Simon Abbotts
Simon Abbotts is The One and Only...Tom Jones
42-years old
Click here to see Simon's VT from the first live show.
Simon started performing as Tom Jones when he was 25-years-old and has been performing as him ever since! He had no intention of being a tribute but got into it after people commented on how much he sounded like the Welsh crooner.
Simon has always enjoyed singing – and even had a chart single in Germany with a band called Pulse, but it is as a tribute act that he has enjoyed the most success and has been lucky enough to make a career out of it in recent years.
Simon’s two greatest ambitions are to sing on TV and perform in Las Vegas. Having now achieved the first of these, will be able to get the double whammy and nab that life-changing Vegas contract?
Simon’s mum, Val and sister Rachel are his biggest supporters and try and attend as many of his gigs as possible.
Simon’s favourite Tom Jones’ song is I’ll Never Fall In Love Again.
Check out Simon before and after he becomesTom Jones here.
Sir Tom Jones
Thomas Woodward of South Wales, renamed Tom Jones after the popular 1963 film, is one of the world’s most popular singers and has been an international headliner for five decades. The 60-something Vegas veteran was also the top British solo singer of the 1960s on both sides of the Atlantic and received an Outstanding Contribution to British Music BRIT Award. Sir Tom even hosted his own, very successful late-1960s’ TV series, This Is Tom Jones. Never a stranger to fame, he has starred as himself in the TV show The Simpsons and was friends with one Mr. Elvis Presley. In 2006, he received the ultimate accolade – a knighthood.
UK No.1s: Two
Best Known Track: Delilah and It’s Not Unusual
Renowned for: Being a ‘sex bomb’ of the 1960s and for his curly hair.
Did you know: Sir Tom sang Delilah with Luciano Pavarotti half in Italian for his charity Afghan Refugees.
Sourced from the book:
D. Roberts ed., British Hit Singles & Albums, Guinness World Records, 19th edn, (Italy, Hit Entertainment Limited Company, 2006)
42-years old
Click here to see Simon's VT from the first live show.
Simon started performing as Tom Jones when he was 25-years-old and has been performing as him ever since! He had no intention of being a tribute but got into it after people commented on how much he sounded like the Welsh crooner.
Simon has always enjoyed singing – and even had a chart single in Germany with a band called Pulse, but it is as a tribute act that he has enjoyed the most success and has been lucky enough to make a career out of it in recent years.
Simon’s two greatest ambitions are to sing on TV and perform in Las Vegas. Having now achieved the first of these, will be able to get the double whammy and nab that life-changing Vegas contract?
Simon’s mum, Val and sister Rachel are his biggest supporters and try and attend as many of his gigs as possible.
Simon’s favourite Tom Jones’ song is I’ll Never Fall In Love Again.
Check out Simon before and after he becomesTom Jones here.
Sir Tom Jones
Thomas Woodward of South Wales, renamed Tom Jones after the popular 1963 film, is one of the world’s most popular singers and has been an international headliner for five decades. The 60-something Vegas veteran was also the top British solo singer of the 1960s on both sides of the Atlantic and received an Outstanding Contribution to British Music BRIT Award. Sir Tom even hosted his own, very successful late-1960s’ TV series, This Is Tom Jones. Never a stranger to fame, he has starred as himself in the TV show The Simpsons and was friends with one Mr. Elvis Presley. In 2006, he received the ultimate accolade – a knighthood.
UK No.1s: Two
Best Known Track: Delilah and It’s Not Unusual
Renowned for: Being a ‘sex bomb’ of the 1960s and for his curly hair.
Did you know: Sir Tom sang Delilah with Luciano Pavarotti half in Italian for his charity Afghan Refugees.
Sourced from the book:
D. Roberts ed., British Hit Singles & Albums, Guinness World Records, 19th edn, (Italy, Hit Entertainment Limited Company, 2006)
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