Australian singles charts:
It’s Not Unusual entered the Kent charts on 6 May 1965 and peaked at #3. It was #35 on the Top 100 of 1965.
Album:
The song is on Along Came Jones which charted in Australia in 1965.
Songwriters:
Les Reed, Gordon Mills
Producer:
Peter Sullivan
Record label of Australian release:
Decca
It’s Not Unusual on The Ed Sullivan Show, CBS, 21 April 1968:
Songfacts:
It’s Not Unusual was written by the classical music arranger and conductor Les Reed along with Tom Jones’ manager Gordon Mills. They wrote it for the British singer Sandie Shaw, but she turned it down. Tom Jones saw the song’s potential, recorded it, and it became his first hit single.
Drenched in horns, the record’s success led to a horn sound on many of his subsequent songs, including Thunderball and What’s New Pussycat?
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/tom-jones/its-not-unusual
Lyrics:
It’s not unusual to be loved by anyone
It’s not unusual to have fun with anyone
But when I see you hanging about with anyone
It’s not unusual to see me cry
I wanna die
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