"Delilah" | ||||
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Single by Tom Jones | ||||
from the album Delilah | ||||
B-side | "Smile" | |||
Released | February 1968 | |||
Recorded | 20 December 1967 | |||
Studio | Decca, London | |||
Genre | Pop, murder ballad | |||
Length | 3:20 | |||
Label | Decca (UK/Ireland) Parrot (North America) | |||
Songwriter(s) | Les Reed Barry Mason | |||
Producer(s) | Peter Sullivan | |||
Tom Jones singles chronology | ||||
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"Delilah" is a song recorded by Welsh singer Tom Jones in December 1967. The lyrics were written by Barry Mason, and the music by Les Reed, who also contributed the title and theme of the song. It earned Reed and Mason the 1968 Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.[1]