Tom Jones has opened up on the first time he met Elvis Presley, saying that the King - his personal hero - was interested in his vocal delivery.

"He said to me, 'How the hell do you sing like that?' And I said, 'Listening to you, for one thing' — and Jerry Lee Lewis and Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, Mahalia Jackson, and things that he was influenced by," Jones told Rolling Stone.

"He said, 'Yeah, but I was brought up there. I went to black gospel churches. Is there anything like that in Wales?' I said, 'No, I was listening to it all on the radio.' Like all of us did in Britain."

Jones released his latest album, Long Lost Suitcase, in October.

It's the third in a trilogy of albums, following Praise & Blame (2010) and Spirit In The Room (2012).