Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual (1965)(Dancing from 1966 Shebang & Performance from Sullivan)(Stereo) |
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The dance show out of KTLA in LA with a format much like American Bandstand had it's 1 year anniversary on May 16,1966.The 1st song of the program is from Casey's Kasem's favourite song of the past year.Tom Jones' It's Not Unusual.The performance is from December 5th on Ed Sullivan.
Shebang was a 1960s teen music & dance TV show hosted by Casey Kasem. It was broadcast in color from Hollywood, California and, like "Bandstand," artists were invited to perform their latest records. Casey talked with the teenagers in the audience and interviewed the "happening" people of the day. Shebang was broadcast in a limited number of markets from 1965 to 1968. "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 his delivery that she recommended he sing it instead. The record was the second Jones single Decca released,reaching No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart in 1965. It was his first hit in the United States, peaking at No. 10 in May of that year. It was released in the US by Parrot Records and reached No. 3 on Billboard's easy listening chart. The BBC initially refused to play it because of his sexy image, but UK pirate radio did not. He sang the song twice in 1965 on The Ed Sullivan Show in New York City, on 2 May and 13 June. He did it again on 21 April 1968. "It's Not Unusual" is the theme song of his late 1960s–early 1970s television musical variety series, This Is Tom Jones. The first studio version was released in 1995 on the compilation album, The Legendary Tom Jones – 30th Anniversary Album. |