Just Help Yourself – Tom Jones, The Squires and the Road to Stardom

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Mae’n 1960 ac mae newidiadau mawr ar droed ym Mhrydain. Yn nhref Pontypridd mae Vernon Hopkins – un ar bymtheg oed – wedi darganfod canwr newydd ar gyfer ei fand, bachgen lleol a ddaw, maes o law, yn enwog fel Tom Jones. Mae stori ddilys Vernon Hopkins yn cynnig golwg ddadlennol ar uchafbwyntiau ac isafbwyntiau byd canu pop y cyfnod, gan gynnwys rhai lluniau nas gwelwyd o’r blaen.
1960. Britain stood at the cusp of new times, and in Pontypridd, sixteen-year-old Vernon Hopkins found a new singer for his band: a local boy who would come to be known as Tom Jones. Vernon Hopkins’ authentic narrative is a revealing insight into the highs and lows of the music business, full of gritty detail, and previously unseen photographs.