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

[rogerballard]

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/

[BumRushDaShow]

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

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

Definitely R.I.P.

[bahboo]

2. man, what a voice....

suave and smooth....

[50 Shades Of Blue]

3. :(

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

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

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

[kimbutgar]

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

RIP Jack Jones!

[oasis]

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

the day. Rest in peace Jack Jones.

[Montauk6]

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

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]

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

...being acceptable.

Thank goodness we got past it.

[rogerballard]

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

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]

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

What a deeply misogynistic shitshow.

People were singing his praises for singing this song?…

[rogerballard]

11. I know, I have always heard the melody

and not the lyrics, I was flabbergasted.

[Skittles]

12. didn't Dionne Warwick sing it too?