Over the Top and Back: The remarkable autobiography from a national treasure

Tom Jones

Oct 2015 · Penguin UK

About this ebook

Discover the remarkably honest and captivating story of one of the world's greatest ever singing talents, Sir Tom Jones

'Brilliantly told' SUNDAY TIMES
'A terrific, star-studded journey' DAILY EXPRESS
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'For a lot of years, I've answered a lot of questions, but have never told my story before . . .'

In a business where dreams are often short-lived, Sir Tom Jones has maintained his sensational career across six decades.

But how did a boy from a Welsh coal-mining family attain success across the globe over the course of decades?

In this, his first ever autobiography, Tom revisits his past and tells the tale of his journey from wartime Pontypridd to LA and beyond. He reveals the stories behind the ups and downs of his fascinating and remarkable life, from the early heydays to the subsequent fallow years to his later period of artistic renaissance.

It's the story nobody else knows or understands, told by the man who lived it, and written the only way he knows how: simply and from the heart.

Raw, honest, funny and powerful, this is a memoir like no other from one of the world's greatest ever singing talents.
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'Packed with the kind of showbiz tales you don't get any more' Daily Express

'Hugely enjoyable' Daily Mail

'A book that gets to Jones's core' Daily Mirror

'This lively, thoughtful and entertaining account does justice to a remarkable life and career' Sunday Express

'A brilliant read full of charm' Woman & Home

Ratings and reviews

Fabulous read. I always like Tom's music, and his passion for the artform comes across, that and his integrity. Very honest account of his rise to the top, and his opinion of some of the people he met on the way. A good guy, and a great book.

If you have any intrest in tom jones then this is the only book for you to read an honest and open into the 50+ years life in show business and how he got there

Loved it from the first page till the last..... Will not disappoint any fan!!!!

About the author

Sir Thomas Jones Woodward, OBE, known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer. He became one of the most popular vocalists to emerge from the mid-1960s. Since then he has sung nearly every form of popular music - pop, rock, R&B, show tunes, country, dance, soul and gospel - and sold over 100 million records. Sir Tom has had thirty-six top 40 hits in the UK and nineteen in the US, including It's Not Unusual, Delilah, Kiss and Sex Bomb.