Tom Jones at 70
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| 07:29 UK time, Monday, 7 June 2010
Today is Sir Tom Jones' 70th birthday and we're celebrating in style on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales.
Radio Wales is devoting the whole day to the life and work of Tom Jones, and here's the list of what you can expect:
9am - Jamie and Louise kick off the celebrations in style, welcoming Welsh band to the studio to play their favourite Tom songs live. Jamie and Louise will also be asking you to nominate Tom Jones records to play during the show. They'll be hearing from friends, fans and associates of Tom who'll help to tell his amazing story, especially the early days, from recording the demo of It's Not Unusual to meeting Elvis in Vegas and talking to a man who knows a man who reckons Tom still owes him a pint!
Midday - The Phone-In with Jason Mohammad wants your opinion on whether Tom is still a sexbomb at 70 and asking if he still has 'The Voice'.
2pm - Roy Noble will be putting his party hat on as Welsh band perform some Tom numbers live in studio! Roy's chatting to Tom's number one fan, Ann Hughes in Nefin, whose house is a shrine to the Welsh legend. And there's a chance to relive some seminal moments in Tom's past as Roy delves into the ´óÏó´«Ã½ archive.
6.30pm - The Evening Show continues the celebrations with Al Thompson and Mal Pope, with special guests Stuart Cable and Steve Balsamo reminiscing about the great man. Mal and Steve will be playing tribute to Sir Tom with an acoustic version of A Boy From Nowhere, Welsh band will be giving Tom's track Kiss their special rock treatment and Al and Mal will be encouraging the whole nation to sing-along to Delilah just before 7pm.
10pm - Chris Needs welcomes you to the Friendly Garden. If you want to hear a Tom Jones track, give Chris a call from 10pm and he'll do his best to play it on air.
We'll be blogging throughout the day, streaming some highlights so you won't miss a thing.
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Comment number 1.
At 7th Jun 2010, Lesley Campbell wrote:I'm assuming The Evening Show won't have Stuart on now. :(
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Comment number 2.
At 7th Jun 2010, LisaB wrote:I live in London so can't listen to fabulous ´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales today but I am a massive Tom Jones fan and would like to wish him a very happy 70th birthday. I've been going to his gigs for at least 20 years now and saw him last year at Wembley Arena and it was, as always, amazing, and he just gets better and better! Sir Tom, I hope this birthday is extra special - just like you! Happy Birthday!
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At 7th Jun 2010, James McLaren - ´óÏó´«Ã½ wrote:Hi Lesley
Yes, unfortunately the news about Stuart Cable has meant that our Tom Jones celebrations have been put on hold for the time being; hope you understand.
James
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At 21st Jun 2010, Eddie25 wrote:Hi,I'm interested in seeing the Delilah tribute from businesses across Wales as a a friend of mine took part in it - are we able to view this online? Thanks.
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