Tom Jones

Tom Jones is a Welsh singer who became one of the most popular vocalists to emerge from the mid-1960s. He has had thirty-six Top 40 hits in the United Kingdom and nineteen in the United States. His notable songs include "It's Not Unusual", "What's New Pussycat", "Delilah", "Green, Green Grass of Home", "She's a Lady", "Kiss" and "Sex Bomb"

Jones has received numerous other awards throughout his career, including the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1966, an MTV Video Music Award in 1989 and two Brit Awards.

Jones was the frontman for Tommy Scott and the Senators, a Welsh beat group, in 1963. In 1964, the group recorded several solo tracks.

Jones' first single, "Chills and Fever", was released in late 1964. In early 1965, "It's Not Unusual" reached number one in the United Kingdom and the top ten in the United States and he would record themes for the films What's New Pussycat? and Thunderball. Jones was awarded the Grammy Award for Best New Artist for 1966.

In 1967, Jones performed in Las Vegas for the first time, at the Flamingo. He soon chose to record less, instead concentrating on his lucrative club performances and became friends with Elvis Presley. Jones would play at least one week in Las Vegas every year until 2011.

In the early 1970s Jones toured with the female singing group Quiet Elegance as his backing group. He had a number of hit singles, including "She's a Lady", "Till", and "The Young New Mexican Puppeteer". In 1976, "Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow"  went to No. 1 on the US country chart and No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100.

From 1980 to 1986, Jones had nine songs in the US country top 40. In 1987, Tom Jones re-entered the singles chart with "A Boy From Nowhere", which went to No. 2 in the United Kingdom. The following year he covered Prince's "Kiss" with Art of Noise. The song reached No. 5 in the UK and No. 31 in the US. The video for "Kiss" was much seen on MTV and VH1, and won the MTV Video Music Award for Breakthrough Video.

In 1993, Jones released the album The Lead And How To Swing It. The first single, "If I Only Knew", went to No. 11 in the UK. In 1997, Jones recorded "You Can Leave Your Hat On" for the soundtrack of film The Full Monty.

In 1999 Jones released the album Reload, a collection of cover duets with artists such as the Cardigans, Natalie Imbruglia, Cerys Matthews, Van Morrison, Mousse T, Portishead, Stereophonics, and Robbie Williams. The album went to No. 1 in the UK and sold over 4 million copies worldwide. Five singles from Reload hit the UK top 40. The single "Sex Bomb" was released in early 2000 and became the biggest single from the album, reaching number three in the UK Singles Chart.

In 2002, Jones released the album Mr. Jones, which was produced by Wyclef Jean. The album and the first single, "Tom Jones International", were top 40 hits in the UK. In 2004, he teamed up with pianist Jools Holland and released Tom Jones & Jools Holland, a roots rock 'n' roll album. In 2008, he released 24 Hours, his first album of new material to be issued in the US for over 15 years.

In March 2009, Jones went to the top of the UK Music Charts for the third time in his career with a cover of "Islands in the Stream". In July 2010, Jones released Praise & Blame was released.

In May 2012, Jones released the album Spirit in the Room which included covers of songs by Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen and Richard and Linda Thompson, Blind Willie Johnson, Tom Waits and The Low Anthem.