After filling in on a bill headlined by Dusty Springfield, they met her brother, songwriter and producer Tom Springfield, who had experience with folk-pop material with the siblings ' earlier group the Springfields.

In May, another Tom Springfield composition followed, " A World of Our Own ", which reached top 3 in Australia and the UK and top 20 in the US.

Its writers, Jim Dale and Tom Springfield, were nominated for the 1966 Academy Award for Best Original Song, but lost out to the title song from the film Born Free.

The Seekers featured on " Episode 2: Ten Pound Rocker 1963 – 1968 " broadcast on 22 August, in which Durham and Woodley discussed their early work on a cruise ship, meeting Tom Springfield and their success in Britain.

There were a handful of significant British Blue-eyed soul acts, including Dusty Springfield and Tom Jones.

* April 11 – The New Musical Express poll winners ' concert takes place featuring performances by The Beatles, The Animals, The Rolling Stones, Freddie and the Dreamers, the Kinks, the Searchers, Herman's Hermits, The Anita Kerr Singers, The Moody Blues, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, Donovan, Them, Cilla Black, Dusty Springfield and Tom Jones.

The title song, performed by Australian band The Seekers, became a hit single and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song ( music by Tom Springfield, lyrics by Jim Dale ).

The melody was used by Tom Springfield in the song " The Carnival Is Over " that placed The Seekers at # 1 in 1965 in Australia and the UK.

Celebrity sightings included Tom Cruise, Pia Zadora, Shannon Tweed, Gene Simmons and Rick Springfield, to name but a few.

Subsequently, in the 1960s and early 1970s Bacharach and David wrote some of the most enduring songs in American popular music, many for Dionne Warwick but also for The Carpenters, Dusty Springfield, B. J. Thomas, Gene Pitney, Tom Jones, Jackie DeShannon and others.

Past notable acts include Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Alice Cooper, Kenny Rogers, The Beach Boys, Phish, Stevie Wonder, Johnny Cash, The White Stripes, Neil Young, Pearl Jam, Tom Petty, The Dead, The Allman Brothers Band, James Brown, Bon Iver, The Flaming Lips, Willie Nelson, Jay-Z, The Black Keys, Dave Matthews Band, Buffalo Springfield, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, The Black Crowes.

Britain had produced some significant Blue-eyed soul singers in the 1960s, including Tom Jones and Dusty Springfield and interest had been maintained by figures such as David Bowie, but it was not until the 1980s that a clear genre of British soul music developed with flourishing soul scenes in major cities like London and Manchester, often with many black artists, supported by local and pirate radio stations.

Other artists including comedian, actor, and banjo player Steve Martin, Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac, Timothy B. Schmit of The Eagles, pioneering folk-rock artist Gram Parsons, Stephen Stills and David Crosby of Crosby, Stills, and Nash, The Beach Boys ' Al Jardine, Big Brother and the Holding Company founding member Peter Albin, Denny Doherty of The Mamas and the Papas, banjo master Tony Trischka, pop groups ABBA and The Bee Gees, Jefferson Airplane founding members Marty Balin and Paul Kantner, Buffalo Springfield founding member Richie Furay, Byrds co-founder Gene Clark, roots musician and master mandolin player David Grisman, singer-songwriters Tom Paxton, Harry Chapin, Jimmy Buffett, Tim Buckley, Steve Goodman ( composer of " The City Of New Orleans "), Steve Gillette, Michael Smith ( composer of " The Dutchman "), and Shawn Colvin, folk-rock group We Five co-founder Jerry Burgan, folk and rock musician Jerry Yester, and progressive jazz vocal group Manhattan Transfer among many others cite the Kingston Trio as a formative influence in their musical careers.

By the mid-1960s, British singers Dusty Springfield, Eric Burdon and Tom Jones had become leading vocal stars of the emerging style.

In 1958, the original interior was demolished and the London Hippodrome was converted into the nightclub, " The Talk of the Town " by Bernard Delfont, featuring many of the popular artists of the time, including appearances by Diana Ross & The Supremes, Judy Garland, Eartha Kitt, Shirley Bassey and The Temptations, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Sergio Franchi, Engelbert Humperdinck, Val Doonican, Dusty Springfield, Tom Jones, Lulu, Matt Monro, Cliff Richard, Raphael, Stevie Wonder, Sacha Distel and Neil Sedaka.

* Tom Reilly: Boston Herald, Cape Cod Times, Springfield Republican

Denny loved the life of a session musician, and he relished the musical challenges that it brought, providing guitar on hits by Mary Hopkin, Dusty Springfield and Tom Jones, among others.

Springfield Armory, now run by Dennis Reese and Tom Reese, manufactures and imports dozens of different firearms of many styles and models.

In 1964 the Landesmans moved to London, where she wrote lyrics for a number of well-known musicians ( with an emphasis on jazz ) such as Pat Smythe, Georgie Fame, Tom Springfield, Richard Rodney Bennett and Dudley Moore.

As MTV became the center of the entertainment universe, Hunter ’ s celebrity interviews included the first MTV interviews with Madonna, Duran Duran and U2, and also included Ozzy Osbourne, Frank and Moon Unit Zappa, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Loverboy, Kasim Sultan, Crosby Stills & Nash, Kevin Bacon, Robin Williams, Dan Aykroyd, Eurythmics, Kenny Loggins, the Psychedelic Furs, Bob & Doug McKenzie, Lou Reed, Andy Warhol, the Cars, the GoGos, the Bangles, Colin Hay and Men at Work, Boy George, Bon Jovi, Bryan Adams, John Mellencamp, Hugh Hefner, Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Rod Stewart, Cheap Trick, Billy Idol, Thomas Dolby, Joe Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, Crowded House, Aretha Franklin, Michael McDonald, Rick Springfield, Peter Wolf, Toto, Level 42, Steve Martin, Tom Hanks, Martin Short, Chevy Chase and Pee-Wee Herman among others.

At the camp, Homer and a bunch of other Springfield citizens learn about rock music, from instructors Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Elvis Costello, Lenny Kravitz, Tom Petty and Brian Setzer.

Pioneer ’ s local radio appearances include: WBUR Radio Boston, The Emily Rooney Show, The Callie Crossley Show, WRKO ’ s Tom & Todd, WBZ ’ s Nightside with Dan Rea, Pundit Review, WAMC Springfield, WBSM New Bedford, and WRCN.

* Written by Diane Lampert and Tom Springfield and performed by Judith Durham in 1967.

Major was born at the St. Helier Hospital in Sutton, Surrey, the son of Gwen Major and former Music Hall performer Tom Major-Ball ( né Abraham Thomas Ball ), who was 64 years old when John was born.

* 1980 – Laura Jane Grace ( born Tom Gabel ), American punk rock musician ( Against Me!

As of March 2011, nine former Premiers are alive, the oldest being Tom Lewis ( 1975 – 76, born 1922 ).

Thomas Alan " Tom " Waits ( born December 7, 1949 ) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor.

* May 24 – Old Tom Morris, Scottish golfer ( born 1821 )

* April 21 – Tom O ' Brien, American major league baseball player ( born 1860 )

** Tom Dempsey, who was born with a deformed right foot and right hand, set a National Football League record by kicking a 63-yard field goal to lift the New Orleans Saints to a 19-17 victory over the Detroit Lions at Tulane Stadium.

* Tom Birmingham ( born 1949 ), American politician

His second wife is Polish model Nathalie Dyszkiewicz, with whom he has a son, Tom ( born January 10, 1996 ), and a daughter, Serena ( born June 28, 1998 ).

One of those early pioneers was Tom Sims, a devotee of skateboarding ( a sport born in the 1950s when kids attached roller skate wheels to small boards that they steered by shifting their weight ).

* Tom Watson ( born 8 January 1967 ), is the Labour Party Member of Parliament ( MP ) for West Bromwich East.

* Hoxton Tom McCourt ( musician / face, born in Hoxton )

Thomas Jeffrey " Tom " Hanks ( born July 9, 1956 ) is an American actor, producer, writer, and director.

Sir Thomas John Woodward, OBE ( born 7 June 1940 ), known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer.

Tom Jones was born Thomas John Woodward, at 57 Kingsland Terrace, Treforest, Pontypridd in South Wales.

Collins was born in Paddington, London, the daughter of Elsa Collins ( née Bessant ), a dance teacher and nightclub hostess, and Joseph William Collins ( died 1988 ), an agent whose clients would later include Shirley Bassey, the Beatles and Tom Jones.

Thomas Earl " Tom " Petty ( born October 20, 1950 ) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

Tom Petty was born and raised in Gainesville, Florida, and attended Gainesville High School.

* Tom Sherman ( American football ) ( born 1950 ), American football quarterback

* Tom Howard ( wrestler ) ( born 1969 ), American professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, kickboxer and actor

David was born in Dumbarton, Scotland, to Tom and Emma Byrne.