It's hard to remember that behind many balls of cheese lurk real musicians. An awful lot of the lamest fishnet & torn spandex hair band guitarists were, actually really good; like, Glen Campbell was a great guitarist, he played on a whole slew of hits as a studio guitarist before the cheeks won out. Tom Jones was a great blues/rock singer. He was kicking around London at the same time as the bands that are now legends, and it was pretty much just an accident of which type of song turned into a hit. Mick Jagger could easily have drifted from "Ruby Tuesday" into a Tom Jones tux 'n' Vegas life. And if Jones's first hit had been rockier, he could've CRUSHED David Bowie and Rod Stewart as far as singing talent goes - take enough drugs and he'd be in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame instead!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaTOMkHaET4