Biography
Sir Thomas John Woodward, OBE (born 7 June 1940), known by his stage name Tom
Jones, is a Welsh singer. Jones is particularly noted for his powerful voice.
Since the mid 1960s, Jones has sung many styles of popular music – pop, rock,
R&B, show tunes, country, dance, techno, soul and gospel. Since 1965, Jones has
sold over 100 million records.
Tom Jones was born at 57 Kingsland Terrace, Treforest, Pontypridd in South
Wales. His parents were Thomas Woodward (died 5 October 1981), a coal miner, and
Freda Jones (died 7 February 2003). His family was mainly of English descent,
with both of his paternal grandparents being born in England and his maternal
grandmother born in Wales to English parents. Most of his ancestral roots appear
to lie in Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Somerset.
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