Tom Jones Opens Up About What Elvis Did the First Time They Met

In 1965, Tom Jones walked onto a Paramount soundstage, months into his career and Elvis Presley got out of a fake helicopter singing Tom's own song back to him. This is the story of that day, told through four different interviews spanning decades, and what it reveals about a side of Elvis nobody talks about: the fan. We go through every detail, the Gene Autry Hotel, the Ed Sullivan color broadcasts that brought Tom to LA, the closed set, the Memphis Mafia, the moment someone had to tell Tom "Elvis is waving at you — wave back" and the one question Elvis asked that changed both their lives. Featuring Tom Jones's own words from The Graham Norton Show, CONAN on TBS, the Des O'Connor Show, and a rare extended interview about meeting Elvis for the first time. 📌 This video is commentary based on publicly available interviews and documented history. ⏱️ Chapters: 0:00 — The moment Elvis sang someone else's song 1:43 — How Tom Jones ended up in Hollywood 5:02 — Elvis in 1965: the King in a paper palace 8:58 — The walk across the soundstage 11:35 — "How the hell do you sing like that?" 12:42 — The same story, decades apart 14:21 — Where is Wales? 17:19 — Why Elvis did what he did 🔔 Subscribe to    / @retrosecretstv   ‪@RetroSecretsTV‬ for the Elvis stories the documentaries don't tell. #ElvisPresley #TomJones #RetroSecrets