Tom Jones

Jones married Linda Trenchard in 1957 and they have a son Mark Woodward, who was born the same year.

He always attracted a lot of media attention for his extra-marital relationships, especially with some of the most famous women such as, singer Mary Wilson and the former Miss World Marjorie Wallace.

In 1989, after a long legal battle it was confirmed that he is the father of a son born to model Katherine Berkery, with whom he had a brief affair.

Born as Thomas John Woodward, in South Wales, Tom’s musical talents were evident form a very young age. As a child, he enjoyed singing at family gatherings and school choirs and liked to listen to music, aired on BBC radio.

He never liked going to schools hence, dropped-out at the age of 16 and began working as a laborer and a door-to-door salesman.

In 1963, he joined the band ‘Tommy Scott and the Senators’ which became extremely popular with the local crowd. In 1964, Gordon Mills, a London-based successful music industry manager recognized his talents, which proved to be life changing for Jones.

Gordon Mills brought the young singer to London and changed his name to Tom Jones and got him to sign a contract with Decca Records. His first single ‘Chills and Fever’ was released in 1964.

The song could not make an impact, but its follow-up, 'It's Not Unusual', released in 1965, went on to become a great success. He became a celebrity instantly and was even invited to the ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’.

By 1968, he had released a number of hit songs and in 1969 began his own TV show, ‘This Is Tom Jones’, which ran till 1971.

After traveling all around the world through the 70s and released a number of hit singles such as "She's a Lady", "Till", and "The Young New Mexican Puppeteer".

‘It's Not Unusual’, the singer’s second solo was a worldwide hit, peaking at no. 10 in the U.S. The song was also featured in the U.S. sitcom series, ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’.

In 1966, he sang ‘Green, Green Grass of Home’ a song originally by Johnny Darrell. The song was a huge success, reaching no.1 worldwide and selling more than a million copies in UK.

‘Delilah’, recorded by him in 1968, reached no. 1 in Germany and Switzerland, no. 2 in Britain and no. 15 in the U.S.

In 1971, ‘She's a Lady’, another single by the artist, which catapulted his fame to great heights. The song reached no. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100, making it his highest-charting single.