Tom Jones gained a UK Christmas Number one with what hit in 1966?

Originally written in 1965 for Johnny Darrell, 'Green, Green Grass of Home' is a country song recorded by Tom Jones in 1966. It reached Number One in the UK Singles Chart on 1st December and stayed there for seven weeks, thus making it the 1966 Christmas Number One. The record also reached number one in Australia, Belgium, Ireland and Norway. Since then, it has been sung by dozens of musicians, including Dean Martin (1967), Johnny Cash (1968), Elvis Presley (1975), Katherine Jenkins (2007) and Bob Dylan (2021).

'Green, Green Grass of Home' tells the story of a man dreaming he has returned to his childhood home for the first time since childhood. He is greeted by his parents and his beloved, Mary, with whom he strolls around "the old oak tree that I used to play on". After announcing, "it's good to touch the green, green grass of home," the singer remembers he is in prison and that it is the day of his execution. He will never see the "green, green grass of home" again.

Sir Thomas John Woodward (born 1940), known professionally as Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer noted for his powerful voice. He released his first album 'Along Came Jones' in 1965 and has released a further thirty-nine studio albums since. 'Green, Green Grass of Home' appeared on his fifth album of the same name, released in 1967. Jones was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998 and knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to music in 2005.