Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  TOM JONES: THE LIFE. nā Sean Smith i tuhi. (HarperCollins £18.99) Ko Tom Jones he whetū tūturu o te ao mō te hawhe rau tau. E hia ētahi atu tāngata e taea te kī i tērā? Ki taku whakaaro, he iti noa iho te tokomaha: ko Paul McCartney, ko Mick Jagger, ko Bob Dylan, ko Clint Eastwood me HM The Queen. A kotahi anake o ratou, e whakapono ana ahau, e noho ana i roto i te whare nui atu i Sir Tom's. Ko Sir Tom Jones (i whakaahuatia i Los Angeles i te tau 1978) ko tana tuatahi No. 1 i te UK i te Maehe 1965. I te Poutu-te-rangi 1965 tana hit tuatahi, It<unk>s Not Unusual, i eke ki te Nama 1 i te UK ka rongonui ia. Tae mai ki tēnei rā, kāore anō te rongonui ki te poke, ā, kāore anō te pūkenga ki te ngaro. Ko tētahi atu tohu nui e whakatata mai ana i te 7 o Pipiri, ina 75 ona tau. Ko te katoa o ēnei mea, ko ia te kaupapa tino pai mō tētahi kōrero ora, he mea nui, he mea mārō, he mea mārō. Ehara a Smiths i te mea tuatahi <unk> i te mea pono, ko te tekau mā rua. Engari koinei te tuatahi i roto i ngā tau e rua, ā, me haere tonu tātou tae noa ki te ngahuru, i te wā ka puta te pukapuka a Sir Tom. He aha atu anō te mea ka taea e te tangata nui te whakaatu, i te mea kua oti kē i a ia ngā whakakitenga katoa e taea te whakaaro? I marenatia a Tom (i te tīmatanga o te 1970) ki tana wahine a Linda i te tau 1957 i a rāua e 16 noa iho te pakeke. Ehara hoki a Sir Tom i te tangata huna nui. Ahakoa kua 58 tau a ia e marena ana ki a Linda, whanau a Trenchard, ā, he tino harikoa, kua whai oranga aroha ia i tua atu i te kura. Engari i te mea kāore a Linda i te pānui i roto i te niupepa - kia tūmanako ia kāore ia i te pānui i tēnei - ka hurihia e ia tētahi kanohi. Ehara i te mea ko te whai i tō keke me te kai i a ia anake. He nui ake te kai o te keke i te kai a tētahi atu, ā, e kai ana i te paku o te keke. Kāore pea i puta mai ēnei whai wāhitanga, ki te kore te taranata. I whānau mai a Jones ki te mana o te reo koura, ā, e mōhio ana ia he aha te mea hei mahi māna. I kitea tēnei i tana patu tuatahi, ā, kāore anō kia whakakorikoria mai i taua wā. I whanau a Tom Jones (i te whakaahua) ko Thomas Woodward engari i akiakihia ia ki te huri i tona ingoa e tana kaiwhakahaere Gordon Mills, nana hoki i akiaki te whetu ki te neke ki Ranana mai i Wales....
E 75 tau a Tom Jones i tēnei tau, ā, he whetū ao ia mō te hawhe rau tau. Kua 58 tau ia e noho hari ana ki tana wahine a Linda. Ahakoa tēnei kua whai oranga nui ia i te oranga aroha o waho o te kura. I whakapono a Elvis kei te mau i a Tom tētahi kākahu ki mua o tōna kākahu.