Puppet Man - Neil Sedaka Cover

Unknown to each other, both the 5th Dimension and Tom Jones recorded versions of this song around the same time. Before this, it was a little-known song written by Neil Sedaka and Howie Greenfield.

Tom Jones' version only reached #49 in the UK. However it appears the Welsh singer was determined to have a hit record with a puppet theme because within a year he achieved an UK #6 chart placing with "The Young New Mexican Puppeteer."