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Jack Jones (born January 14, 1938) is an American jazz and pop singer. He was one of the most popular vocalists of the 1960s.

He was rated highly by Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland called him the best jazz singer in the world, although Jones was always a straight pop singer (even when he recorded contemporary material) and rarely ventured in the direction of jazz. Jones won two Grammy Awards. He performs concerts around the world and remains popular in Las Vegas. Some of his best-known songs are "Impossible", "I Can't Believe I'm Losing You," "L.A. Break Down," "The Way That I Live," "Wives And Lovers" (1964 Grammy Award, Best Pop Male Performance)," "The Race Is On," "Lollipops and Roses" (1962, Grammy Award, Best Pop Male Performance), "The Impossible Dream", "Lady," "What I Did for Love", and "The Love Boat Theme". He recorded "Strangers in the Night" before Sinatra did.

Towards the end of the 1960s, Jones moved from London Records (in the UK, Kapp Records in the U.S.), to RCA Records. Jones continued his success, as he continued to rack up hit albums. Jones stayed with RCA until the eighties, at which time he had changed his appearance from the smooth club entertainer of the 1960s' Las Vegas scene to the longhaired singer of the early seventies. In 1979, he moved to MGM Records, recording the album Nobody Does it Bette, which featured disco tracks of The Love Boat theme and his Grammy winner, "Wives and Lovers". His second MGM album, Don't Stop Now, featured duets with Maureen McGovern. It was Jones' last album with MGM. Since 1980, he has recorded only a handful of albums, and now performs in various concert arenas and occasionally appears on the supper-club circuit.

Jones has acted in such minor films asThe Comeback and feature length British TV comedy, Cruise of the Gods. In the latter, he starred alongside comedy writers/actors Steve Coogan, David Walliams and Rob Brydon.

Jones was born John Allan Jones in Hollywood, California as the only son of actors Allan Jones and Irene Hervey. Jones had a well-publicized relationship with actress Jill St. John and the two were briefly married.

• "Lollipops and Roses," 1962, US #66
• "Call Me Irresponsible," 1963, US #75
• "Wives and Lovers" / "Toys in the Attic," 1963, US #14 / #92
• "Love With the Proper Stranger," 1964, US #62
• "The First Night of the Full Moon," 1964, US #59
• "Where Love Has Gone," 1964, US #62
• "Dear Heart," 1964, US #30
• "The Race Is On," 1965, US #15 (Adult Contemporary #1)
• "Seein' the Right Love Go Wrong," 1965, US #46
• "Just Yesterday," 1965, US #73
• "Love Bug," 1965, US #71
• "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)," 1966, US #35 (Adult Contemporary #1)
• "A Day In the Life of a Fool," 1966, US #62
• "Lady," 1967, US #39 (Adult Contemporary #1)
• "I'm Indestructible," 1967, US #81
• "Now I Know," 1967, US #73
• "Our Song," 1967, US #92
• "Live for Life," 1967, US #99
• "If You Ever Leave Me," 1968, US #92

Jones had 32 hits on the US Adult Contemporary chart from "Lollipops and Roses" (#12) in 1962 to "The Love Boat Theme" (#37) in 1980; twelve of those singles made the top ten. He also "Bubbled Under" the Hot 100 with singles such as "Follow Me" (#117) and "L.A. Break Down" (#106).

• Jack Jones Official Site
• Jack Jones Endorsed Site
• Interview with Jack Jones