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Episode 1: Sir Tom Jones at 80 with Cerys Matthews

To celebrate his 80th birthday, the legend Sir Tom Jones reveals how music shaped his life and career, in an intimate conversation with friend and fellow performer Cerys Matthews.

As Sir Tom Jones reaches his 80th birthday, friend and fellow performer Cerys Matthews asks him about the music that has shaped his life and career. In an intimate conversation recorded remotely during lockdown, Sir Tom shares with Cerys the most meaningful songs that have influenced him throughout his life, from his early days in Pontypridd, through his remarkable career, which has not yet reached its peak. Over two hour-long episodes we hear the songs that he has chosen as a nostalgic musical diary and discover what it was about the music and performances that so inspired him. Weaved into his choice of music are answers to questions about his up-bringing in a Welsh valley and significant moments from his adult life. It will be an eclectic mix revealing his musical passions, people he鈥檚 loved working with and musicians he respects. We get to know Sir Tom through this playlist and through easy conversation with his friend and fellow performer from the same musical Nation.

Transmissions list

55 minutes

Last on

New Year's Day 2021 19:00

Music Played

  • Tom Jones

    It's Not Unusual

  • Vaughn Monroe

    Ghost Riders in the Sky

  • Tom Jones

    My Yiddishe Momme (Live)

  • Los Panchos

    Besame Mucho

  • Morriston Orpheus Choir

    The Old Rugged Cross

  • Mahalia Jackson

    The Old Rugged Cross

  • Mahalia Jackson

    The Lord's Prayer

  • Morriston Orpheus Choir & Bedwas Trethomas and Machin band

    Calon Lan

  • Albert Ammons & Pete Johnson

    Foot Pedal Boogie

  • Albert Ammons & Pete Johnson

    Boogie Woogie Dream

  • Tennessee Ernie Ford

    Blackberry Boogie

  • Tennessee Ernie Ford

    Shotgun Boogie

  • Chuck Berry

    Maybellene

  • Sister Rosetta Tharpe

    Didn't It Rain

  • Elvis Presley

    Heartbreak Hotel

  • Jerry Lee Lewis

    Great Balls of Fire

  • Tennessee Ernie Ford

    16 Tons

  • Tom Jones

    Sixteen Tons

  • Frankie Laine

    I Believe

  • Big Bill Broonzy

    Key to the Highway

  • Tom Jones

    Chills and Fever

Broadcasts

  • Sun 7 Jun 2020 13:00
  • New Year's Day 2021 06:00
  • New Year's Day 2021 19:00

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