It Happened 50 Years Ago: Tom Jones “What’s New Pussycat?”

Welsh singer Tom Jones has hit the Top 10 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 chart five times in his career, most successfully with “She’s A Lady,” which reached number 2 in 1971. Jones’ second biggest hit — and his biggest hit during the 1960s — came with his second Top 10 hit, “What’s New Pussycat?” Exactly 50 years ago, “What’s New Pussycat?” climbed to its peak position of number 3, where it would spend two weeks.