Jack Jones, a Grammy-winning crooner identified for “The Love Boat” tv present theme tune, has died. He was 86.
Jones died Wednesday evening at a hospital in Rancho Mirage, California, after battling leukemia for greater than two years, in response to a press release from his supervisor, Milt Suchin.
Jones started his singing profession within the Nineteen Fifties and within the Nineteen Sixties received two Grammy Awards for finest vocal efficiency, one on the tune “Lollipops And Roses” and one on the song “Wives and Lovers.”
He was nominated for a number of different Grammys in later years, together with for the album “Jack Jones Paints A Tribute To Tony Bennett” in 1999.
In 1980, his “Love Boat” tv present theme tune rose to No. 37 on the Billboard U.S. Adult Contemporary songs chart. Jones was additionally a frequent visitor on the favored romantic comedy present through which visitor stars, starting from Gene Kelly to Janet Jackson, would come aboard for a cruise and fall in love with each other.
A social media account for “The Ed Sullivan Show,” an American tv selection present that aired for many years, posted on X on Thursday that Jones lit up the present with clean vocals and unforgettable performances.
“His music will forever inspire us,” the put up stated. “Thank you for the memories, Jack. Rest in peace.”
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