**The long-awaited autobiography of legendary singer Tom Jones,
following six decades of unparalleled experiences in the spotlight to
coincide with his 75th birthday.
**
Across six decades, Sir Tom Jones has maintained a vital career in a
risky, unstable business notorious for the short lives of its artists.
With a drive that comes from nothing but the love for what he does, he
breaks through and then wrestles with the vagaries of the music
industry, the nature of success and its inevitable consequences. Having
recorded an expansive body of work and performed with fellow artists
from across the spectrum and across every popular music genre, from
rock, pop and dance to country, blues and soul, the one constant
throughout has been his unique musical gifts and unmistakable voice.
But how did a boy from a Welsh coal-mining family attain success across
the globe? And how has he survived the twists and turns of fame and
fortune to not only stay exciting, but actually become more credible and
interesting with age? 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.
This is Tom Jones and Over the Top and Back is his story.
