RIP Tom Jones

Tom Jones the singer and Tom Jones the lyricist are two different people. Tom Jones the singer is still alive.

@bdp24 

I thought it was the other Tom Jones at first too. Glad that it wasn't. My mom liked the tight pants.

Oops, I wasn’t paying close enough attention!

@roxy54: My mom liked Johnny Cash and Elvis. Guess my taste in music started forming at an early age! I heard that Ring Of Fire album hundreds of times before I entered High School.

Wish I would have read Cleeds post before I permed my hair (as a tribute).

DeKay

@bdp24 

My upbringing was very different. My parents listened to all of the usual (but good) of that time; Andy Williams, Tont Bennett and Sinatra etc. When I started high school, my first influences were more Jethro Tull, Jimi Hendrix and Cream as well as Joni Mitchell CSNY etc. I never had that country/Americana early influence. 

As a sidebar though, my dentist while I was growing up was Dr Berger, and he and his wife and family (called The Bergerfolk) used to perform regularly with Pete Seeger.