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Jack Jones (American singer)
John Allan Jones (January 14, 1938 – October 23, 2024) was an American singer and actor. He was primarily a straight-pop singer (even when he recorded contemporary material) whose forays into jazz were mostly of the big-band/swing music variety. He won two Grammy Awards and received five nominations for Grammys. Notably, he sang the opening theme song for the television series The Love Boat.
Jones continued to perform concerts around the world and in Las Vegas. His recordings include "Lollipops and Roses", "Wives and Lovers", "The Race Is On", "The Impossible Dream", and "Call Me Irresponsible". He also sang the opening theme for the 1968 war film Anzio ("This World Is Yours"), as well as the title song for the 1963 film Love with the Proper Stranger, which played on a radio in the film contributing to the storyline.
Jack Jones was born in Hollywood, California, the morning after his father Allan recorded his signature song "The Donkey Serenade", resulting in the younger Jones' assertion that he was "practically born in a trunk." Jack attended University High School in West Los Angeles and studied drama and singing. His mother was actress Irene Hervey.
Jack Jones' first professional break was with his father, who was performing at the Thunderbird Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Jack recorded several demos for songwriter Don Raye, attracting attention from the music industry. In 1959, he was signed to Capitol Records and released the album This Love of Mine and a few singles.
While performing at a San Francisco nightclub, Jack Jones was heard by Pete King, a producer and artist for Kapp Records, who quickly signed him to the label. In August 1961, Jones recorded the ballad "Lollipops and Roses", which became a hit the next year. His biggest pop hit was "Wives and Lovers", written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
During the 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 Impossible Dream, The 'In' Crowd (providing vocal lyrics to Ramsey Lewis's earlier famous jazz instrumental version of 1965), Jack Jones Sings, Lady, Our Song, and I've Got a Lot of Living to Do!
Jones was an anomaly in the 1960s pop scene, eschewing rock-and-roll trends and opting for a big band sound, lush romantic ballads, and the Great American Songbook style of music, although sometimes he recorded something more pop, country, or bossa nova-oriented.[citation needed] For example, one of his biggest hits was "The Race Is On" by country musician George Jones (no relation). Besides the choice of material, he worked with arrangers like Billy May, Nelson Riddle, Marty Paich, Shorty Rogers, Jack Elliott, Ralph Carmichael, Bob Florence, and Don Costa.[citation needed]
Jones moved from Kapp (London Records in the United Kingdom) to RCA Victor in 1967. His first album for the label was Without Her. The releases If You Ever Leave Me, L.A. Break Down, and Where Is Love which followed, were in roughly the same style of the Kapp records, but with a somewhat more contemporary vocal styling. A Time for Us (1970) was one of the albums which marked his transition toward a more middle-of-the-road sound. He began recording more contemporary material including covers of such well-known songwriters as Randy Newman, Harry Nilsson, Carole King, Paul Williams, Richard Carpenter, Gordon Lightfoot, and Gilbert O'Sullivan.
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Jack Jones (American singer)
John Allan Jones (January 14, 1938 – October 23, 2024) was an American singer and actor. He was primarily a straight-pop singer (even when he recorded contemporary material) whose forays into jazz were mostly of the big-band/swing music variety. He won two Grammy Awards and received five nominations for Grammys. Notably, he sang the opening theme song for the television series The Love Boat.
Jones continued to perform concerts around the world and in Las Vegas. His recordings include "Lollipops and Roses", "Wives and Lovers", "The Race Is On", "The Impossible Dream", and "Call Me Irresponsible". He also sang the opening theme for the 1968 war film Anzio ("This World Is Yours"), as well as the title song for the 1963 film Love with the Proper Stranger, which played on a radio in the film contributing to the storyline.
Jack Jones was born in Hollywood, California, the morning after his father Allan recorded his signature song "The Donkey Serenade", resulting in the younger Jones' assertion that he was "practically born in a trunk." Jack attended University High School in West Los Angeles and studied drama and singing. His mother was actress Irene Hervey.
Jack Jones' first professional break was with his father, who was performing at the Thunderbird Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Jack recorded several demos for songwriter Don Raye, attracting attention from the music industry. In 1959, he was signed to Capitol Records and released the album This Love of Mine and a few singles.
While performing at a San Francisco nightclub, Jack Jones was heard by Pete King, a producer and artist for Kapp Records, who quickly signed him to the label. In August 1961, Jones recorded the ballad "Lollipops and Roses", which became a hit the next year. His biggest pop hit was "Wives and Lovers", written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
During the 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 Impossible Dream, The 'In' Crowd (providing vocal lyrics to Ramsey Lewis's earlier famous jazz instrumental version of 1965), Jack Jones Sings, Lady, Our Song, and I've Got a Lot of Living to Do!
Jones was an anomaly in the 1960s pop scene, eschewing rock-and-roll trends and opting for a big band sound, lush romantic ballads, and the Great American Songbook style of music, although sometimes he recorded something more pop, country, or bossa nova-oriented.[citation needed] For example, one of his biggest hits was "The Race Is On" by country musician George Jones (no relation). Besides the choice of material, he worked with arrangers like Billy May, Nelson Riddle, Marty Paich, Shorty Rogers, Jack Elliott, Ralph Carmichael, Bob Florence, and Don Costa.[citation needed]
Jones moved from Kapp (London Records in the United Kingdom) to RCA Victor in 1967. His first album for the label was Without Her. The releases If You Ever Leave Me, L.A. Break Down, and Where Is Love which followed, were in roughly the same style of the Kapp records, but with a somewhat more contemporary vocal styling. A Time for Us (1970) was one of the albums which marked his transition toward a more middle-of-the-road sound. He began recording more contemporary material including covers of such well-known songwriters as Randy Newman, Harry Nilsson, Carole King, Paul Williams, Richard Carpenter, Gordon Lightfoot, and Gilbert O'Sullivan.
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