Sir Tom Jones has met and even sung with many of the great singers of the past five decades.

On Saturday night’s episode of The Voice (January 16) Tom Jones gave an incredibly tender performance of his song ‘With These Hands’, but not before explaining to the fellow judges the special relationship the song had with none other than Elvis Presley himself.

In between blind auditions, Tom Jones was speaking to his fellow judges will.i.am, Olly Murs and Anne-Marie when the incredible story of how he met The King was revealed.

Olly Murs asked: “Tom, was there anyone you were nervous singing with?”

“Well, Elvis Presley I sang with,” Sir Tom replied. “I was excited.”

“Tom sang with Elvis Presley, isn’t that mad?” Olly said to his fellow judges.

“Well, I mean Elvis was the one of course, I met him in LA in 1965 with a ballad out called ‘With These Hands’,” Sir Tom said.

“And he was coming towards me and he was singing ‘With these hands, I will cling to you.’

“You know, it was Elvis Presley with his hand out, do you know what I mean?

“I went, ‘If the boys back home could see me know?’ Elvis is singing my song back to me.”

Later in the episode Olly Murs reminded Tom of his Elvis Presley story and asked the Welsh crooner to sing the song for them.

As the house band started to play the opening bars, fellow judge Anne-Marie – who was overwhelmed by Tom Jones’ performance of Dirty Dancing’s ‘Cry To Me’ the week before – gave a sharp intake of breath in excitement.

A clearly moved Sir Tom then started to sing his beautiful 1965 hit for the awestruck audience as his fellow coaches looked on, giving him a roaring standing ovation as the last notes of the song faded away.

Viewers of the show took to social media to give praise for the performance and many said his moving rendition of the song had reduced them to tears.