by Sean Smith
Sully Hospital, nr Penarth 18
Sun 210
Sun Studio 50
Sunday Herald 240
Sunday Mirror 172, 239
Sunday Times 260
Sunday Times Rich List 244, 275
Sunny Side Up 261
‘Superstition’ 215
Supremes, The 99, 131, 135. 136
Sweet Inspirations 180
Taff Street, Pontypridd 49, 54, 66
Take That 101
Talk of the Town, London 146–7
Talking Heads 236
Tarbuck, Jimmy 154
Taylor, Evie 97, 98
TB see tuberculosis
‘Tears’ 103
Ted Heath Orchestra 99, 147, 150
Teddy Boys 30–1, 40–1, 69, 163
‘Teen Beat’ (pop column) 70
‘Telstar’ 75
Temptations, The 131
Tennessee Ernie Ford 42
‘Tennessee Waltz’ 218
Thank Your Lucky Stars 108
‘That Lucky Old Sun’ 64
‘That Old Black Magic’ 22, 136
Them 107, 211
Theophilus P. Wildebeeste 213
‘(There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me’ 96
13 Smash Hits 135
This Is Tom Jones (TV Series) 147–8, 149, 153–4, 163, 214
‘Thora’ 57
Thorne, Tony 68, 208
Three Dog Night 239
‘Thunderball’ 122
‘Ticket to Ride’ 107
Tilton, Charlene 186
‘To Wait for Love’ 112
Toksvig, Sandy 270–1
Tom Jones (film) 90
Tom Jones Enterprises 204
Tom Jones’ Greatest Hits 234
Tom Jones on Happiness Island 167–8
Tom Jones International (fan site) 191
‘Tom Jones International’ 248
Tom Jones & Jools Holland 251
Tom Jones: The Right Time (TV series) 214–15
Tom Jones and The Squires
naming of 98
NME concert 107
Tom’s split from 117, 150–1
on tour 104–6, 129–30
‘Tomorrow Night’ 284
Tommy Scott and The Senators 62–4, 69–71
concert party 65–6
contract with Gordon Mills 87
demo tape 73, 74, 77, 78
first TV appearance 64–5
Grand Pavilion gig 73
London debut 89–90
move to London 88–9
naming of 58–9
recording session with Joe Meek 75–7
renaming of 90
Top Hat club gig 82, 85–6
see also Senators, The
Tonypandy 82
Toomaru, Annie 199, 203
Top Hat Club, Cwmtillery 82, 85
Top of the Pops
1965 (‘It’s Not Unusual’) 102, 103
1987 (‘A Boy from Nowhere’) 205–6
Top of the Pops Awards 247
Top Rank Cinema, Slough 94
Tor Point (St George’s Hill), Weybridge 139–43, 166, 167, 184
Tornados, The 75
‘Tower of Strength’ 272
Townsley, Bill 98
Trallwn 46, 51
Tranter, Kay 165–6
Treforest
Cecil Cinema 8, 13, 279
Industrial Estate 37
schools 15, 189, 252, 279, 280
in Second World War 5–6
Teds 30–1, 163
Women’s Guild 8
see also Cliff Street; Laura Street
Trenchard, Bill 24, 36, 38
Trenchard, Melinda see Woodward, Linda
Trenchard, Roslyn 36, 68, 210
Trenchard, Vi 24, 34, 142
tuberculosis (TB) 18–20, 24, 36, 38
Tucker, Sophie 65
Tumble, The see White Hart
Turner, Alva 56, 64, 71
Turner, Horace 62
Turtles, The 113
24 Hours 255, 256–7, 259, 260
‘The Twist’ 62
Twitter 236, 275
Tyson, Mike 209
Uggams, Lesley 155
‘Unbelievable’ 215, 259
Union Chapel, Islington 263
United Artists 186
Universal Music Group 266, 269, 276
University of South Wales 280
Upper Boat Inn, Pontypridd 58–9
Vaughan, Frankie 21
Verve, The 217
VH1 channel 212, 215
Viscounts, The 83, 95
Viva Las Vegas 189
Voice, The (TV series) 156, 172, 227, 265–8, 269, 272, 273–5, 276, 285
Voice Made Flesh, The 37
V2 Records 247
Waits, Tom 272
Wales vs England rugby match (1999) 144
‘Walking in Memphis’ 227, 275
Wallace, Marjorie (Marji) 166–8, 169–72
Walton, Kent 54
Wang Chung 207
Waring, Jo 81, 84, 85
see also Mills, Jo
Warren, Diane 217
Warwick, Dionne 116, 149
Washington Post 218
Wayne, John 16
Weiss, Norman 135
Wells, Mary 99
Welsh St Donats 210, 219, 253
Wembley Arena 238
Wessex Sound Studios 144
West, Dodi 95
West, Red, 125
West, Sonny 124
West Side Story 155
Westbury Hotel, London 167
‘What Do You Want?’ 95
‘Whatcha’ Gonna Do When Your Baby Leaves You’ 111
‘What’d I Say’ 50
‘What’s New Pussycat?’ 112, 114, 116, 123, 130, 215, 222, 235, 245, 247, 249
Wheatsheaf (pub), Pontypridd 43, 44, 63, 163, 204, 279
White Hart (pub), Pontypridd 38, 55, 57, 88, 251, 279
White Palace Cinema, Pontypridd 279
White Tips (recreational area) 6, 13, 21, 28
Whitehouse, Mary 105
‘Who Put the Bomp (In the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)’ 83
‘Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On’ 41–2
will.i.am 266, 269, 274, 275
Williams, Andy 166
Williams, Robbie 222–3, 234, 235, 236, 246, 249
Willis, Chuck 111
Wilson, Harold 173, 200
Wilson, Mary 135–6, 137–9, 143, 281
Wilson, Nancy 156
Wilson, Ricky 274
Winehouse, Amy 256
Winter Gardens, Bournemouth 137
‘With These Hands’ 114, 115
‘Without Love’ 159
Wonder, Stevie 157, 215, 220
Wood, Ronnie 20
Wood Road Non-Political Club, Treforest 6, 12–13, 15, 36, 42–3, 53–4, 65, 126–7, 233, 279
Woodstock Festival 158
Woodward, Alexander 196
Woodward, Donna 196, 203, 204, 205, 209, 219, 241, 244, 261
Woodward, Freda (mother) 3, 5, 7, 8–10, 11–13, 21, 35, 41, 65, 93, 104, 252, 255
death 249
reaction to Linda’s pregnancy 34
and Tom’s TB 17–20
in United States 184, 195–6, 230
Woodward, Linda (wife) 63, 87–8, 91, 134, 139, 168, 171, 271, 276
appearance 31
in Atlantic City 219
birth of Mark 37
early relationship with Tom 24–5, 26–8, 32
encourages Tom 41, 42, 88
at gigs/on tour 67, 86, 219
in Las Vegas 175, 178, 194
in London 89, 117, 125
in Los Angeles 183–4, 228–9, 230, 246, 252, 281
jobs 29–30, 92–3
marriage 34–6, 255
marriage, golden anniversary 254
marriage, longevity 281
pregnancy 27, 33–4
reaction to Tom’s fame 164–5
reactions to
Tom’s infidelity 68, 137–9, 154–5, 167, 172, 209, 210, 281
in Shepperton 118, 125
on Tom 52, 139
at Tor Point 141–3, 166
Woodward, Mark (son) 38, 60, 93, 101, 102, 119, 212
birth 37
goes on road with Tom 168
marriage to Donna 196, 209
moves to UK 219
as Tom’s manager 182, 203, 204, 205–6, 213, 235, 245, 256, 267, 268, 283
Woodward, Sheila (sister) 5, 12, 26, 35–6, 127, 142, 184, 195, 230, 249
Woodward, Thomas John (father) 5, 8, 9, 12, 126
courtship with Freda 5
death 195, 249
occupation 11–12
reaction to Linda’s pregnancy 33–5
in United States 184, 195
urged to retire 121–2
Woodward, Tommy see Jones, Tom
Word Gets Around 238
Wyman, Bill 89
Wynette, Tammy 220
YMCA, Pontypridd 54–6, 63, 73, 283
Ynysangharad Park (Ponty Park), Pontypridd 13–14, 251, 253, 280
Ynysybwl 51
‘You Can Leave Your Hat On’ 221, 222–3, 249
‘You Keep Me Hanging On’ 135
‘The Young New Mexican Puppeteer’ 189, 190–1
Young Ones, The 60, 251
‘Younger Days’ 247
Ystrad Mynach 67
Zec, Donald 39
Picture Section
Tom came from a close and loving family. Smartly turned out, aged nine, at a family wedding. L to R (adults): his dapper father Thomas senior, cousin Emrys, his wife Betty, sister Sheila, cousin Dorothy, proud mother Freda. L to R (children): cousin Jean, the twins Ada and Margaret, and Tommy Woodward himself. (Courtesy of Margaret Sugar)
His mother and father pose outside 44 Laura Street with a new luxury car, one of the early trappings of their son’s success. (Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy Images)
Even as a boy, Tom had a natural charm in front of the camera. (Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy Images)
Tom has kept in touch with his boyhood pals. Brian Blackler, who lived a hundred yards away, remains a loyal friend and has visited him in the US. (Courtesy of Brian Blackler)
As a teenager, Gill Beazer was Tom’s companion when he played local gigs and he would sing to her in the audience. (Courtesy of Gill Beazer)
The girls loved Tom’s energy right from the start with The Senators. The group’s founder, Vernon Hopkins, an important figure in the singer’s early career, plays bass behind him. (Mirrorpix)
Tom and his wife Linda went home to Wales for an old-fashioned Christmas in 1967. He called it one of his happiest-ever times. (Mirrorpix)
Tom and Linda pictured in their fashionable kitchen. She wasn’t mentioned in his early publicity, but it soon became widely known that he was married. He was always happy to pose with the love of his life, although she later became camera-shy. (Popperfoto/Getty Images)
Tom and Linda had come a long way from the basement flat in Cliff Terrace when they moved into their new grand mansion in July 1967. (Express/Archive Photos/Getty Images)
Tom discovered the finer things in life under the guidance of his legendary manager Gordon Mills, swapping his favourite Woodbines for the best cigars. (Popperfoto/Getty Images)
Tom, Gordon and Engelbert Humperdinck knew they had made it when they had Rolls-Royces parked in the driveway. Tom’s immodest number plate presumably referred to his voice. (Jim Gray/Stringer/Getty Images)
Tom with two of the key figures in his career.
Composer Les Reed was responsible for many of the great songs of the sixties, including the music for ‘It’s Not Unusual’ and ‘Delilah.’ (Courtesy of Les Reed)
Tom with two of the key figures in his career.
Lloyd Greenfield, a New York lawyer, was Gordon’s right-hand man in the US and a popular figure at Tom’s side for more than thirty years. (Courtesy of Glenna Stone)
Tom wasn’t always successful where beautiful women were concerned.
Sandie Shaw shared a laugh with Tom, but turned down an invitation to his famous caravan when she appeared on This Is Tom Jones. (Pictorial Press/Alamy Images)
Tom wasn’t always successful where beautiful women were concerned.
The Scottish singer Lulu managed to avoid falling for his ‘animal magnetism’ and confessed he frightened the life out of her. (ABC Photo Archives/Getty Images)
Tom’s television show (1969–71) gave him the chance to appear with the greats of popular music. He sang ‘Sunny’ with the legendary Ella Fitzgerald, who ignored his hairy chest. (ABC Photo Archives/Getty Images)
Tom said Aretha Franklin was the only singer he ever felt could match his vocal power. (ABC Photo Archives/Getty Images)
Stevie Wonder was a favourite guest on several of Tom’s shows over the years. In this medley, they performed a fantastic duet of ‘It’s Not Unusual’. (ABC Photo Archives/Getty Images)
When the veteran entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr appeared on the show, Tom was proud to introduce him as ‘my pal’. (ABC Photo Archives/Getty Images)
Tom formed a great friendship with Elvis Presley when they were both appearing in Las Vegas. They would often get together after their shows. Sometimes, as here,The King did not want to have his picture taken. (Rex/Camera S)
Jerry Lee Lewis was the single biggest musical influence in Tom’s life, so it was a huge thrill to sing with him. (ABC Photo Archives/Getty Images)
Frank Sinatra was another Las Vegas regular who got on well with Tom. Sinatra’s singing career lasted sixty years and he advised Tom to treat his voice more kindly. (MPTV/CameraPress)
One of the two most significant liaisons Tom has had outside his marriage was with Mary Wilson of The Supremes, pictured with him at a backstage party after he opened at Caesars Palace in April 1971. (Ron Galella/Getty Images)
The other was with Miss World, Marjorie Wallace, with whom he enjoyed a famous kiss in Barbados in February 1974. (Terry O’Neill/Getty Images)
The whole world knew that Tom and Marji were more than chest good friends. (Mirrorpix)
Tom was worried about the well-being of Marjorie Wallace when he celebrated his thirty-fourth birthday in 1974. Celebrity friends Joan Rivers, Sonny Bono, Dionne Warwick, Debbie Reynolds and Liberace helped to cheer him up. (Mirrorpix)
When a fan kissed Tom Jones, she got her money’s worth. This woman received a smacker at a Paris concert in 1979 that she would remember for the rest of her life. (Rex/SIPA Press)
Not every couple gets to have Tom Jones sing at their wedding. His son Mark and Mark’s new wife Donna were the lucky bride and groom when they married in March 1982. (Rex/Globe Photos Inc)
Tom is hugely proud of his family and showed off his new grandson Alexander, with Donna and Mark, when he visited Britain in September 1983. He was a granddad at forty-three. (Mirrorpix)
Tom with Freda Woodward, the mother he adored. (Rex/Huw Evans)
Tom and his best friend Dai Perry were like brothers, growing up together in the same street in Treforest. Tom was thrilled when his pal became his bodyguard in the 1970s. (Courtesy of Glynis McKenna)
Dai was someone to share those champagne moments with, as well as keep a watchful eye on things. (Courtesy of Glynis McKenna)
They were still best buddies twenty years later, when Dai visited from his home in South Wales.The boys pose in front of the beautiful Utah landscape on a visit to the Snowbird resort near Salt Lake City in 1993. (Courtesy of Glynis McKenna)
Tom made sure he had time for his genuine fans, especially those, like Glenna Stone, who would plan their whole year around his tours. She saw him in concert hundreds of times and would always give him a box of his favourite After Eight mints. (Courtesy of Glenna Stone)
The distinguished-looking Don Archell, a former singer, has been Tom’s loyal and well-liked personal assistant for more than twenty years. (Courtesy of Glynis McKenna)
After Dai Perry died in 1999, Tom was a great sup
port to his friend’s partner, Glynis McKenna, and was pleased to see her when she visited Las Vegas later that year. (Courtesy of Glynis McKenna)
Robbie Williams described performing alongside Tom at the 1998 Brits as the best five minutes eleven seconds of his life. (Dave Hogan/Getty Images)
Tom and Cerys Matthews may have been singing ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’, but the chemistry between the pair at a concert at the London Docklands Arena in December 1999 was sizzling hot. (Dave Hogan/Getty Images)
The four faces of Tom …
The rugged look of the sixties. Everything is a little bit wonky. (Montadori/Getty Images)
The four faces of Tom …
New nose and teeth for the Vegas years … a perfect eighties look. (Harry Langdon/Getty Images)
The four faces of Tom …
Dye me a river – collecting a Brit Award in 2003. (Dave Hogan/Getty Images)
The four faces of Tom …
A silver fox, aged seventy-three, in November 2013. (Dave Hogan/Getty Images)
Cool Alliances: The fashionable artists of the day love being seen with Tom. After singing together at London’s 100 Club in May 2012, he left happily hand in hand with fellow judge on The Voice, Jessie J. (Rex/Beretta/Sims)
Going in for the kiss … New judge on The Voice, Rita Ora, met with Tom’s approval at the show’s London launch in January 2015.That old Welsh magic is still there. (David M Benett/Getty Images)
