It's Not Unusual
Tom Jones
1965
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1965
Release: 1965Source checked
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The original Tom Jones studio single was released in 1965. The scoped original-recording and single evidence supplies the year; later album, anthology, concert and remix dates are separate. No album day is assigned to an earlier single. Jones explicitly distinguishes the 1964 recording session from the 1965 public release.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 1965.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.
Tom Jones - licensed original hit-recording metadata
The licensed anthology identifies the original solo recordings and individual release years: the three selected 1965 titles, Green Green Grass of Home in 1966, I'll Never Fall in Love Again in 1967, Delilah in 1968, Love Me Tonight and Without Love in 1969, Daughter of Darkness and I (Who Have Nothing) in 1970, and She's a Lady in 1971. Its 2000 package date and January placeholders are not first-release events. Original individual years are checked against the album and single sources where they differ.
Along Came Jones - original studio program
The licensed original sixteen-track 1965 album includes It's Not Unusual. The individual original single year precedes the album within 1965; its session date is not its public release.
Tom Jones interview - recording versus release of It's Not Unusual
In the artist-hosted interview, Jones distinguishes recording It's Not Unusual in 1964 from its public release in 1965. The interview also discusses his broad interpretive song choices. No session year is substituted for the released recording year.
Inspiration and background
Supplied note - not independently verified
This note came with the supplied collection and has not been independently verified.
Originally written for Sandie Shaw, who turned it down.
Evidence scope: Source-provided note, not an established account of the songwriter's intent
Sources for this information
Owner-supplied 1965.html, song-list position 60
Supplied annotation reproduced with attribution; underlying historical claims have NOT been independently verified.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Billboard year-end 1965 table (Wikipedia transcription)
Secondary transcription reviewed 2026-10-11: title, artist and annual chart association; not original release date or complete recording metadata.
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