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Listen to audio clips of Sir Tom Jones talking in 1999 to Radio Wales for a programme called The Dragon's Breath, about how he established himself as a singing sensation in the Sixties.
Last updated: 03 June 2010
Above, you can hear Tom talking about singing in the Valleys with a 'concert party' and the reception his rock'n'roll got in the clubs at the time.
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Listen right to hear the next part of the story, in which Tom talks about working with new songwriters, moving to London and recording a song originally destined for Sandie Shaw which would go on to be one of his biggest hits.
