Even after winning several awards and being bestowed with the most prestigious of honors including knighthood by the Queen, Jones shows no signs of slowing down. He has toured regularly, with appearances in Las Vegas (1967–2011). Linda died on April 10, 2016 at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, after a "short but fierce" battle with cancer.Tom and Linda had one son together, Mark Woodward (born 1957). They wanted more children but the singer revealed in his autobiography that a miscarriage made his wife infertile so she could no longer have kids. He became Jones's manager, took him to London, and changed his name to Tom Jones to exploit the success of the 1963 movie of the same name. Many of his albums and songs have been immensely successful and have sold millions of copies. Jones has remained married to Melinda since 1957, despite his many well publicized infidelities. He was on tour in America when he met Berkery and they were together for just four days. For Jones who wasn’t interested in education, it was no surprise when he quit school at age 16 and resorted to working as a manual labourer and as a door-to-door vacuum salesman.Tom started his musical career in 1963 as the member of a band until he was discovered by Gordon Mills who brought him over to London and eventually became his manager. Tom Jones was born Thomas Jones Woodward in Pontypridd, South Wales, to a traditional coal-mining family, the son of Freda (Jones) and Thomas Woodward. His philandering once led her to beat him black and blue.
2 on the US Billboard Hot 100, making it his highest-charting single.For the single ‘It's Not Unusual’, the singer won a Grammy Award in the category, ‘Best New Artist’ in 1966.He received a star on the ‘Hollywood Walk of Fame’ in 1989, for his contribution to music.In 2000, he received the ‘Brit Award’ for being the ‘Best British Male’ and in 2003 he received the award again for his ‘Outstanding Contribution to Music’.In 2006, for his extraordinary contribution to music, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.Jones married Linda Trenchard in 1957 and they have a son Mark Woodward, who was born the same year. He … Jones was bedridden with tuberculosis when he was only 12 years and he spent these two years listening to music and drawing. They became good friends, and spent lots of time together in Las Vegas and duetted until the early hours at Presley's private Las Vegas suite. In 2008, he released ‘24 Hours’, from which the single, ‘If He Should Ever Leave You’ was a huge hit.He released another album ‘Praise & Blame’ to rave reviews in 2010. Sir Tom Jones is one of the world's most popular entertainers, and has pretty much worked non-stop since the early 1960s. 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. After a lengthy battle and DNA testing, an American court ruled that Jones was Jonathan’s father but he flatly denied paternity for over 20 years.Melinda and Tom met when they were 12 in Pontypridd, South Wales. According to Jon, he was one angry kid, crying out for a father but till date, Tom has not reached out to this estranged son.It sounds odd for you to refer to Melinda Trenchard as his former spouse. Tom Jones is a 80 year old British Singer. Today, his success is nearly unparalleled, while, keeping in mind the fact that he is 73 and is still able to perform in the same manner as he used to during his younger days. At 12, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis, and spent "two years in bed recovering".Tom Jones was born on June 7, 1940. To support his young family, Jones took a job working in a glove factory and was later employed in construction. The sultry-voiced Pussycat singer has been a major force to reckon with especially in the British and European markets with immensely successful albums from the ‘80s and even into the new millennium. His parents were Thomas Woodward (1910-1981), a coal miner, and Freda Jones (1914-2003).
From 1980 to 1986, he had nine songs in the US country top 40, yet failed to crack the top 100 in the UK or the In 1987, Tom Jones re-entered the singles chart with "Jones received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music in 2003.On 28 May 2005, in celebration of his upcoming 65th birthday, Jones returned to his homeland to perform a concert in On 1 July 2007, Jones was among the artists who performed at On 7 June 2010, which was Jones's seventieth birthday, the single "Burning Hell", a cover of the John Lee Hooker song from the In July 2010, Jones appeared on the penultimate episode of On 11 September 2010, Jones performed for an audience of 50,000 at the In May 2011, Jones appeared as a guest vocalist on the debut album Jones released a single on 19 March 2012, produced by former In March 2012, Jones became a coach on the BBC talent show In May 2012, he starred in a one-off television drama titled "King of the Teds" which aired on On 18 August 2012, Jones performed a fifty-minute set at the In September 2015, Jones announced the long-awaited release of his album In 2018, he embarked on a live summer tour, which was planned to run from 1 May to 11 August.Jones was married to Linda (born 1941 as Melinda Rose Trenchard) from 2 March 1957 until her death on 10 April 2016.Jones has stated that he had sex with up to 250 groupies a year at the height of his fame.One affair resulted in the birth of a son. His enthusiasm and the burning passion for music are ceaseless!