iTunes Celebrity Playlist Become Podcasts…with Tom Jones

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The iTunes Celeb Playlist feature is now a free podcast. Kicking off the 15-minute-podcast of tracks loved by the rich and famous is Tom Jones, who recently admitted that his knowing hands are all a fumble when it comes to his iPod, which is stocked by an assistant.

The podcast is worth it just to hear that Welsh accent as a very personable Jones admits first hearing Aretha Franklin on the car radio thinking it was jazz singer Nancy Wilson , professes his love for Amy Winehouse’s “Back to Black,”  and thinking Elvis was talking about “salomi” instead of “so lonely.”

Here are some of his picks sampled in the podcast:

1. I Never Loved a Man
Aretha Franklin

2. Dance to the Music
Sly and the Family Stone

3. Love is a Losing Game
Amy Winehouse

4. In the Midnight Hour
Wilson Pickett

5. Whole Lotta Shakin’
Jerry Lee Lewis

6. Son of a Preacher Man
Dusty Springfield

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Tapulous Cuts Loose With Tap Tap Dance

7. Cry to Me
Solomon Burke

8. Heartbreak Hotel
Elvis Presley

9. Reconsider Me
Johhny Adams

10. Be-Bop-A Lula
Gene Vincent

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  • http://hikeeveryday.blogspot.com Hal Summers

    Looking forward to going and seeing Tom Jones tomorrow at the House of Blues with my wife and two sons. Can’t wait to spring this podcast on the wife, she’ll love it. Thanks for the info and the link.

  • bowdenski

    The big problem is that these do not appear to be full songs, so the podcast is spoken word about songs followed by song clips. Annoying.

  • Adamoda14

    Tom rules! I’ll have to see how many of these tracks I have,