Archive for December, 2008
LOS ANGELES — Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys made a beeline for Tom Jones at London’s Q Awards in October. Jones, 68 and still a magnet for young acolytes, recalls the indie-rock singer gushing, “I love Love Me Tonight. It’s slamming! We play it before we go on stage every night.” Turner then prodded [...]
For all the studly showmanship of his 1960s pop-idol persona, Tom Jones has always been a more than credible singer of vintage R&B and rock. (Check out the DVDs of his 1969-71 variety show, where he went toe-to-toe with the likes of Aretha and Little Richard, and his excellent 2004 album, Tom Jones and Jools [...]
I love Tom Jones, probably more than any heterosexual male has a right to. Sure, I love his overblown ’60s hits, his too-tight pants, his unbuttoned shirts and medallions and the impish grin that’s caused countless panties and hotel room keys to be flung onstage wherever he’s appeared for the last four decades and change. [...]
The voice of the valleys reveals to Will Hodgkinson why sounding ‘nice’ was never an option for him… When I first discovered the joys of singing: Ghost Riders in the Sky – Vaughn Monroe (1949) I must have been eight or nine when I climbed on top of my school desk and sang this because [...]
Why we care: The High Priest of Panties is 68 now. But if this album is as awesome as I think it is, he’s about to have a major career comeback. Borrowing from the retro cool of Amy Winehouse and Duffy, TJ blends ’60s horns, hip-hop beats and his indefatigable lounge-lizard holler to make the [...]
Rachael has had a crush on Tom Jones all of her life, and now her dream guest is stopping by! The legendary singer tells Rachael whom he idolized when he was growing up. “I was a teenager in the ’50s,” he says. “So rock n’ roll had just begun in ’55 when Rock Around the [...]
Watch Tom’s hilarious skit on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel live!
Grammy-winning Welsh singer Tom Jones has been recording and touring since the mid-’60s. He’s sold more than 100 million albums, hosted a successful TV variety program and been a Las Vegas marquee attraction. He’s also collaborated with such artists as Wyclef Jean and Jools Holland. In ’05, he was awarded a knighthood for his contribution [...]
Finally the security gave it up, Tom Jones fans ran to the stage to dance.. The evening started in a solid mood as the bigger part of the audience was from the senior age-group, and the youngers were not extreme figures either. Everybody waited for The Voice patiently, sitting on their seats. There were only [...]
TRUTH: “I gave them guidance and ideas and they found me, they found a Tom Jones song that fit the real me.” A team of songwriters, including Bono and Springsteen, digs into the man’s life in order to craft the man’s songs. Tom Jones went into Lillie’s Bordello looking for a drink and found a [...]
