Which English entertainer was born with the name Thomas Hicks?

Sir Thomas Hicks (born 17 December 1936), known professionally as Tommy Steele, is an English entertainer, regarded as Britain's first teen idol and rock and roll star.

After being discovered at the 2i's Coffee Bar in Soho, London, Steele recorded a string of hit singles including "Rock with the Caveman" (1956) and the chart-topper "Singing the Blues" (1957). Steele's rise to fame was dramatised in "The Tommy Steele Story" (1957), the soundtrack of which was the first British album to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart.

With collaborators Lionel Bart and Mike Pratt, Steele received the 1958 Ivor Novello Award for Most Outstanding Song of the Year for "A Handful of Songs". He starred in further musical films including "The Duke Wore Jeans" (1958) and "Tommy the Toreador" (1959), the latter spawning the hit "Little White Bull".

Steele shifted away from rock and roll in the 1960s, becoming an all-round entertainer. He originated the part of Kipps in "Half a Sixpence" in the West End and on Broadway, reprising his role in the 1967 film version. As an actor, he notably appeared in the films "The Happiest Millionaire" (1967) and "Finian's Rainbow" (1968) and as the lead in several West End productions of "Singin' in the Rain".