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s. Jones continues to perform concerts around the world and remains popular in

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. He is perhaps most widely known for his recordings of " Lollipops and Roses" (

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Grammy Award, Best Pop Male Performance), " Wives and Lovers" ( 1964 Grammy Award, Best Pop Male Performance), "

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", " The Impossible Dream", "

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", and " The Love Boat Theme". He also sang the opening theme tune for the 1968 film ''

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'' ("This World Is Yours").

Musical career

Early years and Capitol Records

Jones was born in

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on the night his father Allan Jones recorded his signature song " The Donkey Serenade", resulting in the younger Jones' assertion that he was "practically born in a trunk." He attended University High School in

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and studied drama and singing. His first professional break was with his father, who was performing at the Thunderbird Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. He recorded several

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for songwriter

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, attracting attention from the music industry. In 1959 Jones was signed to

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and released the album ''This Love of Mine'' and a few singles. One track from that album was titled, prophetically, "This Could Be the Start of Something Big".

Kapp years

While performing at a San Francisco nightclub, Jones was heard by Pete King, a producer and artist for

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, who quickly signed him to the label. In August 1961, he recorded the ballad "Lollipops and Roses", which became a hit the following year. Jones' biggest pop hit was " Wives and Lovers", written by

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and

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. During the Kapp years, Jones 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'', ''

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'', ''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 the

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sound, lush romantic ballads, and the

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, although sometimes he recorded something more

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-, country-, or

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-oriented. For example, one of his biggest hits was "

" by

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ian George Jones (no relation). Besides the choice of material, he worked with such arrangers as

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, Marty Paich, Shorty Rogers, Jack Elliott, Ralph Carmichael, Bob Florence, and Don Costa.

RCA Victor and MGM years

Jones moved from Kapp (

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in the UK) to

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in 1967. His first album for the label was ''Without Her''. The following releases ''If You Ever Leave Me'', ''L.A. Break Down'', and ''Where Is Love'' were in roughly the same style of the Kapp records, but with a somewhat more contemporary vocal styling. After ''A Jack Jones Christmas'', he changed his musical direction and appearance from the smooth club entertainer of the 1960s

scene to the long-haired singer of the early 1970s. ''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

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, Paul Williams, Richard Carpenter,

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, and Gilbert O'Sullivan. Jack Jones 1960s publicity photo

The album ''Bread Winners'' (1972) was a tribute to the band

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, with eight songs written by David Gates and two by Jimmy Griffin and Robb Royer. Two more albums from this period were dedicated to two French songwriters: ''Jack Jones Sings Michel Legrand'' (to Michel Legrand, 1971) and ''Write Me a Love Song, Charlie'', featuring songs by

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(1974). ''The Full Life'' (1977) was produced by Jones and Bruce Johnston of

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; on this album, Jones recorded the Beach Boys classics "

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" and " Disney Girls". His last LP for RCA was ''With One More Look at You'' (1977), which includes a rendition of the

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hit " Dixie Chicken"; this performance later resurfaced on '' Golden Throats 2: More Celebrity Rock Oddities''. In 1979 he moved to

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, recording the album ''Nobody Does It Better'', which featured a

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version of " The Love Boat", the opening theme from the TV series of the same name, and his Grammy winner "Wives and Lovers". His second (and, due to its subsequent closure, his last) MGM album, ''Don't Stop Now'', featured duets with Maureen McGovern.

Recent work

Since 1980 he has recorded few albums and now performs in various concert arenas and occasionally appears on the supper-club circuit. He released the album ''Live at the London Palladium'' in 1995, recorded in London on the Emporio label. Jones has received recognition in

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, where many of his earlier records were released on CD. In 1982 he recorded an album for Applause Records, covering songs by

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, and

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. Jones released ''I Am a Singer'' in 1987 for USA Records, and in 1992 he recorded ''The Gershwin Album'' for

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, with songs written by

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and

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. In 1997 came ''New Jack Swing'' (Honest Entertainment), with big-band treatments of old standards and assorted pop/rock songs. 1999 saw the release of ''Jack Jones Paints a Tribute to

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'' (Honest Entertainment), which was nominated for

s for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance and Record of the Year. In March 2008 Jones celebrated his 70th birthday and a half-century in show business with a concert at the McCallum Theatre in

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. Guests included

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, and Marilyn Bergman. In 2010 he recorded an album focusing on the Bergmans' work called ''Love Makes the Changes''. He also released an album featuring new recordings of some of his original hits, titled ''Love Ballad''. In 2015 Jones released ''Seriously Frank (Celebrating the 100th Birthday of Frank Sinatra)'', with an orchestra arranged and conducted by Patrick Williams, with Dave Grusin on piano. The release was followed by a tour with dates in Los Angeles and the United Kingdom in 2016. Jones commenced his 80th Birthday Celebration Tour in 2018.

Film, television and theatre

Jones made his film debut in '' Juke Box Rhythm'' (1959) playing Riff Manton, a young singer who is involved romantically with a princess ( Jo Morrow). He sings three songs in the film. Jones acted in such minor films as '' The Comeback'' (1978), ''

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'' (1980), and '' Cruise of the Gods'' (2002). He had a humorous cameo in the film parody '' Airplane II: The Sequel'' (1982); as Robert Hays' character avoids searchlights while escaping captivity, the beams become a spotlight on Jones, performing a verse from '' The Love Boat'' theme. He became a staple on 1960s and 1970s variety shows, performing on '' The Dinah Shore Chevy Show'', ''

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'', '' The Andy Williams Show'', '' The Dick Cavett Show'', '' The Hollywood Palace'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Jerry Lewis Show'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Judy Garland Show'', ''

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'', '' The Jack Benny Program'', ''

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'', and '' The Morecambe and Wise Show'' in Britain. He twice hosted NBC's top-rated rock and roll series ''

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'', and was featured in two prime-time specials, ''Jack Jones on the Move'' (1966) and ''The Jack Jones Special'' (1974). He also appeared on the ''

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'' TV game show with Carol Lynley in 1964 and multiple times with Joan Fontaine in 1967. He provided the vocals to the theme song of '' Funny Face'', "''The Kind of Girl She Is''". When the show returned as ''The Sandy Duncan Show'', he was replaced by a chorus of unknown men and women. He also guest-starred in the 1960s series '' The Rat Patrol'' (season 2, episode 8, "The Do-Re-Mi Raid", where he performed "That Tiny World" in the role of PFC Roberts, a POW being held by the Germans), '' Police Woman'', '' McMillan & Wife'', '' The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries'', '' $weepstake$'', '' Match Game'', and '' Night Court''. He played himself in the episode "The Vegas Show" of '' It's a Living''. Jones sang the opening theme for the television series '' The Love Boat'' from 1977 through 1985, and also made several guest appearances on the show, including one with his father Allan. He promoted the

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automobile in the mid-1970s with the "It's the Talk of the Town" ad campaign. On 30th October, 1972 he appeared as a guest singer at the

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in front of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. In 1990, Jones recorded " Three Coins in the Fountain", which was used in the film '' Coins in the Fountain'' that year. He also appeared in the Chris Elliot television show '' Get a Life'' on Fox. In the 2000s-2010s, Jones has been active in musical theater, appearing in ''

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'', ''

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'', and others. During this period he embarked upon a critically acclaimed national tour performing

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in ''

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''. He also performed a song in an episode of ''

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''. In 2013, he appeared as himself as the nightclub singer in the film ''

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''. In 2014, he provided the voice of the frog, and sang several of the songs, including the theme song, for the Cartoon Network miniseries ''

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''.

Honors

Jones is a two-time Grammy award winner. In 2003, a Golden Palm Star on the

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, Walk of Stars was dedicated to Jones.

Personal life

Jones is the son of actor and singer Allan Jones and actress Irene Hervey. He has been married six times. In the second half of the 1960s, Jones had a well-publicized relationship with actress

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, and the two were briefly married. In the early 1970s, Jones married Gretchen Roberts. Subsequently, he was linked romantically to Susan George. From 1976 to 1982, he was married to Kathy Simmons. From 1982 to 2005, he was married to British-born Kim Ely, and they had a daughter, Nicole (born in 1991). Jones has another daughter, Crystal Thomas, from a former marriage to Lee Fuller. He lives with wife Eleonora in Indian Wells, California.

Discography

* ''This Love of Mine'' (Capitol, 1959) * ''Shall We Dance'' (Kapp, 1961) * ''Lollipops and Roses'' (Kapp, 1961) * ''Gift of Love'' (Kapp, 1962) * ''I've Got a Lot of Livin' to Do!'' (Kapp, 1962) * ''Call Me Irresponsible'' (Kapp, 1963) * ''Bewitched'' (Kapp, 1963) * ''Wives and Lovers'' (Kapp, 1963) * ''In Love'' (Capitol, 1964) * ''The Jack Jones Christmas Album'' (Kapp, 1964) * ''Where Love Has Gone'' (Kapp, 1964) * ''She Loves Me'' (Kapp, 1964) * ''Dear Heart'' (Kapp, 1965) * ''My Kind of Town'' (London, 1965) * ''There's Love & There's Love & There's Love'' (Kapp, 1965) * ''Songs of Love'' (London, 1965) * ''Jack Jones'' (Mocambo, 1965) * ''For the In Crowd'' (Kapp, 1965) * ''Jack Jones Sings'' (Kapp, 1966) * ''The Impossible Dream'' (Kapp, 1966) * ''We'll Be Together Again'' (Sears, 1966) * ''Our Song'' (Kapp, 1967) * ''Lady'' (Kapp, 1967) * ''Canciones Romanticas'' (Music Hall, 1967) * ''Without Her'' (RCA Victor 1967) * ''Where Is Love?'' (RCA Victor, 1968) * ''If You Ever Leave Me'' (RCA Victor, 1968) * ''What the World Needs Now Is Love!'' (Kapp, 1968) * ''Curtain Time'' (Kapp, 1968) * ''

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'' (RCA, 1968) * ''L. A. Break Down'' (RCA Victor, 1969) * ''A Jack Jones Christmas'' (RCA, 1969) * ''Love Story'' (RCA Victor, 1969) * ''A Time for Us'' (RCA 1969) * ''In Person at the Sands Las Vegas'' (RCA Victor, 1970) * ''Jack Jones Sings Michel Legrand'' (RCA Victor, 1971) * ''Bread Winners'' (RCA Victor, 1972) * ''A Song for You'' (RCA Victor, 1972) * ''Jack Jones in Hollywood'' (MCA, 1972) * ''Together'' (RCA Victor, 1973) * ''Christmas with Jack Jones'' (RCA Camden, 1973) * ''Harbour'' (RCA Victor, 1974) * ''What I Did for Love'' (RCA Victor, 1975) * ''Write Me a Love Song, Charlie'' (RCA Victor, 1975) * ''With One More Look at You'' (RCA Victor, 1977) * ''The Full Life'' (RCA Victor, 1977) * ''Nobody Does It Better'' (MGM, 1979) * ''Don't Stop Now'' (MGM, 1980) * ''I've Been Here All the Time'' (Polydor, 1980) * ''Jack Jones'' (Applause, 1982) * ''Fire & Rain'' (President, 1985) * ''I Am a Singer'' (USA Music, 1984) * ''The Gershwin Album'' (Columbia, 1992) * ''Chase the Rainbows'' (Object 1992) * ''Live at the Sands'' (LaserLight, 1993) * ''The Mood Is Love'' (Quicksilver, 1993) * ''New Jack Swing'' (Linn, 1997) * ''White Christmas'' (MCA, 1998) * ''Jack Jones Paints a Tribute to Tony Bennett'' (Honest, 1998) * ''The Wind Beneath My Wings'' (Castle Pulse, 2002)

Singles

Awards

References

External links

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Jack Jones endorsed website

Jack Jones Interview
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