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This song appeared the same year ML King and R Kennedy were murdered.

People Got To Be Free
The Rascals

[Words by Felix Cavaliere and Music by Edward Brigati Jr]

All the world over, so easy to see
People everywhere just wanna be free
Listen, please listen, that's the way it should be
Deep in the valley, people got to be free

You should see what a lovely, lovely world this'd be
Everyone learned to live together, ah-hah-unh
Seems to me such an itty bitty thing should be
Why can't you and me learn to love one another

All the world over, so easy to see
People everywhere just wanna be free
I can't understand it, so simple to me
People everywhere just got to be free

If there's a man who is down and needs a helpin' hand
All it takes is you to understand and to pull him through, ah-hah-unh
Seems to me we got to solve it individually, ah-hah-unh
And I'll do unto you what you do to me

Shout it from the mountain on out to the sea (out to the sea)
No two ways about it, people have to be free
Ask me my opinion, my opinion will be
Nat'ral situation for a man to be free

Git right on board now

---- Instrumental Interlude ----

Oh, what a feelin's just come over me
Love can move a mountain, make a blind man see
Everybody sing it now come on let's go see
Deep in the valley now, we ought to be free

SPOKEN
See that train over there
That's the train of freedom
It's about to 'rrive any minute, now
You know it's been'a long, long overdue
Look out 'cause it's a'comin' right on through

good morning, edgar. I like that freedom song, buddy. Speaking of the price of freedom, today is D-Day. I found this poem in remembrance and honor of those who paid the ultimate price.

OMAHA BEACH
by Peter Thomas
Pvt. 1st Infantry Division


When we went in the Beach had been taken
The living fought on -- the dead forsaken
We were dropped into water up to our shoulders
We waded in -- a group of green soldiers
Onto that thin strip of beach
So many had tried to reach
They were the ones who went in first
Among the machine gun fire and shell burst
They went to watery graves
Sinking under the waves
The water was red
Red from the dead
Red from the dying
In agony crying
Those who made the land
Were not able to stand
They fell on the sand
Writhing in pain
Screaming for help in vain

Every advantage was on the hill
They murdered our men at will
The rain of death from the cliffs never stopped
But we just kept coming in from the sea
Wave after wave as far as you could see

Sheer courage and determination
Not believing they were done
Dictated the victory that day
Others in the future will say
When they stand on that mighty height
And look down on that thin strip of beach
"I don't see how they ever did it"

They fought for every inch of it
Up the sides of that fortified wall
Over the tops of those cliffs so tall
I'll never forget that Beach
I'll never forget the men
In the ships
In the air and on the land
And those who died on the sand
And in the water

They lie now beneath thousands of white crosses
And stars of David
Above the Beach
Those wonderful soldiers who died so young
They died so we
Could be free

How can we ever forget what they did
We honor them this day
We salute them
And we humbly beseech
Dear God bless the men who died on Omaha Beach

hello , listeners !
after a somewhat sombre start to the day how about ...



set to music by dick hyman and sung by earl wrigthson , a nightclub "swashbuckler" (!)
from "gilmour's album" ; clyde gilmour was the host of CBC's radio program "gilmour's album" for 25 years

also from "gilmour's album" , sung by JERRY COLONNA
..."jerry's fire engine voice ending in TOP X - the equivalent of acid rain" a/t liner notes .
hbg

and to end on a sweet note , a traditional song , sung by kathleen ferrier :

Ahhh, hbg. What a fantastic trio of lyrics.

Sweet Adeline was a barber shop song, I believe, and I love your Shakespeare song, Canada. He wasn't called "The Bard" for nothing, was he.

And, of course, your sea song. That means a lot to us ocean dwellers.

Here's one that was inspired from another forum, folks, and to me, it defines what life is all about.

GLORIA GAYNOR

Reach Out, I'll Be There


Now if you feel that you can't go on
Because all your hope is gone
And your life is filled with confusion
And happiness is just an illusion
And your world around is tumblin' down
Darling, reach out
Reach out, for me.

I'll be there to love and comfort you...(tell me baby)
I'll be there with the love I'll see you through

Now when you're lost and about to give up
'cause your best just ain't good enough
and you feel the world has grown cold
and you're driftin' on your own
when you need a hand to hold
darling, reach out
reach out, for me.

I'll be there to love and comfort you
I'll be there with the love I'll see you through

I'll be there to love and comfort you
I'll be there to with the love I'll see you through

I can tell by the way you hang your head
Now without any love , now you're afraid
And through your tears you look around
But there's no peace of mind to be found

I know what you're thinking
Without love, now you're alone
Baby, reach out
Reach out for me

I'll be there to love and comfort you
I'll be there with the Love I'll see you through

I'll be there to love and comfort you
Tell me baby
I'll be there to always see you through
I'll be there

I'll be there to love and comfort you
I'll be there with the love I'll see you through.

I've spent twenty three nights in this one horse town
I've been jacked up, been broke down for too long
I've been bustin' my tail in the blazing sun
Watching jack rabbits watch tumbleweeds run until dawn
Something's whisperin' in my ear
That I should be light years from here in

Albuquerque where the skies are blue
(Gonna take a bus take a train gonna' fly)
(Prayin' she's there after all this time)
Albuquerque my heart aches for you
(Stretchin' out across the lazy haze)
(Haunting my dreams calling my name)

Three more days 'til I get my pay
I need my money but I can't stay another night
I've been tossin', turnin' in my bed
I can't get her out - out of my head to save my life
Shake the sand out of my boots
634 miles to you in

Albuquerque where the skies are blue
(Gonna take a bus take a train gonna' fly)
(Prayin' she's there after all this time)
Albuquerque my heart aches for you
(Stretchin' out across the lazy haze)
(Haunting my dreams calling my name)

ah, dys, great calling song, buddy. I always misread Albuquerque as Albuquirky.

Here's one, folks, about name calling and it's by America.



On the first part of the journey
I was looking at all the life
There were plants and birds and rocks and things
There was sand and hills and rings
The first thing I met was a fly with a buzz
And the sky with no clouds
The heat was hot and the ground was dry
But the air was full of sound

Ive been through the desert on a horse with no name
It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert you can remember your name
cause there aint no one for to give you no pain
La, la ...

After two days in the desert sun
My skin began to turn red
After three days in the desert fun
I was looking at a river bed
And the story it told of a river that flowed
Made me sad to think it was dead

You see Ive been through the desert on a horse with no name
It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert you can remember your name
cause there aint no one for to give you no pain
La, la ...

After nine days I let the horse run free
cause the desert had turned to sea
There were plants and birds and rocks and things
There was sand and hills and rings
The ocean is a desert with its life underground
And a perfect disguise above
Under the cities lies a heart made of ground
But the humans will give no love

You see Ive been through the desert on a horse with no name
It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert you can remember your name
cause there aint no one for to give you no pain
La, la ...

Good afternoon WA2K.

Happy Birthday to Harvey Fierstein (Hairspray and Fiddler on the Roof revival) who will be 55 today.

There's our Raggedy. Hi, PA. Ah, folks our pup is doing a solo today.

Hmmm. Thumbs up from Harvey, and I never saw Hairspray, but I adore Fiddler on the Roof. The hawkman is working, and the turtle is shirking, so we shall have to do without them today. <smile>

Shall we play?

Artist: Lyrics
Song: Sunrise, Sunset Lyrics
(Tevye)
Is this the little girl I carried?
Is this the little boy at play?

(Golde)
I don't remember growing older
When did they?

(Tevye)
When did she get to be a beauty?
When did he get to be so tall?

(Golde)
Wasn't it yesterday
When they were small?

(Men)
Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly flow the days
Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers
Blossoming even as we gaze

(Women)
Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly fly the years
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears

(Tevye)
What words of wisdom can I give them?
How can I help to ease their way?

(Tevye)
Now they must learn from one another
Day by day

(Perchik)
They look so natural together

(Hodel)
Just like two newlyweds should be

(Perchik & Hodel)
Is there a canopy in store for me?

(All)
Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly flow the days
Seedlings turn overnight to sunflowers
Blossoming even as we gaze

Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly fly the years
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears

Oh yeah yeah yeah

Now if there's a smile on my face
It's only there trying to fool the public
But when it comes down to fooling you
Now honey that's quite a different subject
But don't let my glad expression
Give you the wrong impression
Really I'm sad, oh I'm sadder than sad
You're gone and I'm hurtin' so bad
Like a clown I pretend to be glad

Now there's some sad things known to man
But ain't too much sadder than
The tears of a clown, when there's no one around
Uh hum, oh yeah baby

Now if I appear to be carefree
It's only to camouflage my sadness
And honey to shield my pride I try
To cover this hurt with a show of gladness
But don't let my show convince you
That I've been happy since you
Decided to go, oh I need you so
I'm hurt and I want you to know
But for others I put on a show, ooh yeah

{repeat CHORUS}

Just like Pagliacci did
I try to keep my surface hid
Smiling in the public eye
But in my lonely room I cry
The tears of a clown
When there's no one around, oh yeah, baby baby
Now if there's a smile on my face
Don't let my glad expression
Give you the wrong impression
Don't let this smile I wear
Make you think that I don't care
When really I'm sad I'm hurting so bad

edgar, that song reminds me of a couple of things, but one idea in particular. Just got through reading along with Treya of Florida and she was rather upset with men, I think. She claims that they all suck. Made me think of what my daughter said to me.

Mom, your vacuum cleaner sucks. Is that an oxymoron?

Yesterday I was chatting with a friend and I mentioned how much I liked the arias of Enrico Caruso. So when edgar mentioned Pagliacci, I decided to play this one.

The aria VESTI LA GIUBBA:

LYRICS
Recitar!... mentre preso dal delirio
non so più quel che dico
e quel che faccio!
Eppur... è d'uopo... sforzati!
Bah! Sei tu forse un uom?
Tu se' Pagliaccio!
Vesti la giubba,
e la faccia infarina.
La gente paga e rider vuole qua.
E se Arlecchin t'invola Colombina,
ridi, Pagliaccio, e ognun applaudirà!
Tramuta in lazzi lo spasmo ed il pianto,
in una smorfia il singhiozzo e'l dolor - Ah!
Ridi, Pagliaccio,
sul tuo amore infranto.
Ridi del duol che t'av-velena il cor.

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Perform! In the throes of delirium?
I no longer know
what I'm saying or what I'm doing!
Still... I must... force myself!
Bah! Are you a man or not?
You're just a clown!
Put on your costume,
and cover your face with flour.
People are paying, they want to laugh.
And when Arlecchino takes away your Colombina,
laugh, you clown, and everyone will applaud!
Turn into jest the spasms and weeping;
into a grimace the tears of pain - Ah!
Laugh, clown,
at your broken love.
Laugh at the pain that poisons your heart.

It helps to hear the melody. Ah, what a tenor.

Do You Want To Know A Secret
The Beatles

You never know how much I really love you
You'll never know how much I really care

Listen, do you want to know a secret
Do you promise not to tell, woh, woh, woh
Closer, let me whisper in your ear
Say the words you long to hear
I'm in love with you, oo

Listen, do you want to know a secret
Do you promise not to tell, woh, woh, woh
Closer, let me whisper in your ear
Say the words you long to hear
I'm in love with you, oo

I've known a secret for a week or two
Nobody know just we two

Listen, do you want to know a secret
Do you promise not to tell, woh, woh, woh
Closer, let me whisper in your ear
Say the words you long to hear
I'm in love with you, oo, oo

edgar, that brings back some memories, buddy. Thanks.

And, folks, another secret.

Greenwaves by Secret Garden

I remember a meadow one morning in May.
With a sky full of dreams that sailed in that day.
I was dancing through green waves of grass like the sea
For a moment in time I could feel I was free.

There are waves of forgiveness and waves of regret.
And the first waves of true love Ill never forget.
In the meadow that morning as I wandered alone
There were green waves of yearning for life
still unknown.

Take me home to the meadow that cradles my heart
Where the waves reach as far as you can se.
Take me home to the meadow weve been too long apart,
I can still hear you calling for me.

Take me home to the meadow that cradles my heart
Where the waves reach as far as you can se.
Take me home to the meadow weve been too long apart,
I can still hear you calling for me.

What Id give to remember that heavenly state
Just a moment in time all mine to create.
As Im taking my last breath I know what Ill see
Therell be green waves forever out there waiting for me.

Take me home to the meadow that cradles my heart
Where the waves reach as far as you can see.
Take me home to the meadow weve been too long apart,
I can still hear you calling for me.

Sorry, all. Our editor is on vacation.

from am old four lp set : ORGAN MEMORIES - great old style melodies !
reginald dixon at the TOWER BALLROOM organ in blackpool

hamburger, we love the way you attach a bit of history to your songs. That was inspiring, Canada, and also it was FDR's campaign song.

Speaking of which, folks.

The Lost Chord

Seated one day at the organ,
I was weary and ill-at-ease;
And my fingers wandered idly
Over the noisy keys.

I know not what I was playing
Or what I was dreaming then,
But I struck one chord of music
Like the sound of a great Amen.

It flooded the crimson twilight
Like the close of an angel's psalm,
And it lay on my fevered spirit
With a touch of infinite calm.

It quieted pain and sorrow
Like love overcoming strife;
It seemed the harmonious echo
From our discordant life.

It linked all perplexèd meanings
Into one perfect peace,
And trembled away into silence
As if it were loathe to cease.

I have sought, but I seek it vainly,
That one lost chord divine,
Which came from the soul of the organ
And entered into mine.

It may be that death's bright angel
Will speak in that chord again;
It may be that only in heav'n
I shall hear that grand Amen.


The Lost Chord is a poem by Adelaide Anne Procter that was set to music by Arthur Sullivan in 1877. Sullivan composed "The Lost Chord" at the bedside of his brother Fred during Fred's last illness. The manuscript is dated January 13, 1877, and Fred Sullivan died five days later.



"The Lost Chord" was immediately successful and became particularly associated with Sullivan's close friend and sometime mistress, Fanny Ronalds, who often sang it at society functions. Sullivan was proud of the song and later noted: "I have composed much music since then, but have never written a second Lost Chord." The song has endured as one of Sullivan's best-known songs, and the setting is still performed today.

and I shall say goodnight with a line from Coleridge.

Oh sleep it is a gentle thing beloved from pole to pole,
To Mary Queen the praise be given,
She sent the gentle sleep from heaven,
That slid into my soul.

Tomorrow then....

From Letty with love

Jessica Tandy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Born June 7, 1909
London, England, UK
Died September 11, 1994, aged 85
Easton,Connecticut, USA
Spouse(s) Jack Hawkins (1932-1942)
Hume Cronyn (1942-1994)
Academy Awards

Best Actress
1989 Driving Miss Daisy
Emmy Awards

Outstanding Lead Actress - Miniseries/Movie
1988 Foxfire
Tony Awards

Best Leading Actress in a Play
1948 A Streetcar Named Desire
1978 The Gin Game
1983 Foxfire
Golden Globe Awards

Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical/Comedy
1990 Driving Miss Daisy
BAFTA Awards

Best Actress
1989 Driving Miss Daisy

Jessica Tandy, christened Jessie Alice Tandy (June 7, 1909 - September 11, 1994) was a noted Academy Award-winning English theatre, film and TV actress who became an American citizen. To this day, she remains the oldest person ever (at the age of 80) to receive a competitive acting Oscar.



Personal life

Tandy was born in Geldeston Road in the London Borough of Hackney[1] and she was educated at the Dame Alice Owen's School in the London Borough of Islington.

She married twice:

the British actor Jack Hawkins (1932-1942); one daughter Susan Hawkins (born 1934)
the Canadian-American actor, Hume Cronyn from 1942 until her death in 1994; two children - daughter Tandy Cronyn (also an actress), son Christopher Cronyn.
In 1990, she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer which she battled fiercely for five years, during which she continued to work. She had previously been treated for angina and glaucoma.


Career

After an acting career spanning some sixty five years, Tandy found latter-day movie stardom in major-studio releases and intimate dramas alike. From a young age she was determined to be an actress, and first appeared on the London stage in 1926, playing, among others, Katherine opposite Laurence Olivier's Henry V, and Cordelia opposite John Gielgud's "King Lear". She also worked in British films. Following the end of her first marriage, she moved to New York and met Canadian actor Hume Cronyn, who became her second husband and frequent partner on stage and screen. She made her American film debut in The Seventh Cross (1944). She also appeared in The Valley of Decision (1945), The Green Years (1946, ironically enough as Cronyn's daughter!), Dragonwyck (1946) starring Gene Tierney and Forever Amber (1947). After her Tony-winning performance as Blanche DuBois in the original Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, (she lost the film role to actress Vivien Leigh) she concentrated on the stage and only appeared sporadically in films such as The Light in the Forest (1957) and The Birds (1963).


The beginning of the 1980s saw a resurgence in her film career, with character roles in The World According to Garp, Best Friends, Still of the Night (all 1982) and The Bostonians (1984), and the hit film Cocoon (1985), opposite Cronyn, with whom she reteamed for *Batteries not included (1987) and Cocoon: The Return (1988). She and Cronyn had been working together more and more, on stage and television, to continued acclaim, notably in 1987's Foxfire which won her an Emmy Award (recreating her Tony-winning Broadway role). However, it was her colorful performance in Driving Miss Daisy (1989), as an aging, stubborn Southern-Jewish matron, that made her a bonafide Hollywood star and earned her an Oscar. She was the oldest actor to ever win an Academy Award, beating out George Burns by less than a year.

She was chosen by People magazine as one of the fifty Most Beautiful People in the world in 1990.

She subsequently earned a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her work in the grass-roots hit Fried Green Tomatoes (1992), and co-starred in The Story Lady (1991 telefilm, with daughter Tandy Cronyn), Used People (1992, as Shirley MacLaine's mother), To Dance with the White Dog (1993 telefilm, with husband Hume Cronyn), Nobody's Fool (1994), and Camilla (also 1994, with Cronyn). Camilla was to be her last performance, and it was bold in one way that she, at the age of about eighty four and knowing that she was dying, had a brief nude scene, which could also be called "cheeky".

She died at home on September 11, 1994, in Easton, Connecticut, of ovarian cancer at the age of eighty five. Prior to moving to Connecticut, she lived with Cronyn for many years in nearby Pound Ridge, NY on land adjacent to their dear friends (and Cronyn's cousin), the producer Robert Whitehead and actress Zoe Caldwell.

Tom Jones
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Background information

Birth name Thomas Jones Woodward
Born June 07, 1940 (1940-06-07) (age 67)
Origin Pontypridd, Wales
Genre(s) Pop, Soul, R&B, Ballads.
Occupation(s) Singer, Actor
Years active 1960s - present
Website Official website

Sir Thomas Jones Woodward, OBE, (born 7 June 1940), known by his stage name as Tom Jones, is a Grammy Award winning Welsh popular music singer particularly noted for his powerful voice. He was born in Treforest, Pontypridd, near Cardiff in South Wales, Great Britain.





Musical career

Tom Jones rose to fame in the mid-1960s, with an exuberant live act which included wearing tight breeches and billowing shirts, in an Edwardian style popular amongst his peers at the time. He was known for his overt sexuality, before this was as common as it has become in subsequent years.

In 1963 he became the frontman for Tommy Scott and the Senators, a local beat group. Clad all in black leather, he soon gained a reputation in the South Wales area. The Senators were still unheard of in London.

In 1964 they laid down seven tracks with maverick Telstar producer Joe Meek, and took them to various labels in an attempt to get a record deal, with no success. The plan was to release a single, Lonely Joe/I Was A Fool, but the ever-flighty Meek refused to release the tapes. Only after It's Not Unusual became a massive hit, Meek was able to sell the tapes to Tower (USA) and Columbia (UK). The group returned to South Wales and continued to play gigs at dance halls and working men's clubs. One night, at the Top Hat in Cwmtillery, Jones was spotted by Gordon Mills, a London-based manager originally from South Wales. Mills became Jones' manager, and took the young singer to London. He also renamed him Tom Jones, an ingenious moniker which not only linked the singer to the image of the title character - a good-looking, low-born stud - portrayed in Tony Richardson's film of Fielding's Tom Jones which was a huge contemporary hit, but also subtly emphasized his nationality. Gordon Mills gave many rock stars their stage names, among them Engelbert Humperdinck (born Arnold George Dorsey). The Senators became the Playboys, and later still the Squires. It was the beginning of the second phase in Jones' career.

Record companies were finding his style and delivery to be too abrasive and raw. Jones' vocals were considered to be too raucous, and he moved like Elvis. But eventually, Decca rekindled their early interest, and Jones recorded his first single, Chills And Fever in late 1964.

The single didn't chart, but the follow-up, It's Not Unusual, (co-written by Les Reed), was an instant smash hit, released in early 1965. Initially the BBC refused to play it, but an offshore pirate station, Radio Caroline, picked it up. Its orchestrated arrangement coupled with Jones' energetic delivery proved infectious, and by March 1st the song reached number one in the UK and the top ten in America. In the same year, Jones sang the theme tune to the James Bond film Thunderball. Jones was awarded the Grammy Award for Best New Artist for 1965. In 1966 Jones' popularity began to slip somewhat, causing Mills to redesign the singer's image into a more respectable, mature tuxedoed crooner.

Inspired by long-time influence Jerry Lee Lewis' country version, Jones released his most successful single ever, Green Green Grass of Home (written by Claude "Curly" Putman Jr. in 1965), and began to sing material that appealed to a broad audience, as well as a string of hit singles and albums including What's New Pussycat?, Help Yourself and Delilah. The strategy worked, as he returned to the top of the charts in the UK and began hitting the Top 40 again in the U.S.

In 1967 he performed for the first time in Las Vegas, at The Flamingo. In 1968, starting at New York's Copacabana night club, women would swoon and scream, and some would throw their knickers on stage. Soon after, he began to play Las Vegas, where he began recording less, choosing to concentrate on his lucrative club performances. At Caesar's Palace his shows were traditionally a knicker-hurling frenzy of raw sexual tension and good-time entertainment. There, they started throwing hotel room keys. Jones and Elvis became good friends, spending time together in Las Vegas. They had a friendship that would endure until Presley's death in 1977.


Jones had an internationally successful television variety show from 1969-1971 titled This Is Tom Jones. This hit TV show aired on ABC-TV (American Broadcasting Company) in America and ITV in the UK. The 1970s saw Jones' popularity leveling off somewhat. But the hits kept on coming: Daughter Of Darkness, She's A Lady, Till and The New Mexican Puppeteer were all hits in the UK. On July 29, 1986, Gordon Mills, Jones' long-time manager, died of cancer. Jones' son Mark became the singer's manager. In April 1987 the singer re-entered the singles chart again. With the hit A Boy From Nowhere Tom got back in the public eye. A few months later he performed a version of Prince's Kiss, and recorded it with The Art of Noise, and it was an instant hit. In 1993 he signed to Interscope Records, releasing the album The Lead And How To Swing It, and his profile was raised with a younger audience by a powerful performance at the Glastonbury Festival. In 1998 he performed a medley of songs from the film The Full Monty with Robbie Williams at the BRIT Awards. That same year, Space and Cerys Matthews released The Ballad Of Tom Jones.

In 1999 he recorded the blockbuster album Reload, a collection of duets with some of the year's brightest stars, which brought him back into the limelight. On New Year's Eve 2000 President Bill Clinton invited him to perform at the Millennium Celebrations in Washington. Throughout 2000, Jones garnered several honors for his work, including a BRIT Award for Best Male. In 2001 he toured throughout the Middle East and Europe. In subsequent years he recorded albums in collaboration with such artists as Wyclef Jean and Jools Holland.

In celebration of his 65th birthday, on 28 May 2005 Jones returned to his homeland to perform a spectacular concert in Ynysangharad Park, Pontypridd. This was his first performance in Pontypridd since 1964.

His early hits include:

"It's Not Unusual" (1965), Jones' signature song.
"What's New Pussycat?", written by Burt Bacharach for What's New, Pussycat? (1965).
"Thunderball", the theme for the James Bond film of the same name (1965) - an urban legend states that upon hitting the final high note of the song Jones actually passed out, but that the take was so good it was the version that was released. Jones later denied this.
"The Green, Green Grass of Home" (1966), his most successful single, which was interpreted by many to refer to Jones' native Wales, despite being written about the USA [1]
"I'll Never Fall In Love Again" (1967)
"Delilah" (1968), the usual choice of song for impressionists "doing" Tom Jones, occasionally being criticized for the violent nature of the song
"Help Yourself" (1968)
"Without Love" (1969)
"She's A Lady" (1971), his highest charting US single, peaking at #2
Jones' recording career slumped on the pop charts during the seventies and eighties, although he placed sixteen singles on the Billboard Country Music charts between 1976 and 1985, the biggest of which was "Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow" (# 1 Country, # 15 pop) in 1977, and his touring continued successfully. When his son Mark became his manager in 1987, his musical style was taken in a different direction. His recording career was revived with his first major hit single in over a decade, A Boy From Nowhere, taken from the musical Matador. In 1988 he collaborated with The Art of Noise to record Prince's popular song Kiss. Following this, he started to record in collaboration with a younger generation of musicians as listed below:

Prince's "Kiss" (1988, with The Art of Noise)
EMF's "Unbelievable" - a staple of his 1990s live shows
Talking Heads' song "Burning Down The House" (1999, with The Cardigans)
"Baby, It's Cold Outside" (1999, with Cerys Matthews of Catatonia)
Iggy Pop's song "Lust for Life" (1999, with The Pretenders)
Randy Newman's song "Mama Told Me Not To Come" (2000, with Kelly Jones of the Stereophonics)
"Sex Bomb" (From 1999's "Reload", with Mousse T)
"You Need Love Like I Do" (2000, with Heather Small of M People)
His Reload album, released in 2000, became the biggest hit of his career. An album of cover versions recorded as duets with contemporary artists, using their record producers, and utilizing their recording methods, it reached number one in the United Kingdom, and sold over 4 million copies worldwide.[2] In 2002, he released the album Mr. Jones, which was produced by Wyclef Jean and included the singles Tom Jones International and Black Betty. In 2003, he was honored with a BRIT Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. In 2004, his Sex Bomb single became a major US club hit.

For his contribution to the recording industry, Tom Jones has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6608 Hollywood Blvd.

In 2005 the album Together In Concert, was recorded live with John Farnham and his band.

He has collaborated with Chicane for Stoned in Love, a dance track that was released 24 April 2006. It entered at number eight in the UK charts the following Sunday.

The singer was awarded an OBE in 1999 and a Knight Bachelor in the 2006 New Years Honors list for his services to music, and was subsequently knighted by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, London on March 29, 2006.

Although his manager and public relations staff has attempted to change his sex-bomb image and neutralize the knicker-throwing fans, to the delight of his audiences Jones has never felt the need to tone down his behavior in the shows. Tom Jones has remained highly respected by other singers and continues to attract audiences of all ages. As of 2007, Jones continues to tour and record. He performs shows at the MGM Grand Las Vegas ten to twelve weeks each year, as well as performing concerts internationally.


Personal life

The son of coal miner Thomas Woodward (died 5 October 1981), and Freda Jones (died 7 February 2003, of cancer), Jones began singing at an early age. He'd regularly sing at family gatherings, weddings and also sang in his school choir. He was struck down by tuberculosis and bedridden for almost a year. It was a critical time for him, but he could do little else but listen to music and draw. At the age of sixteen, Jones married Linda Trenchard on March 2, 1957 and had a son named Mark, long before becoming a pop idol. Jones quit school with no qualifications and took a variety of jobs including a builder's laborer and a door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman.

In 1974, Jones moved to America, buying the mansion formerly belonging to Dean Martin in Bel-Air, Los Angeles.

Despite publicized infidelities, including an affair with the dethroned Miss World of 1973, USA's Marjorie Wallace, and a one night stand with Cassandra Peterson a.k.a. Elvira, in which he claimed her virginity, he has remained married to the same woman for 50 years. One of his dalliances with a fan produced a love child, Jonathan Berkery born June 27th, 1988. He lost a paternity suit when DNA testing proved to be positive.

He has two grandchildren, Emma and Alexander Woodward. Alexander competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games, representing Wales as a Full-Bore marksman.

Jones lives in Los Angeles, California and continues to tour extensively.


Trivia

Tom Jones famously split his trousers during a dance move on a live BBC TV variety show in the 1980's. Far from being embarrassed by the incident he turned round to show the audience he was wearing red underwear. In fact this has led to the UK slang expression "to do a Tom Jones" as meaning to (accidentally) split one's trousers.
A recurring gag in the American comedy The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, is Carlton's enthusiastic love of Tom Jones
The scouse band Space played tribute to him in their hit song "The ballad of Tom Jones", which reached number 4 in the UK charts. The song tells of a couple who are close to murdering each other but are saved by hearing Tom Jones' Greatest Hits.
The Progressive Universal Life Church in Sacramento, California has been dubbed
The Church of Tom Jones due to Pastor Jack Stahl's dancing and use of Tom Jones' music during his sermons.