"Sirs: Last summer, Tiger Tom blew into Kansas City for a personal appearance. I haven't been the same since. Any resemblance to the suburban housewife who went into that auditorium to see Mr. Jones in the flesh and the thoroughly converted Jones fan that came out is purely coincidental. That man simply has to be seen and heard to be believed — and not even then can one assimilate his impact immediately." —a letter to LIFE's editors from a Tom Jones devotee