Jack Jones

Jack Jones – born John Jones in Los Angeles, California on January 14, 1938 – was a Grammy Award-winning crooner best known for his hits ‘Wives and Lovers” and “Lollipops and Roses” as well as singing the theme song to the popular American TV series The Love Boat (1977-1985). The son of singer / actor Allan Jones and actress Irene Hervey, Jack Jones studied drama and singing before he made his first professional performance when he joined his father’s live show in Las Vegas, Nevada. After recording several demos, he was signed to Capitol Records in 1959. After a few singles and one album – This Love of Mine (1959) – he left Capitol Records. He then signed to Kapp Records and released the single “Lollipops and Roses,” which was his first chart hit, reaching number 66 on Billboard’s Hot 100 and number 6 on the Adult Contemporary Singles chart. The recording earned him a Grammy Award for Best Solo Vocal Performance, Male. After charting with the “Call Me Irresponsible” single in 1963, he released his biggest hit, “Wives and Lovers,” which reached number 14 on the Hot 100 Singles chart. He won another Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance, Male for his recording of the song. His next big hit, “The Race is On” (1965) climbed to number 15. Although he scored a few more Top 40 hits – “The Impossible Dream (The Quest)” (1966) and “Lady” (1967) – Jack Jones didn’t score any more significant hits during his career. While signed to Kapp Records, he recorded 20 albums including Shall We Dance (1961), Call Me Irresponsible (1963), Bewitched (1963), Where Love Has Gone (1964), and The Impossible Dream (1966). Jack Jones continued to release singles and albums throughout the remainder of the 1960s and into the 1970s but had fallen out of the mainstream while continuing to have success in the adult contemporary market. Jack Jones also became a regular fixture on daytime TV in the ‘70s However, things changed when he performed the theme song to the hit TV series The Love Boat, which debuted in 1977. While his hit singles have gone on to become classics, The Love Boat turned him into a pop culture icon. In 1992, he had renewed success with an album of George & Ira Gershwin songs (The Gershwin Album), followed by a tribute album to Tony Bennett and, in 2010, made a further comeback with the album Love Makes the Changes. Jack Jones died on October 23, 2024, at the age of 86.

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