A Son of the Rock

Late era crooner Jack Jones died recently. He was an easy listening fixture on British TV in the late 60s and early 70s but he never had a UK hit as far as I recall.

His style of singing wasn’t to my taste in those far off years but I do remember reading (or was it on a chat show?) that when he started out his agent – or his manager – asked him if he’d ever been in love and he said “No.” “Too bad,” was the reply, since it would make him a more expressive singer of love songs.

Some time later Jones informed his agent he had finally fallen in love. To which the agent replied, “Now, if only she’d leave you.”

This is a reasonably typical example of Jones’s œuvre at that time.

Jack Jones: Wives and Lovers

The following, however, might be more familiar to those relatively younger than me.

Jack Jones: Love Boat Theme

John Allan (Jack) Jones: 14/1/1938 –23/10/2024. So it goes.