“What’s new, pussycat?”: How Tom Jones turned a 1960s pick-up line into a big hit
Tom Jones's 1965 hit "What's New Pussycat?" originated not in a songwriting session but from a real-life pick-up line used by actor Warren Beatty, who reportedly opened phone calls to women he was dating with the phrase. Film producer Charles Feldman seized on the line as the title for a comedy inspired by Beatty's romantic…