Gilbert O'Sullivan image: How manager made him like Tom Jones
Gilbert O’Sullivan is known for his interesting name and folky, soulful voice. He became famous during the 1960s. His contemporaries included Engelbert Humperdinck and Sir Tom Jones, who were also managed by Gordon Mills and helped Gilbert make it big. But it turned out Gordon made many changes to Gilbert to make him famous, including moulding his image.
Gordon famously made big changes to his acts, from changing their names to their hair, giving most of them a look which, frankly, looked like himself.
In the end, the look which was decided upon, as mentioned, looked very similar to Gordon himself, or the biggest of these artists, Sir Tom Jones.
Colin Macfarlane, a Tom Jones biographer, said: “It was crazy, but he [Gordon Mills] was great at changing people’s images and if you look at Tom where he started off compared to Tom up to the 1970s, Tom changed his appearance so he was almost a replica of Gordon Mills.
“That curly hair and hairy chest and he [Gordon] did was the same as Gilbert O’Sullivan.
