{"id":350096,"date":"2025-12-15T13:02:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T13:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/350096\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T13:02:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T13:02:07","slug":"tom-jones-performs-princes-purple-rain-accompanied-by-pink-floyds-david-gilmour-1992","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/350096\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Jones Performs Prince&#8217;s &#8220;Purple Rain&#8221; Accompanied by Pink Floyd&#8217;s David Gilmour (1992)"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>Over the decades, Tom Jones has per\u00adformed with the best of them. In 1969, we can find him singing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2025\/04\/tom-jones-performs-long-time-gone-with-crosby-stills-nash-young.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cLong Time Gone\u201d with Cros\u00adby, Stills, Nash &amp; Young<\/a>, and tak\u00ading them delight\u00adful\u00adly by sur\u00adprise. The same goes for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2020\/10\/janis-joplin-tom-jones-bring-the-house-down-in-an-unlikely-duet-of-raise-your-hand-1969.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his duet<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2020\/10\/janis-joplin-tom-jones-bring-the-house-down-in-an-unlikely-duet-of-raise-your-hand-1969.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">with Janis Joplin<\/a> in that same year. Now fast for\u00adward to the 1990s. In this decade, Jones teamed up with the Swedish rock band The Cardi\u00adgans and per\u00adformed\u00a0a rol\u00adlick\u00ading ver\u00adsion of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2021\/06\/tom-jones-covers-talking-heads-burning-down-the-house.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Talk\u00ading Heads \u201cBurn\u00ading Down the House.\u201d<\/a> And, rather unex\u00adpect\u00aded\u00adly, he would get paired with Pink Floy\u00add\u2019s David Gilmour and croon Prince\u2019s \u201cPur\u00adple Rain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The record\u00ading above comes from Jones\u2019 show <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLM2lw0DqalPf3jJmaAp3sA7nQwAeB1IIK\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Right Time<\/a>, a six-episode tele\u00advi\u00adsion series that aired in 1992. Trac\u00ading the evo\u00adlu\u00adtion of pop music, the show fea\u00adtured appear\u00adances by Bob Geld\u00adof, Cyn\u00addi Lau\u00adper, The Chief\u00adtains and Ste\u00advie Won\u00adder. When it comes to his ver\u00adsion of \u201cPur\u00adple Rain,\u201d don\u2019t miss the Gilmour solo mid\u00adway through. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>Relat\u00aded Con\u00adtent\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permanent Link to Tom Jones Performs \u201cLong Time Gone\u201d with Crosby, Stills, Nash &amp; Young\u2013and Blows the Band &amp; Audience Away (1969)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2025\/04\/tom-jones-performs-long-time-gone-with-crosby-stills-nash-young.html\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Jones Per\u00adforms \u201cLong Time Gone\u201d with Cros\u00adby, Stills, Nash &amp; Young\u2013and Blows the Band &amp; Audi\u00adence Away (1969)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2020\/10\/janis-joplin-tom-jones-bring-the-house-down-in-an-unlikely-duet-of-raise-your-hand-1969.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Janis Joplin &amp; Tom Jones Bring the House Down in an Unlike\u00adly Duet of \u201cRaise Your Hand\u201d (1969)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permanent Link to Tom Jones Covers Talking Heads \u201cBurning Down the House\u201d\u2013and Burns Down the House (1999)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2021\/06\/tom-jones-covers-talking-heads-burning-down-the-house.html\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Jones Cov\u00aders Talk\u00ading Heads \u201cBurn\u00ading Down the House\u201d\u2013and Burns Down the House (1999)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permanent Link to Prince Plays a Mind-Blowing Guitar Solo On \u201cWhile My Guitar Gently Weeps\u201d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2016\/04\/see-prince-rip-play-two-mind-blowing-solos-on-while-my-guitar-gently-weeps-and-american-woman.html\" rel=\"bookmark nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prince Plays a Mind-Blow\u00ading Gui\u00adtar Solo On \u201cWhile My Gui\u00adtar Gen\u00adtly Weeps\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Over the decades, Tom Jones has per\u00adformed with the best of them. 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