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rogerballard

(3,839 posts) Thu Oct 24, 2024, 04:27 PM Oct 24

Jack Jones, "Wives and Lovers" and 'Love Boat' Theme Singer, Dies at 86

Source: Hollywood Reporter

Jack Jones, the silky Grammy-winning crooner who had hits with “Lollipops and Roses,” “Wives and Lovers” and “The Impossible Dream” before inviting TV viewers to set a course for adventure on The Love Boat, has died. He was 86.

Jones died Wednesday night at Eisenhower Medical in Rancho Mirage, California, after a two-year battle with leukemia, his stepdaughter Nicole Whitty told The Hollywood Reporter.

Read more: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/jack-jones-dead-love-boat-theme-1236044634/

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Jack Jones, "Wives and Lovers" and 'Love Boat' Theme Singer, Dies at 86 (Original Post) rogerballard Oct 24 OP

I'm trying to think if there are any more crooners from that group left BumRushDaShow Oct 24 #1

man, what a voice.... bahboo Oct 24 #2

:( 50 Shades Of Blue Oct 24 #3

I remember him doing commercials for Chrysler back in the late 70s and early 80s. Prof. Toru Tanaka Oct 24 #4

I always thought he was so handsome when I was a kid! kimbutgar Oct 24 #5

Great voice. I had a vinyl album or two back in oasis Oct 24 #6

The first time I heard of Jack Jones, f'REAL, f'real Montauk6 Oct 24 #7

That "Wives and Lovers" song, which I just cued up, shows how awful the early 1960s were in sexist thinking... NNadir Oct 24 #8

I agree, I listened to the words... rogerballard Oct 25 #9

I just read the lyrics to "Wives & Lovers." Jesus! Aristus Oct 25 #10

I know, I have always heard the melody rogerballard Oct 25 #11

didn't Dionne Warwick sing it too? Skittles Oct 25 #12

BumRushDaShow

(142,420 posts)

1. I'm trying to think if there are any more crooners from that group left

Reply to rogerballard (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2024, 04:42 PM

Oct 24

(there are a couple who are in the mid-80s still around)

Definitely R.I.P.

bahboo

(16,953 posts)

2. man, what a voice....

Reply to rogerballard (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2024, 05:35 PM

Oct 24

suave and smooth....

50 Shades Of Blue

(10,887 posts)

3. :(

Reply to rogerballard (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2024, 06:23 PM

Oct 24

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(2,298 posts)

4. I remember him doing commercials for Chrysler back in the late 70s and early 80s.

Reply to rogerballard (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2024, 06:32 PM

Oct 24

He had a great voice and was always dressed to the nines as he sang the praises to the Chrysler New Yorker.

kimbutgar

(23,283 posts)

5. I always thought he was so handsome when I was a kid!

Reply to rogerballard (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2024, 06:34 PM

Oct 24

RIP Jack Jones!

oasis

(51,705 posts)

6. Great voice. I had a vinyl album or two back in

Reply to rogerballard (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2024, 06:50 PM

Oct 24

the day. Rest in peace Jack Jones.

Montauk6

(8,630 posts)

7. The first time I heard of Jack Jones, f'REAL, f'real

Reply to rogerballard (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2024, 07:11 PM

Oct 24

He was a guest on America 2 Night, THEN I saw he was the singer of "Love Boat."

One of the greats indeed, RIP.

NNadir

(34,666 posts)

8. That "Wives and Lovers" song, which I just cued up, shows how awful the early 1960s were in sexist thinking...

Reply to rogerballard (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2024, 10:33 PM

Oct 24

...being acceptable.

Thank goodness we got past it.

rogerballard

(3,839 posts)

9. I agree, I listened to the words...

Reply to NNadir (Reply #8)

Fri Oct 25, 2024, 09:18 AM

Oct 25

and did not post that song. Instead I posted lollipops and roses. My parents had his LP's at home growing up in the 60's.

Aristus

(68,375 posts)

10. I just read the lyrics to "Wives & Lovers." Jesus!

Reply to rogerballard (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2024, 10:27 AM

Oct 25

What a deeply misogynistic shitshow.

People were singing his praises for singing this song?…

rogerballard

(3,839 posts)

11. I know, I have always heard the melody

Reply to Aristus (Reply #10)

Fri Oct 25, 2024, 10:33 AM

Oct 25

and not the lyrics, I was flabbergasted.

Skittles

(159,374 posts)

12. didn't Dionne Warwick sing it too?

Reply to Aristus (Reply #10)

Fri Oct 25, 2024, 06:26 PM

Oct 25

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