John Allan Jones (born January 14, 1938) known professionally as Jack Jones, is an American actor and jazz and pop singer, popular during the 1960s. He is the son of actor Allan Jones.
Jones was primarily a straight-pop singer (even when he recorded contemporary material) whose ventures in the direction of jazz were mostly of the big band/swing variety. Jones has won two Grammy Awards.
He continues to perform concerts around the world and remains popular in Las Vegas. Jones is widely known for his recordings of "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", "Call Me Irresponsible", "Lady", and "The Love Boat Theme". He was also the voice of Greg's frog in the 2014 animated television miniseries Over the Garden Wall.
John Allan Jones, the son of actors Allan Jones and Irene Hervey, was born in Los Angeles on the night his father recorded his signature song "Donkey Serenade", causing him to say that he was "practically born in a trunk". The young Jones attended University High School in West Los Angeles and studied drama and singing.
| Year |
Single |
Chart positions |
| US |
CB |
US – AC |
| 1962 |
"Lollipops and Roses" |
66 |
42 |
6 |
| "Gift of Love" |
- |
108 |
- |
| "Poetry" |
- |
110 |
- |
| 1963 |
"Call Me Irresponsible" |
75 |
62 |
| "Wives and Lovers" |
14 |
12 |
9 |
| "Toys in the Attic" |
92 |
115 |
| 1964 |
"Love with the Proper Stranger" |
62 |
59 |
17 |
| "The First Night of the Full Moon" |
59 |
62 |
12 |
| "Where Love Has Gone" |
62 |
69 |
12 |
| "Dear Heart" |
30 |
15 |
6 |
| 1965 |
"The Race Is On" |
15 |
12 |
1 |
| "Seein' the Right Love Go Wrong" |
46 |
41 |
9 |
| "Travellin' On" |
132 |
- |
- |
| "Just Yesterday" |
73 |
83 |
5 |
| "The True Picture" |
134 |
109 |
27 |
| "Love Bug" |
71 |
56 |
5 |
| 1966 |
"The Weekend" |
123 |
100 |
20 |
| "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" |
35 |
32 |
1 |
| "A Day in the Life of a Fool" |
62 |
55 |
4 |
| 1967 |
"Lady" |
39 |
34 |
1 |
| "I'm Indestructible" |
81 |
84 |
- |
| "Afterthoughts" |
- |
- |
19 |
| "Now I Know" |
73 |
74 |
3 |
| "Our Song" |
92 |
76 |
13 |
| "Open for Business as Usual" |
130 |
104 |
26 |
| "Live for Life" |
99 |
- |
9 |
| "Oh How Much I Love You" |
- |
129 |
- |
| 1968 |
"The Gypsies, the Jugglers and the Clowns" |
- |
134 |
- |
| "If You Ever Leave Me" |
92 |
- |
5 |
| "Follow Me" |
117 |
- |
20 |
| "I Really Want to Know You" |
- |
- |
15 |
| "The Way That I Live" |
- |
- |
33 |
| "L.A. Break Down (and Take Me In)" |
106 |
- |
21 |
| 1970 |
"Sweet Changes" |
- |
- |
24 |
| "I Didn't Count on Love" |
- |
- |
38 |
| 1971 |
"Let Me Be the One" |
- |
- |
18 |
| 1972 |
"Games of Magic" |
- |
- |
- |
| 1974 |
"She Doesn't Live Here Anymore" |
- |
- |
45 |
| 1975 |
"What I Did for Love" |
- |
- |
25 |
| 1977 |
"With One More Look at You" |
- |
- |
21 |
| 1980 |
"Love Boat Theme" |
- |
- |
37 |
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