Posted on 10/24/2024 1:17:42 PM PDT by DFG
Grammy-award winning Jack Jones, who sang the iconic Love Boat theme song, has died at age 86.
The singer and actor passed Wednesday night, his family announced, according to KESQ.
In addition to the Love Boat theme song, Jones has also released the popular tracks Wives and Lovers and Lollipops and Roses.
Jones earned two Grammy awards during his career and made frequent appearance on variety shows throughout the 60s and 70s, according to KESQ.
On top of singing, Jones was also an actor with credits in 1982's Airplane II: The Sequel and 2013's American Hustle.
A long time resident of the Coachella Valley, Jones received a star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars in 2003.
'Because of The Love Boat theme, everything was great on ships after that,' he told Las Vegas Magazine during a 2016 interview. 'I did six weeks a year. They gave me the best suite on the ship, and it was the S.S. Norway. We just had a great time.'
Showbusiness ran in Jones' blood - his mother Irene Hervey was an actress with decades of film and TV experience, according to The Hollywood Reporter. She was even nominated for an Emmy.
Jones' father, Allan Jones, was also an actor and singer behind the track The Donkey Serenade.
The Love Boat song was released as a single by Jones in 1979, according to THR.
And the singer didn't mind poking fun at the love song from time to time - in Airplane II: The Sequel, he briefly appeared as a lounge singer performing the track.
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FRED GRANDY was in the House of Rep’s from IOWA, IIRC.
I think you can go on Youtube and see a Judy Garland Christmas Special, and the talent was Jack Jones, singer, and Tracy Everitt, dancer.
It is such a stark contrast today. Jack sang beautifully and dressed sharp, looked like a million bucks, same for Tracy Everitt. Tracy was incredible. Nothing to distract from their pure talent. No tattoos. No nose rings, no sunglasses worn the whole time with a scowl on their face, no clothes you would not even wear to clean out your garage. No sampled music that looped. Pure musicians and dancers. The public of 2020’s are getting ripped off.
Keep wishing we’d ‘go back’ or ‘get a clue’ out there.
When I’m cooking and talent like his comes on it so cheers me up.
The noise they call ‘great’ these days is bewildering to me, can they not discern good from bad?
Lawrance Welk and the crew are still rocking it on PBS Saturdays & Sundays.
I think Jack Jones is pictured with these women....
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