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Tom Jones
Solo artist Pontypridd Welsh pop singer
Tom Jones is an artist from Pontypridd. Tom Jones has 11 chart appearances on 10 radio countdowns from 9 stations on RockLists, spanning 1994–2021. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “If I Only Knew”, which appears on 2 lists with a best position of #9. The station that charted Tom Jones most often is WFPK (Louisville, KY), with 3 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1994.
Tom Jones, born in Pontypridd in 1940, is the Welsh belter who launched his career with a string of top-ten hits in the '60s, won the Grammy for Best New Artist in 1966 and then spent decades working the Las Vegas stage, from 1967 to 2011. "It's Not Unusual", "What's New Pussycat?", "Green, Green Grass of Home", "Delilah", "She's a Lady" and the theme to the James Bond film Thunderball: that's a lot of hip-shaking for one baritone.
The surprise is how far that voice travels. Pop, R&B, show tunes, country, soul, gospel and dance have all passed through it, and in 1994 The Lead and How to Swing It set him against modern beats, and "If I Only Knew" pumps away like he'd been born to it. His cover of Prince's "Kiss" and later "Sex Bomb" in 2000 kept proving the point: the Welshman could slot into any era and swagger.
He's sold over 100 million records, collected Brit Awards in 2000 and 2003, became an OBE in 1998 and was knighted in 2006 for services to music, and a new generation met him as a coach on The Voice UK.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Tom Jones on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If I Only Knew | 2 | #9 | – | 1994 | |
| 2 | Talking Reality Television Blues | 1 | #19 | – | 2021 | |
| 3 | Burning Hell | 1 | #39 | – | 2010 | |
| 4 | She's a Lady | 1 | #1054 | – | – | |
| 5 | I'll Never Fall in Love Again | 1 | #1279 | – | – | |
| 6 | Sex Bomb | 1 | #428 | – | – | |
| 7 | No Hole In My Head | 1 | #89 | – | 2021 | |
| 8 | Burning Down the House | 1 | #103 | – | 1999 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Featured on
Songs by other artists credited with Tom Jones as a guest.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 19 | Talking Reality Television Blues | WEXT Top 97 of 2021 |
| 2021 | 89 | No Hole In My Head | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2021 |
| 2010 | 39 | Burning Hell | WFPK Top 100 Songs of 2010 |
| 2006 | 692 | Artist ranking | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Artists (2006) |
| 2002 | 74 | Artist ranking | Virgin Radio Top 100 Brit Artists of All-Time (December 2002) |
| 2001 | 428 | Sex Bomb | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (2001) |
| 2001 | 1054 | She's a Lady | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time |
| 2001 | 1279 | I'll Never Fall in Love Again | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time |
| 1999 | 102.7 | Burning Down the House | WEQX Top 102.7 of 1999 |
| 1994 | 105.3 | If I Only Knew | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1994 |
| 1994 | 9 | If I Only Knew | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1994 |
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