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Jack Jones dead at 86
The popular singer known for such hits as "Call Me Irresponsible", the not-so-politically-correct (nowadays) "Wives and Lovers" as well as the voice of "The Love Boat" TV theme passed away Wednesday night after a two-year battle with leukemia.
Jack Jones Dead: 'Wives and Lovers,' 'Love Boat' Theme Singer Was 86
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His music would have made up a portion of CFRB's playlist.
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RIP Jack Jones.
Here's Jack Jones singing the Love Boat theme song:
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I believe Jack Jones was also host of CHCH's The Palace, a variety show that was taped at Hamilton Place 1979-80
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Centerline wrote:
I believe Jack Jones was also host of CHCH's The Palace, a variety show that was taped at Hamilton Place 1979-80
That would be correct.
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Jack Jones had 12 singles in the top ten US Adult Contemporary charts and 3 number one songs. Jack released 60 albums in his career. He also won 2 Grammy awards for best male vocalist.
Here is his 1979 album Nobody Does It Better which had a cover shot of Toronto's skyline behind Jack standing by a tree near the Toronto Islands..
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And let's not forget his father Allan Jones was the romantic lead in the Marx Brother's movie "A Night at the Opera."
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Funny how none of the obits I've read mention what I remember as one of his bigger hits in the Top 40 era, "The Race is On." I believe it made the CHUM Chart when most of that middle of the road stuff never did. The fact that it was only 1:47 didn't hurt.
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"The Race Is On" reached #20 on CHUM. The obit that Paul posted did make one reference to it, stating 'On the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, Jones scored nine top 10 singles, including three No. 1s — “The Race Is On” in 1965, “The Impossible Dream” in 1966 and “Lady” in 1967.'
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Jack Jones had 12 singles in the top ten US Adult Contemporary charts and 3 number one songs. Jack released 60 albums in his career. He also won 2 Grammy awards for best male vocalist.
Here is his 1979 album Nobody Does It Better which had a cover shot of Toronto's skyline behind Jack standing by a tree near the Toronto Islands..
It’s too bad they didn’t put more effort into most album covers back in the day, they were fairly bland as one can see here!
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"The Race Is On" reached #20 on CHUM. The obit that Paul posted did make one reference to it, stating 'On the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, Jones scored nine top 10 singles, including three No. 1s — “The Race Is On” in 1965, “The Impossible Dream” in 1966 and “Lady” in 1967.'
Of his 26 songs to chart on the Hot 100, the most successful were Wives & Lovers #14 and The Race Is On #15.