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Tom Jones

Duration:: 45 minutes

First broadcast:: Sunday 26 September 2010

Kirsty Young's castaway is the singer Sir Tom Jones.

In a career spanning fifty years he's sold 150 million albums and his hits have included It's Not Unusual, What's New Pussycat? and Delilah. As a child it was assumed he'd follow in his father's footsteps and become a miner. But he developed TB when he was twelve and doctors warned his parents against sending their only son to the pit; they said his lungs were too weak. Now aged seventy, he has no plans to retire. "Singing's like breathing to me", he says, "my voice drives me, it tells me that I have to do it".

Producer: Leanne Buckle

Record: A Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
Book: The Rise and Fall of the British Empire -Lawrence James
Luxury: A Bucket and Spade.

Jerry Lee Lewis Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
Jerry Lee Lewis: the EP Collection, See for Miles
Vaughn Monroe Riders in the Sky
The History of Country Music: The Forties: Vol.1, Kenwest
Mahalia Jackson The Old Rugged Cross
Mahalia Jackson sings the Best-loved Hymns of Dr Martin Luther King Jr., CBS
Bill Haley & His Comets Rock Around the Clock
24 Jukebox Hits Of The 50s, Black Tulip
Spike Jones and His City Slickers Der Fuehrer’s Face
The Best of Spike Jones and his City Slickers., RCA
Aretha Franklin I never Loved a Man
Aretha Franklin: 30 Greatest Hits, Atlantic
Big Bill Broonzy Black, Brown and White
Black Brown and White, Mercury
Humphrey Lyttelton Bad Penny Blues
Time to Remember 1956, EMI

BBC Radio 4Sun 26 Sep 2010 11:15 BBC Radio 4
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