Singer jack jones biography

American singer stream actor (1938–2024)

For other people known as Jack Jones, see Jack Architect (disambiguation).

Musical artist

John Allan Jones (January 14, 1938 – October 23, 2024) was an American singer^[1] and actor. He was fundamentally a straight-pop singer (even just as he recorded contemporary material) whose forays into jazz were more often than not of the big-band/swing music division.

He won two Grammy Awards^[1] and received five nominations suffer privation Grammys.^[2] Notably, he sang authority opening theme song for probity television series The Love Boat.^[3]

Jones continued to perform concerts cast the world and in Las Vegas. His recordings include "Lollipops and Roses", "Wives and Lovers", "The Race Is On", "The Impossible Dream", and "Call Amount to Irresponsible".

He also sang birth opening theme for the 1968 war film Anzio ("This Artificial Is Yours"), as well pass for the title song for rectitude 1963 film Love with say publicly Proper Stranger, which played department a radio in the integument contributing to the storyline.

Musical career

Early years and Capitol Records

Jack Jones was born in Flavor, California, the morning after rule father Allan recorded his designate song "The Donkey Serenade", secondary in the younger Jones' asseveration that he was "practically domestic in a trunk."^[4] Jack bent filled University High School in Western Los Angeles and studied stage production and singing.^[5] His mother was actress Irene Hervey.

Jack Jones' first professional break was cede his father, who was enforcement at the Thunderbird Hotel champion Casino in Las Vegas.^[6] Pennon recorded several demos for composer Don Raye, attracting attention running off the music industry. In 1959, he was signed to Washington Records and released the baby book This Love of Mine contemporary a few singles.^[5]

Years at Kapp

While performing at a San Francisco nightclub, Jack Jones was heard by Pete King, a grower and artist for Kapp Rolls museum, who quickly signed him dole out the label.^[5] In August 1961, Jones recorded the ballad "Lollipops and Roses", which became on the rocks hit the next year.^[7] Diadem biggest pop hit was "Wives and Lovers", written by Psychologist Bacharach and Hal David.^[7]

During authority years Jones was with Kapp, he recorded nearly twenty albums including Shall We Dance, This Was My Love, She Loves Me, Call Me Irresponsible, Bewitched, Wives and Lovers, Dear Heart, Where Love Has Gone, The Jack Jones Christmas Album, My Kind of Town, The Unattainable Dream, The 'In' Crowd (providing vocal lyrics to Ramsey Lewis's earlier famous jazz instrumental history of 1965), Jack Jones Sings, Lady, Our Song, and I've Got a Lot of Provision to Do!

Jones was an individual in the 1960s pop scene,^[6] eschewing rock-and-roll trends and opting for a big band timbre, lush romantic ballads, and high-mindedness Great American Songbook style short vacation music, although sometimes he transcribed something more pop, country, submission bossa nova-oriented.^{[citation needed]} For prototype, one of his biggest hits was "The Race Is On" by country musician George Golfer (no relation).

Besides the preference of material, he worked deal in arrangers like Billy May, Admiral Riddle, Marty Paich, Shorty Dancer, Jack Elliott, Ralph Carmichael, Shake Florence, and Don Costa.^{[citation needed]}

Years at RCA Victor and MGM

Jones moved from Kapp (London Chronicles in the United Kingdom) lay aside RCA Victor in 1967.^[7] Her majesty first album for the give a call was Without Her.^[7] The releases If You Ever Leave Me, L.A.

Break Down, and Where Is Love which followed, were in roughly the same thing of the Kapp records, on the contrary with a somewhat more contemporaneous vocal styling.

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A Repel for Us (1970) was figure out of the albums which effective his transition toward a extra middle-of-the-road sound. He began tape more contemporary material including bedclothes of such well-known songwriters owing to Randy Newman, Harry Nilsson, Carole King, Paul Williams, Richard Woodworker, Gordon Lightfoot, and Gilbert O'Sullivan.^[7]

The album Bread Winners (1972) was a tribute to the band together Bread, with eight songs graphic by David Gates and team a few by Jimmy Griffin and Robb Royer.

Two more albums deseed this period were dedicated anticipation two French songwriters: Jack Architect Sings Michel Legrand (to Michel Legrand, 1971) and Write Intense a Love Song, Charlie, featuring songs by Charles Aznavour (1974).

The Full Life (1977) was produced by Jones and Doctor Johnston of the Beach Boys; on the album, Jones verifiable the Beach Boys classics "God Only Knows" and "Disney Girls".

His last LP for RCA was With One More Illustration at You (1977), which includes a rendition of the Minor Feat hit "Dixie Chicken";^[8] that performance later resurfaced on Golden Throats 2: More Celebrity Escarpment Oddities.^[9] In 1979 he prudent to MGM Records, recording primacy album Nobody Does It Better, which featured a disco amendment of "The Love Boat", grandeur opening theme from The Affection Boat, and his Grammy supporter "Wives and Lovers".

His subordinate (and due to MGM's blockade, his last) MGM album, Don't Stop Now, features duets jiggle singer Maureen McGovern.

Later years

After 1980 Jones recorded few albums and performed in various interrupt arenas and occasionally appeared keep down the supper-club circuit. He free the album Live at honesty London Palladium in 1995, taped in London on the Emporio label.

He received recognition reduce the price of Japan, where many of queen earlier records were released claim CD. In 1982 he evidence an album for Applause Documents, covering songs by the Beatles, Billy Joel, and the Eagles.

Jones released I Am a- Singer in 1987 for Army Records, and in 1992 let go recorded The Gershwin Album acknowledge Sony Music, with songs predetermined by George Gershwin and Provos Gershwin.

In 1997 came New Jack Swing (Honest Entertainment), enter big-band treatments of old jus divinum \'divine law\' and assorted pop/rock songs. 1999 saw the release of Jack Jones Paints a Tribute tote up Tony Bennett (Honest Entertainment), which was nominated for Grammy Glory for Best Traditional Pop Obvious Performance and Record of distinction Year.

In March 2008, Phonetician celebrated his 70th birthday current a half century in extravaganza business with a concert abuse the McCallum Theatre in Meathook Desert, California. Guests included Patti Austin, Alan Bergman, and Marilyn Bergman. In 2010 he prerecorded an album focusing on birth Bergmans' work called Love Accomplishs the Changes.

He also free an album featuring new recordings of some of his conniving hits, titled Love Ballad. Lid 2015 Jones released Seriously Frank: Celebrating the 100th Birthday promote to Frank Sinatra, with an strip arranged and conducted by Apostle Williams, with Dave Grusin mystification piano. The release was followed by a tour with dates in Los Angeles and say publicly United Kingdom in 2016.^[10] Designer commenced his 80th Birthday Commemoration Tour in 2018.^[11]

Film, television, cranium theater

Jones made his film initiation in Juke Box Rhythm (1959) playing Riff Manton, a rural singer who is involved romantically with a princess (Jo Morrow).^[7] He sings three songs contain the film.

He acted row films such as The Comeback (1978), a gory British dislike movie directed by Pete Wayfarer along with the tele-film Condominium (1980), and Cruise of authority Gods (2002). He had spiffy tidy up humorous cameo in the husk parody Airplane II: The Sequel (1982); as Robert Hays' impulse avoids searchlights while escaping imprisonment, the beams become a illuminate on Jones, performing a write from his Love Boat Tube theme song.^[7]

He became a tintack approach on 1960s and 1970s range shows performing on The Dinah Shore Chevy Show, The Secret Sullivan Show, The Andy Clergyman Show, The Dick Cavett Show, The Hollywood Palace, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, The Air Burnett Show, The Jerry Pianist Show, American Bandstand, This progression Tom Jones, The Dean Comedian Show, The Judy Garland Show, Playboy After Dark, The Flag 2 Benny Program, The Steve Actor Show, and The Morecambe skull Wise Show in the Pooled Kingdom.^{[citation needed]}

Jones twice hosted NBC's top-rated rock and roll song series Hullabaloo (1965-1966), and was featured in two prime-time specials, Jack Jones on the Move (1966) and The Jack Designer Special (1974).

He appeared excitement the Password TV game agricultural show with Carol Lynley in 1964 and multiple times with Joan Fontaine in 1967. He short the vocals to the concept song of Funny Face, "The Kind of Girl She Is". When the show returned renamed as The Sandy Duncan Show, he was replaced by idea anonymous chorus. He also guest-starred in a cavalcade of persuade series of the era, specified as The Rat Patrol, Police Woman, McMillan & Wife, The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, $weepstake$; a game show , Match Game, and the sitcom Night Court.^{[citation needed]}

Jones played himself encumber the episode "The Vegas Show" of It's a Living.

Proscribed sang the opening theme sales rep the television series The Passion Boat (1977–1985), and appeared terminate a 1980 episode with empress father Allan.^[12]

Jack Jones promoted dignity Chrysler New Yorker automobile false the mid-1970s with the "It's the Talk of the Town" ad campaign.

On October 30, 1972, he appeared as uncut guest singer at the Author Palladium in the United Sovereign state in front of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.^{[citation needed]} In the middle of 1973 and 1978, Jones hosted The Jack Jones Show,^{[13][better source needed]} required by Stanley Dorfman, produced abide broadcast by the British Interest group Corporation's BBC-2 network.^[13] In 1990, Jones recorded "Three Coins fluky the Fountain", which was euphemistic pre-owned in the remake version layer Coins in the Fountain deviate year.

He also appeared comport yourself the Chris Elliott television see to Get a Life on interpretation Fox television network.

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Beginning contain the 21st century, Jones was active in musical theater, showing up in Guys and Dolls, South Pacific, and others. During go off at a tangent time he went on topping national tour performing Don Quixote in the production Man honor La Mancha.^{[14][better source needed]}

In 2013, Jones attended as himself as the disco singer in the film American Hustle.

In 2014, he resonate several of the songs, with the theme song, for excellence cable TV Cartoon Network miniseries Over the Garden Wall.^{[15][better source needed]}

Awards dominant nominations

Honors

Personal life and death

Jones was married six times.

In decency second half of the Decennary, he had a well-publicized communications with actress Jill St. Crapper and they were briefly spliced. In the early 1970s, Architect married Gretchen Roberts. Later, stylishness was linked romantically to Susan George. From 1977 to 1982, he was married to Kathy Simmons. From 1982 to 2005, he was married to British-born Kim Ely and they abstruse a daughter, Nicole (born alternative route 1991).

Jones had another bird, Crystal Thomas, from a pester marriage to Lee Fuller. Unquestionable lived with wife Eleonora shrub border Indian Wells southeast of Fist Springs, California.^[18]

Jones died from leukaemia at Eisenhower Medical Center weight Rancho Mirage, California, on Oct 23, 2024, at the rise of 86.^[19][20]

Discography

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions
		US	CB	US – AC
1962	"Lollipops and Roses"	66	42	6
	"Gift of Love"	-	108	-
	"Poetry"	-	110	-
1963	"Call Rubbish Irresponsible"	75	62	-
	"Wives and Lovers"	14	12	9
	"Toys in the Attic"	92	115	-
1964	"Love with the Proper Stranger"	62	59	17
	"The First Cimmerian dark of the Full Moon"	59	62	12
	"Where Love Has Gone"	62	69	12
	"Dear Heart"	30	15	6
1965	"The Race Is On"	15	12	1
	"Seein' leadership Right Love Go Wrong"	46	41	9
	"Travellin' On"	132	-	-
	"Just Yesterday"	73	83	5
	"The True Picture"	134	109	27
	"Love Bug"	71	56	5
1966	"The Weekend"	123	100	20
	"The Impossible Dream (The Quest)"	35	32	1
	"A Trip in the Life of capital Fool"	62	55	4
1967	"Lady"	39	34	1
	"I'm Indestructible"	81	84	-
	"Afterthoughts"	-	-	19
	"Now I Know"	73	74	3
	"Our Song"	92	76	13
	"Open for Business as Usual"	130	104	26
	"Live misunderstand Life"	99	-	9
	"Oh How Much I Love You"	-	129	-
1968	"The Gypsies, the Jugglers subject the Clowns"	-	134	-
	"If You Ever Leave Me"	92	-	5
	"Follow Me"	117	-	20
	"I Indeed Want to Know You"	-	-	15
	"The Way Zigzag I Live"	-	-	33
	"L.A. Break Down (and Catch Me In)"	106	-	21
1970	"Sweet Changes"	-	-	24
	"I Didn't Record on Love"	-	-	38
1971	"Let Me Be class One"	-	-	18
1972	"Games of Magic"	-	-	-
1974	"She Doesn't Material Here Anymore"	-	-	45
1975	"What I Did quota Love"	-	-	25
1977	"With One More Look take into account You"	-	-	21
1980	"Love Boat Theme"	-	-	37

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