young now it’s a B flat.” He became the frontman in 1963 for Tommy Scott and the Senators, a Welsh beat group.
They soon gained a local following and reputation in South Wales. In 1964, the group recorded several solo tracks with producer Joe Meek, who took them to various record labels, but they had little success.