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Video: Tom Jones And The Squires performing No Matter What I Say, in 1964.
Born Thomas John Woodward on 7 June 1940, Tom began singing at an early age. It wasn't unusual in the valleys towns of South Wales.
But the boy was clearly something special: he'd regularly sing at family gatherings, weddings and his mother's Women's Guild meetings.
He also sang in his school choir, although it's said he was once told off for drowning out the rest of them as they sang Men Of Harlech in school assembly.
By the late 1950s Tom had become entranced by the new rock 'n' roll sounds coming from the radio. In his teens he was becoming something of a tearaway, missing school, drinking and chasing girls.
Read the full Tom Jones biography.
Key works
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24 Hours (2008)
The 2008 return to soul rock form. Read the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Music review -
The Definitive Collection (2003)
93 tracks from a titan of Welsh music. Read the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Music review -
This Is Tom Jones (2007)
Three-DVD set containing over five hours of vintage 1960s music television. Read the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Music review
