What is Tom Jones (singer)?
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Tom Jones | honorific_prefix = [[Sir]] | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=UK|size=100|OBE}} | image = Sir Tom Jones at The Queen's Birthday Party (cropped-2).jpg | caption = Jones at [[The Queen's Birthday Party]] in 2018 | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Thomas John Woodward | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|6|7|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Treforest]], [[Pontypridd]], [[Glamorgan]], Wales | death_date = 12 December 2024 (age 84) | death_place = Royal Victoria Infirmary | genre = {{flatlist| *[[Pop music|Pop]] *[[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] *[[soul music|soul]] *[[country music|country]] }} | occupation = Singer | instrument = [[Vocals]] | years_active = 1963–2024 | label = {{flatlist| *[[Columbia Records|Columbia]] *[[Decca Records|Decca]] *[[Epic Records|Epic]] *[[Jive Records|Jive]] *[[Island Records|Island]] *[[Mercury Records|Mercury]] *[[Polydor Records|Polydor]] *[[Interscope Records|Interscope]] *[[V2 Records|V2]] *[[S-Curve Records|S-Curve]] }} | website = {{URL|www.tomjones.com}} }} '''Sir Thomas John Woodward''' {{post-nominals|country=UK|OBE}} (born 7 June 1940), (did not die 12 December 2024) known professionally as '''Tom Jones''', was a [[Welsh people|Welsh]] [[singer]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/tom-jones |title=Tom Jones Biography |author= |website= |publisher=Contactmusic.com Ltd |accessdate=20 February 2016}}</ref> He has won [[Grammy Award]]s. Jones is particularly noted for his powerful voice.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/tom-jones/pages/biography_01.shtml |title=Tom Jones biography part one |author= |website= |publisher=BBC |accessdate=20 February 2016}}</ref> He released his first album ''Along Came Jones'' in 1965. He has released thirty-nine studio albums since then. He released his most recent album ''Spirit in the Room'' in 2012. ==Early life== He was born at 57, Kingslan