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Always a favorite visitor to Toronto, Welsh singer Tom Jones last night opened for a week at the O'Keefe Centre before an audience of 3,200 persons. C(...)
Always a favorite visitor to Toronto, Welsh singer Tom Jones last night opened for a week at the O'Keefe Centre before an audience of 3,200 persons. C(...)

Always a favorite visitor to Toronto, Welsh singer Tom Jones last night opened for a week at the O'Keefe Centre before an audience of 3,200 persons. C(...)

Date6/17/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Always a favorite visitor to Toronto, Welsh singer Tom Jones last night opened for a week at the O'Keefe Centre before an audience of 3,200 persons. Critic Peter Goddard says it was Jones' finest performance here.
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City, town or township:Toronto
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