Tom Jones

Born: 1940-06-07 Trefforest, Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales, UK

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 top-ten hits in the mid-1960s. He has toured regularly, with appearances in Las Vegas. Jones's voice has been described by Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic as a 'full-throated, robust baritone'. His performing range has included pop, R&B, 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 ...