''Along Came Jones'' is the 1965 debut album recorded by
Tom Jones and included his massive hit single "
It's Not Unusual
"It's Not Unusual" is a song written by Les Reed and Gordon Mills, first recorded by a then-unknown Tom Jones, after having first been offered to Sandie Shaw. He intended it as a demo for her, but when she heard it she was so impressed with hi ...
". The album reached No 11. Some of the songs were covers and some were written especially for Jones like the
Gordon Mills
Gordon William Mills (15 May 1935 – 29 July 1986) was a successful London-based music industry manager and songwriter. He was born in Madras, British India and grew up in Trealaw in the Rhondda Valley, South Wales. During the 1960s and 1970s ...
-penned "The Rose".
In June 1965,
Parrot Records
Parrot Records was an American record label, a division of London Records, which started in 1964. The label usually licensed (or leased) recordings made by Decca Records, England, for release in the United States and Canada, most notably by the ...
(USA, Canada) issued an abridged (12-track) version of the album titled ''It's Not Unusual''.
[http://bsnpubs.com/london/parrot/parrot.html Parrot Records discography]
UK Track listing
;Side 1
# "I've Got a Heart" (
Gordon Mills
Gordon William Mills (15 May 1935 – 29 July 1986) was a successful London-based music industry manager and songwriter. He was born in Madras, British India and grew up in Trealaw in the Rhondda Valley, South Wales. During the 1960s and 1970s ...
,
Les Reed) 2:33
# "
It Takes a Worried Man" (Traditional; arranged by Gordon Mills) 2:40
# "
Skye Boat Song
"The Skye Boat Song" is a late 19th-century Scottish song recalling the journey of Prince Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") from Benbecula to the Isle of Skye as he evaded capture by government troops after his defeat at the Batt ...
" (Traditional; arranged by Malcolm Lawson and
Harold Boulton) 2:59
# "Once Upon a Time" (Gordon Mills) 2:07
# "
Memphis, Tennessee
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" (
Chuck Berry
Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist who pioneered rock and roll. Nicknamed the " Father of Rock and Roll", he refined and developed rhythm and blues into th ...
) 2:40
# "Whatcha' Gonna Do" (
Chuck Willis
Harold "Chuck" Willis (January 31, 1926 – April 10, 1958) was an American blues, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll singer and songwriter. His biggest hits, " C. C. Rider" (1957) and "What Am I Living For" (1958), both reached No.1 on the ''Bil ...
) 3:07
# "I Need Your Loving" (
Don Gardner
Donald Gardner (May 9, 1931 – September 4, 2018) was an American rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, and drummer. His records included the 1962 pop hit " I Need Your Lovin'", with Dee Dee Ford.
Biography
Born in Philadelphia, Gardner star ...
,
Bobby Robinson, Clarence Lewis, James McDougall) 2:38
# "
It's Not Unusual
"It's Not Unusual" is a song written by Les Reed and Gordon Mills, first recorded by a then-unknown Tom Jones, after having first been offered to Sandie Shaw. He intended it as a demo for her, but when she heard it she was so impressed with hi ...
" (Gordon Mills, Les Reed) 1:58
;Side 2
# "
Autumn Leaves" (
Joseph Kosma
Joseph Kosma (22 October 19057 August 1969) was a Hungarian-French composer.
Biography
Kosma was born József Kozma in Budapest, where his parents taught stenography and typing. He had a brother, Ákos. A maternal relative was the photographe ...
,
Johnny Mercer,
Geoffrey Parsons,
Jacques Prévert
Jacques Prévert (; 4 February 1900 – 11 April 1977) was a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools. His best-regarded films formed part of the poetic realist moveme ...
) 3:08
# "The Rose - Version 2" (
Gordon Mills
Gordon William Mills (15 May 1935 – 29 July 1986) was a successful London-based music industry manager and songwriter. He was born in Madras, British India and grew up in Trealaw in the Rhondda Valley, South Wales. During the 1960s and 1970s ...
) 2:53
# "
If You Need Me
"If You Need Me" is a 1963 song co-written and originally recorded by Wilson Pickett. It was made into a bigger hit by Solomon Burke, who sent the song to #2 on the R&B charts that year.
Overview
The song was written by Wilson Pickett with two ...
" (
Wilson Pickett
Wilson Pickett (March 18, 1941 – January 19, 2006) was an American singer and songwriter.
A major figure in the development of soul music, Pickett recorded over 50 songs which made the US R&B charts, many of which crossed over to the ''Bill ...
,
Robert Bateman,
Sonny Sanders
William Nelson "Sonny" Sanders (August 6, 1939 – October 12, 2016) was an American soul music singer, songwriter, arranger, and record producer.
Born in Chicago, Sanders made his first recording in 1955, on "Tears of Love" / "Roxanna" by Sa ...
) 2:38
# "Some Other Guy" (Gordon Mills) 2:31
# "
Endlessly" (
Brook Benton
Benjamin Franklin Peay (September 19, 1931 – April 9, 1988), better known as Brook Benton, was an American singer and songwriter who was popular with rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and pop music audiences during the late 1950s and early 1960 ...
,
Clyde Otis) 3:19
# "
It's Just a Matter of Time" (Clyde Otis, Brook Benton,
Belford Hendricks) 2:42
# "
Spanish Harlem
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" (
Jerry Leiber,
Phil Spector
Harvey Phillip Spector (born Harvey Philip Spector; December 26, 1939January 16, 2021) was an American record producer and songwriter, best known for his innovative recording practices and entrepreneurship in the 1960s, followed decades later by ...
) 3:18
# "When the World was Beautiful" (Paul Kaufman, Jerry Harris) 2:16
US Track Listing
;Side 1
# "It's Not Unusual" (Mills, Reed) 1:58
# "Memphis, Tennessee" (Berry) 2:40
# "I Need Your Loving" (Gardner) 2:38
# "Whatcha Gonna Do" (Willis) 3:07
# "Skye Boat Song" (Traditional) 2:59
# "Worried Man" (Traditional) 2:40
;Side 2
# "Once Upon a Time" (Mills) 2:07
# "Autumn Leaves" (Kosma, Mercer, Parsons, Prévert) 3:08
# "It's Just a Matter of Time" (Otis, Benton, Hendricks) 2:42
# "Spanish Harlem" (Leiber, Spector) 3:18
# "If You Need Me" (Pickett, Bateman, Sanders) 2:38
# "When the World Was Beautiful" (Kaufman, Harris) 2:16
Personnel
* Peter Sullivan - producer
*
Les Reed - musical director
*
Bill Price - engineer
* John Beale - cover photography
References
External links
*
Tom Jones (singer) albums
1965 debut albums
Decca Records albums
Albums produced by Peter Sullivan (record producer)
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