Sir Thomas Jones Woodward, OBE known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer who has sold over 100 million records.

The son of coal miner 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, J ones married Linda Trenchard 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.

Jones rose to fame in the 1960s, with an exuberant live act that included wearing tight pants or trousers and billowing shirts, in an Edwardian style popular among his peers at the time. He was known for his overt sexuality before it became a common theme among pop artists.

Jones hits include "It's Not Unusual," released in early 1965. Jones sang the theme song to the James Bond film Thunderball. , "Green Green Grass of Home" , "What's New Pussycat?", "Help Yourself," and "Delilah."

In 1967 he performed for the first time in Las Vegas at the Flamingo. Soon after, he began to play Las Vegas regularly and began recording less, choosing to concentrate on his lucrative performances. At Caesars Palace his shows were traditionally a Pantie-hurling frenzy of raw sexual tension and good-time entertainment. There, they started throwing hotel room keys. Jones and his idol Elvis Presley, met in 1965 after that, they became good friends, spending more and more time together in Las Vegas.

In 1974, Jones moved to the United States, 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 his wife Linda for 50 years.

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

The early 2000's saw Tom Jones performing regular shows at the MGM Grand, rotating slots every few months with David Copperfield.

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