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Welsh national treasure and underwear magnet
Born Thomas John Woodward in Pontypridd, Wales in 1940, Sir Tom Jones OBE is the owner one of music's most famous voices. The son of a miner and homemaker who grew up singing at school and for family gatherings, he went on to record music that’s traversed many genres as well as appealed to people of all ages, backgrounds and nationalities.
Jones quit school at the age of 16 and did odd jobs like selling vacuums door to door to earn money. Married and a father by the age of 17, he also sang at night in dance halls and clubs around South Wales before catching the ear of a London-based manager who got him signed with Decca Records.
Jones’ first single, 1964’s Chills And Fever, did not perform well while his second single, 1965’s It’s Not Unusual, surprised everyone. The song not only entered the UK singles chart upon release, but climbed to No.1 within a month and landed him an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, a popular US late-night TV talk programme.
In 1966, Jones released a cover of the country song Green, Green Grass Of Home, which became a No.1 hit in the UK. Throughout the mid to late ’60s, he also scored a slew hit singles with Once Upon A Time, With These Hands, What’s New Pussycat?, Thunderball, Detroit City, I'll Never Fall In Love, I'm Coming Home, Delilah, Help Yourself, Love Me Tonight and Without Love (There Is Nothing).
With a baritone voice and delivery ranging from husky to smooth, his singing style was inspired by artists like Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley and Little Richard and his sound was heavily influenced by American R&B, soul and rock.
In 1971, Jones released the massive hit She's A Lady, and during the remainder of the ’70s established himself as a major draw headlining showrooms on the Las Vegas Strip. In this decade, he also launched his own label, MAM Records, with manager and songwriter Gordon Mills.
The ’80s saw Jones try his hand at country music. Although nine of his songs broke into the US country top 40 chart, he failed to attract UK listeners until releasing the 1987 single A Boy From Nowhere, which peaked at No.2. His cover of Prince’s Kiss with Art Of Noise was also a No.5-charting hit and led him to win an MTV Video Music Award for Breakthrough Video. In 1989, Jones received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The ’90s saw Jones re-invent himself once again. Following his successful first appearance at Glastonbury in 1992, he popped up as himself on an episode of the animated sitcom The Simpsons entitled Marge Gets A Job. Plus he released the hit song If I Only Knew in 1994 and recorded a cover of You Can Leave Your Hat On for the soundtrack of the film The Full Monty.
Jones’ 1999 album Reload featuring cover duets with the likes of The Cardigans, Van Morrison, Stereophonics, Robbie Williams and Natalie Imbruglia went to No.1 in the UK and became the biggest-selling record of his then 35-year career. Its No.3-charting single Sex Bomb performed with German DJ and record producer Mousse T was a smash hit across Europe and the US too.
Since the millennium, Jones has remained a vital recording and performing artist. He teamed up with Jools Holland in 2004 for the roots rock album Tom Jones & Jools Holland, was honoured by the Queen with knighthood in 2006, self-penned the album 24 Hours in 2008, began appearing on prime time TV as a coach on The Voice in 2012 and performed at the MCG in Melbourne for the AFL Grand Final alongside Ed Sheeran. He also got some of the best reviews of his career for the three albums he released during the 2010s: Praise & Blame, Spirit In The Room and Long Lost Suitcase.
Among the many accolades across his long career, Jones has received two BRIT Awards for Best Male and Outstanding Contribution to Music, a Hitmaker Award from the US Songwriters Hall of Fame and a GQ Award for Legend of the Year.
Jones’ 15th studio album Surrounded By Time arrived in April 2021. As with his past three hugely acclaimed collections, this one was recorded with producer Ethan Johns (Laura Marling, Paolo Nutini, Kings Of Leon). In 2023, Jones announced his Ages & Stages tour for that winter, including a show at London's O2.
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Tom Jones was absolutely brilliant came on stage and sang for approximately 2 hours and at 84 years of age this is fabulous and the strength in his voice is amazing Venue was very well organised and clean
What can i say but brilliant Tom Jones gig at Scarborough Open Air Theatre, he is 84 yrs old but what a great performance. Tom rolled back the yrs and finished it with a great rock & roll finale.
Fantastic venue, easy to get to. Tom Jones, was brilliant, support acts, ok , would definitely go to the venue again
What a fabulous night watching Tom jones! Great support acts. Really enjoyable night. For a guy over 80 years of age to sing for 2 hours with just a blow of his nose and a couple of mints - well hats off to him! Brought my dad for a surprise 70th birthday present and we had a brilliant night!
First time seeing Sir Thom last night got to say he was amazing, his voice his stage presence was just exceptional.especially considering his age, was the first time to Scarborough OpenAir Theatre which is a fab venu the only thing was the amount of really drunk people there that's spoilt it for other fans we has seats on the front row and you could just see the bother they were causing , it didn't affect us but a lady in the disabled section has an epileptic fit due to the drunk people causing her unnecessary grief that was awful to see . Not to take anything away from the night though it was amazing
Still got it !, what a great concert in a great venue Hope he's back next year will be there to see him again Brilliant performer ! Well done Sir Tom !!!
First timer at this venue, love it. Sir Tom Jones was excellent, so lucky to be able to see him perform. Highly recommend.
Loved the way he come across to everyone and his song through the decades I think he may have been trying to go for the longest track as Raye has just conquered 😂 he is a solid performer and fully appreciated his audience 😍 He is one legend I have managed to see 🤩
TOM HAS STILL GOT IT!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Excellent! Adapted the old tunes - and remains update with the new! AT 84 - AMAZING!
Fantastic Show, Support acts very good Tom was amazing. Venue organisation excellent.
Fab concert from the great man, with a great band. Amazing vocals still. Not the dizzy high end power of his younger years of course , but still mightily impressive. Some very clever arrangements. A fair few moody tracks, clearly reflecting is past and present. Overall great gig. Only disappointment for me , was him not singing , i'll never fall in live again
Tom Jones…what a legend. Outstanding as per usual. Venue…not perfect. Card only transactions on food and drink with no signage or notifications when people brought cash.
A hassle getting in very unorganised and signal / WiFi shocking got to check in after a chaotic queue system to be told tickets didn't work out of wallet as no barcode so had to go down get the tickets printed off at box office , a long queue of people doing the same , then got back to top of queue for the man next to me checking in with tickets off his phone wallet ! I wasn't impressed , also i heard disabled had no way in other then the queue we were all in didnt matter to me but obviously could have been a problem for some . Right that out of the Tom Jones is a legend !! wasnt a huge fan prior but what a show he was fabulous , still has it all and what a voice just a legend in his time .
