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01-01-2006, 04:45 PM
OK ...I confess .....I love ...."What's New Pussycat" .....and ......."It's Not Unusual".
Tom Jones, 7/7 Bomb Heroes Honored
Saturday, December 31, 2005
LONDON, England (AP) -- What's new, Pussycat? It's Sir Tom Jones now.
Jones, 65, the big-voiced singer from Wales, was among the new knights of the realm in the New Year list of honors announced Saturday. He joins a group of pop-rock knights including Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Cliff Richard, Sir Mick Jagger, Sir Elton John and Sir George Martin, The Beatles producer.
"He will be absolutely over the moon," said Jones's cousin Dorothy Woodward of Caerphilly in south Wales. "To be honest, I think it's well deserved."
Other well-known names among the newest knights are jazz musician John Dankworth, playwright Arnold Wesker and Lord Ashdown, who recently stepped down as high representative of the international community in Bosnia Herzegovina.
Vivienne Westwood, the fashion designer who created and promoted the punk look, was made a dame -- the female equivalent of a knight.
Jonathan Ive, designer of the iPod and iMac, was given a Companion of the Order of the British Empire in the Diplomatic List.
There were also honors for transport workers, medics, and emergency services workers for their bravery following the July 7 bombings on the London Underground and a double-decker bus.
They included David Boyce, station supervisor at Russell Square, who ran into a tunnel to give first aid; train operator John Boyle, who was first on the scene at the explosion near Aldgate station; Constable Deborah Russell-Fenwick of British Transport Police, who tended people injured on the bus, and paramedic William Kilminster of London Ambulance Service for his work at one of the bombed trains.
All were made Members of the Order of the British Empire.
Tim O'Toole, an American who is managing director of London Underground, received an honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Tom Jones, born Thomas Jones Woodward in Pontypridd, began his singing career at age 3. His string of hits started with "It's Not Unusual" in 1963, and other hits included "What's New Pussycat," "Green Green Grass of Home," "Help Yourself," "She's a Lady," "Never Fall in Love Again," "Sex Bomb" and "Leave Your Hat On."
Dankworth, 78, rises to the same rank as his wife Cleo Laine, who was made a dame in 1997.
After graduating from music school, Dankworth worked on trans-Atlantic liners so that he could hear jazz in the United States. From 1953 to 1964 he led a large jazz band, fronted by his wife. His credits include film scores for "Darling," "Modesty Blaise" and "10 Rillington Place."
"It's so nice for jazz to get something like this," Dankworth said.
Wesker, 73, along with John Osborne and Brendan Behan, was known as one of the "angry young men" of the British stage in the 1950s. He first gained prominence with a trilogy on the lives of Jewish socialist intellectuals: "Chicken Soup with Barley" (1958), "Roots" (1959) and "I'm Talking about Jerusalem" (1960).
The Beverley Sisters -- Babette, Joy and Teddie -- a close-harmony trio who claim the distinction to be the first British girl group to break into the U.S. Top 10 chart in 1956, were honored as Officers of the Order of the British Empire.
Robbie Coltrane, the Scottish comedian and actor who played Hagrid in the "Harry Potter" films, also got an OBE.
Sir Richard Mottram, security and intelligence coordinator at the Cabinet Office, was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath.
Mottram gained unwanted publicity when he was the top civil servant at the Department of Transportation. After a memo from a press adviser who suggested burying bad news after the Sept. 11 terror attacks was leaked to the media, he reportedly said, "We're all (obscenity). I'm (obscenity). You're (obscenity). The whole department is (obscenity). It's the biggest cock-up ever. We are all completely (obscenity)."
In the sports world, Sebastian Coe -- already a lord -- was made a Knight Commander for leading London's successful bid for the 2012 Olympic games. Coe, the two-time Olympic 1,500 meter track champion, can now call himself Lord Sir Sebastian Coe.
Keith Mills, chief executive of the London 2012 bid committee, also got a knighthood.
Honors were bestowed on the England cricket team in recognition of winning the Ashes series against Australia. Team captain Michael Vaughan, Zimbabwean-born coach Duncan Fletcher and chairman of selectors David Graveney all were made OBEs. The other team members got MBEs.
Slim
Tom Jones, 7/7 Bomb Heroes Honored
Saturday, December 31, 2005
LONDON, England (AP) -- What's new, Pussycat? It's Sir Tom Jones now.
Jones, 65, the big-voiced singer from Wales, was among the new knights of the realm in the New Year list of honors announced Saturday. He joins a group of pop-rock knights including Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Cliff Richard, Sir Mick Jagger, Sir Elton John and Sir George Martin, The Beatles producer.
"He will be absolutely over the moon," said Jones's cousin Dorothy Woodward of Caerphilly in south Wales. "To be honest, I think it's well deserved."
Other well-known names among the newest knights are jazz musician John Dankworth, playwright Arnold Wesker and Lord Ashdown, who recently stepped down as high representative of the international community in Bosnia Herzegovina.
Vivienne Westwood, the fashion designer who created and promoted the punk look, was made a dame -- the female equivalent of a knight.
Jonathan Ive, designer of the iPod and iMac, was given a Companion of the Order of the British Empire in the Diplomatic List.
There were also honors for transport workers, medics, and emergency services workers for their bravery following the July 7 bombings on the London Underground and a double-decker bus.
They included David Boyce, station supervisor at Russell Square, who ran into a tunnel to give first aid; train operator John Boyle, who was first on the scene at the explosion near Aldgate station; Constable Deborah Russell-Fenwick of British Transport Police, who tended people injured on the bus, and paramedic William Kilminster of London Ambulance Service for his work at one of the bombed trains.
All were made Members of the Order of the British Empire.
Tim O'Toole, an American who is managing director of London Underground, received an honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Tom Jones, born Thomas Jones Woodward in Pontypridd, began his singing career at age 3. His string of hits started with "It's Not Unusual" in 1963, and other hits included "What's New Pussycat," "Green Green Grass of Home," "Help Yourself," "She's a Lady," "Never Fall in Love Again," "Sex Bomb" and "Leave Your Hat On."
Dankworth, 78, rises to the same rank as his wife Cleo Laine, who was made a dame in 1997.
After graduating from music school, Dankworth worked on trans-Atlantic liners so that he could hear jazz in the United States. From 1953 to 1964 he led a large jazz band, fronted by his wife. His credits include film scores for "Darling," "Modesty Blaise" and "10 Rillington Place."
"It's so nice for jazz to get something like this," Dankworth said.
Wesker, 73, along with John Osborne and Brendan Behan, was known as one of the "angry young men" of the British stage in the 1950s. He first gained prominence with a trilogy on the lives of Jewish socialist intellectuals: "Chicken Soup with Barley" (1958), "Roots" (1959) and "I'm Talking about Jerusalem" (1960).
The Beverley Sisters -- Babette, Joy and Teddie -- a close-harmony trio who claim the distinction to be the first British girl group to break into the U.S. Top 10 chart in 1956, were honored as Officers of the Order of the British Empire.
Robbie Coltrane, the Scottish comedian and actor who played Hagrid in the "Harry Potter" films, also got an OBE.
Sir Richard Mottram, security and intelligence coordinator at the Cabinet Office, was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath.
Mottram gained unwanted publicity when he was the top civil servant at the Department of Transportation. After a memo from a press adviser who suggested burying bad news after the Sept. 11 terror attacks was leaked to the media, he reportedly said, "We're all (obscenity). I'm (obscenity). You're (obscenity). The whole department is (obscenity). It's the biggest cock-up ever. We are all completely (obscenity)."
In the sports world, Sebastian Coe -- already a lord -- was made a Knight Commander for leading London's successful bid for the 2012 Olympic games. Coe, the two-time Olympic 1,500 meter track champion, can now call himself Lord Sir Sebastian Coe.
Keith Mills, chief executive of the London 2012 bid committee, also got a knighthood.
Honors were bestowed on the England cricket team in recognition of winning the Ashes series against Australia. Team captain Michael Vaughan, Zimbabwean-born coach Duncan Fletcher and chairman of selectors David Graveney all were made OBEs. The other team members got MBEs.
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