SIR Tom Jones, the legendary Welsh singer, is set to headline a festival in Herefordshire this summer - and here are his most-streamed songs.
Lakefest announced on Monday morning that the 80-year-old, recognised for his songs It's Not Unusual, What's New Pussycat and the theme song for the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball, would be headlining the festival.
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Ahead of his appearence in the shadow of Eastnor Castle, near Ledbury, in August, we've taken a look at his most-streamed songs, according to Official Charts Company data correct as of June 2020.
1. It's Not Unusual (1965)
Streams: 13.7 million
It's hard to imagine anyone else being able to pull this song off, but Tom originally reocorded it as a demo for Sandie Shaw, who suggested he release it himself, impressed by his vocal take. It was the first of three Number 1s for Tom, topping the Official Chart despite the BBC initially refusing to play it because of his sexy image.
2. Delilah (1968)
Streams: 8.8 million
This karaoke favourite is brilliantly dark - the lyrics tell the story of a man who wants to murder his wife for her infidelity. It's Tom at his most ridiculous which, in case you were unclear at this point, is when he's at his best. It reached Number 2 in the UK, pipped to the post by The Beatles' Lady Madonna.
3. Green Green Grass Of Home (1966)
Streams: 6.52 million
Country music doesn't have the strongest track record on the UK charts, but Tom's cover of this Johnny Darrell song is an exception to the rule. As well as being a hit in the modern streaming era, it's Tom best-selling single with 1.26 million pure sales recorded in the UK.
4. Baby It's Cold Outside (1999)
Streams: 6.47 million
The festive classic has been covered by everyone from Ray Charles to Rod Stewart and Dolly Parton - and in 1999 Tom recorded his own version with fellow Welsh musician Cerys Matthews. A modest Number 17 hit at the time, it now enjoys an annual boost in streams around Christmas.
5. Sexbomb (2000)
Streams: 6.2 million
Everything about Sexbomb on paper sounds wrong, but this disco-lite number with producer Mousse T. from Tom's 1999 comeback album Reload proved that Tom really can sing anything.
6. She's A Lady
Streams: 5.8 million
Written by Paul Anka, She's A Lady was a Top 20 in the UK and reached the Top 10 in the US. The song was re-released in 2013 as a duet with Paul, who re-wrote the first verse after retrospectively realising how chauvinistic it was.
7. Mama Told Me Not Come
Streams: 4.43 million
Recorded with fellow Welsh singer and equally gravelly-voiced Kelly Jones of Stereophonics, this Randy Newman cover was another big hit from Tom's Reload album, reaching Number 4 on the Official Singles Chart in 1999.
8. I'll Never Fall In Love Again
Streams: 3.21 million
Written by Lonnie Donegan, who offered the song to Tom as the pair forged a friendship as they often performed on the same circuit in the Sixties. "One night [Lonnie] said: 'Look, I have this song, you'd sing the pants off it," Tom recalled in an interview with The Mail on Sunday. "I've recorded it, but I can't really sing it. It's a sort of a rewrite of a song from the Thirties when the Depression was going on, called I'm Never Going To Cease My Wandering.' I knew that song, because a lot of guys used to sing it in pubs in Wales."
9. What's New Pussycat (1965)
Streams: 2.67 million
The theme song for the eponymous film was written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, and nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song. The track proved to be a bigger hit in America than in the UK, where it topped out at 11.
10. Help Yourself (1968)
Streams: 2.65 million
One of Tom's most popular early hits after topping the charts in several countries and peaking at Number 5 in the UK, Help Yourself is an English-language rework of popular Italian song Gli Occhi Miei (My Eyes).
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