Tom Jones was the first singer that woman started throwing their underwear at, and on Larry King Now he revealed how it all started.
Back in 1968, he was playing the Copacabana and women were handing him table napkins because he was perspiring. Then he said, “This woman stood up, lifted her skirt, took them off and went (motioning to her handing them to him) like this. So I said (and pretended to wipe his forehead with the imaginary panties and then handed them back to her), watch you don’t catch cold.” Well, there was a columnist in the audience and they wrote about it. Thus, the legend was born.
Can I tell you, when I was living in Atlanta I used to usher concerts there. One of the shows I did was Tom Jones’ and I was on Panty Duty. That meant I had to try to catch them before they got to him. Let’s just Granny Panties are not fun when they are thrown at you.
