Jack Jones
b. John Allan Jones, 14 January 1938, Los Angeles, California, USA. A popular singer from the early 60s, Jones has one of the finest, and most versatile, light baritone voices in easy listening popular music. The son of actress Irene Hervey and actor/vocalist Allan Jones, Jack studied singing while still at high school. After graduation in 1957, he joined his father's act, making his first appearance at the Thunderbird Hotel, Las Vegas. He left after eight months, and worked in small clubs and lounges, even bowling alleys, and also appeared in the minor musical film Juke Box Rhythm. Jones was spotted, third on the bill in a San Francisco club, by arranger-conductor Pete King, who recommended him to Kapp Records. Shortly afterwards, Jones started a six-month stint in the US Air Force, and, during that time, recorded "Lollipops And Roses", which won him a Grammy in 1962 for Best Performance By A Male Singer. Cash Box magazine voted him Most Promising Vocalist in 1962 and 1963; he had a minor hit with "Call Me Irresponsible", and won another Grammy for "Wives And Lovers" (1964), which was also the title of a bestselling album, as was "Dear Heart", "The Impossible Dream" and "Lady". Other 60s chart successes, through until 1967, included "The Race Is On" and My Kind Of Town. Jones also sang the title songs for the movies Where Love Has Gone and Love With A Proper Stranger and the winning entry of the Golden Globe Awards, "Life Is What You Make It", from the film Kotch. In 1967 he switched from Kapp to RCA Records, and continued to make highly regarded albums, including Without Her, the first for his new label. He also appeared frequently on television with artists such as Jerry Lewis and Bob Hope, and was a part of Hope's troupe which entertained the US Forces in Vietnam in December 1965.
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Top Tracks
- Love Boat
- Wives and Lovers
- The Impossible Dream
- Shadow of Your Smile
- And I Love Her
Related Artists
- Andy Williams
- Bobby Darin
- Frank Sinatra
- Engelbert Humperdinck
- Gene Pitney
- Tony Bennett
- Dean Martin
- Johnny Mathis
- Sammy Davis, Jr.
- Frank Sinatra & Tommy Dorsey And His Orchestra
- Michael Buble
- Julio Iglesias
- Peggy Lee
- The Carpenters
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Nat King Cole
- Sammy Davis Jr.
- Elvis Presley
- Harry Connick, Jr.
- Louis Armstrong
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