Editing Tom Jones (singer) (section)

==Early life==
Thomas John Woodward<ref name="closeup">{{cite book| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=x43jHZliCN0C&pg=PT74 |first1=Lucy |last1=Ellis |first2=Bryony |last2=Sutherland |title=Tom Jones Close Up |publisher=Omnibus Press |year= 2009 |isbn= 978-0-7119-7549-1}}</ref> was born at 57 Kingsland Terrace in [[Treforest]] in Wales on 7 June 1940,<ref>''Entry of Birth'', sub-district of Pontypridd in the County of Glamorgan</ref><ref>{{cite book| first= Robin| last= Eggar| title= Tom Jones – The Biography| page= 14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite episode |title= Blind Auditions|series=The Voice UK |series-link=The Voice UK |first=Tom |last=Jones |network=[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] |station=[[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]]|date=8 February 2020|season=9 |series-no= |number=8 |quote=My last name is Woodward.... Thomas Jones Woodward }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00849871/filing-history/MzE5MTg1ODY3MmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 |title=Change of Particulars for Director|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=4 December 2017|website=[[Companies House]] |publisher=[[Government of the United Kingdom]] |quote=}}</ref><ref>[https://www.tomjones.com/bio Biography, ''TomJones.com''] Retrieved 2 April 2020</ref> the son of Freda Jones (1914–2003) and coal miner Thomas Woodward (1910–1981).<ref name="closeup" /> He is primarily of English descent; his maternal grandfather was Welsh, his maternal grandmother was born in Wales to English parents from [[Somerset]] and [[Wiltshire]], his English paternal grandfather was from [[Gloucestershire]], and his English paternal grandmother was from Wiltshire.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5490511/Sir-Tom-Jones-is-English.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5490511/Sir-Tom-Jones-is-English.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Sir Tom Jones 'is English' |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=10 June 2009|location=London |issn=0307-1235 |oclc=49632006 |access-date=4 May 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He attended Wood Road Infants School, Wood Road Junior School, and Pontypridd Central [[Secondary Modern School]].<ref>{{cite book|date=8 October 2015| first= Tom| last= Jones|isbn=978-0-7181-8068-3|title=Over the Top and Back: The Autobiography|publisher=Michael Joseph|page=25}}</ref> He began singing at an early age; he would regularly sing at family gatherings, weddings, and in his school choir. He did not like school or sports, but gained confidence through his singing talent.<ref name="DIDiscs TJ">{{cite episode |title=Desert Island Discs with Tom Jones |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tx499 |series=Desert Island Discs | series-link=Desert Island Discs |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]] |air-date=26 September 2010}}</ref> At the age of 12, he was diagnosed with [[tuberculosis]]. Many years later, he said, "I spent two years in bed recovering. It was the worst time of my life." During this time, he could do little else but listen to music and draw.<ref name="closeup" />{{rp|9–10}}