Tom Jones International

Don’t forget: Voting for the “Best Singer” in a Las Vegas hotel ends today at 5 pm Pacific Standard Time (1 am GMT; 8 pm EST, etc.). We know who should win, now we have to help him win.You’ll find the online ballot here. Just scroll down to #9 (“Hotels: Best Singer”) and fill in the blank. Of course you can vote in any other category. The award event will take place when Tom is in Las Vegas in March — a great way to celebrate 41 consecutive years of entertaining on The Strip.











By late 1965 Tom Jones had released some huge hits and was fast becoming a household name — even among grown-ups — here and in the UK.

The interview downloadable here as a PDF, is one of the earliest ones printed in the USA. As you read, you’ll see what his PR machine ultimately discarded and what he says that’s stood the test of time.

It makes for interesting reading, this story about Thomas “Jones” Woodward. Here he’s described as “over six feet tall and as broad as two Beatles put together. He has green eyes set in a long, slightly villainous face, and his hair, from forehead to nape of neck, is a mass of tight black curls resembling a well-woven fireside rug. He even uses hair oil, a practice that gives the free-flowing fringes of Liverpool the horrors.”

If you cannot download the interview, please href="http://tomjonesintl.com/wp-admin/post.php#" mce_href="http://tomjonesintl.com/wp-admin/post.php#">send me an email and I’ll email it back to you. Remember, too, that you might have to adjust the size of the PDF in the box at the top of the page.