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Jack Jones Dead: 'Wives and Lovers,' 'Love Boat' Theme Singer Was 86

Once pegged as an heir to Frank Sinatra, the son of Allan Jones and Irene Hervey also had hits with "Lollipops and Roses," "The Impossible Dream" and "Call Me Irresponsible."

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. His father, tenor Allan Jones, portrayed the romantic male lead in Show Boat(1936) and in the Marx Brothers’ A Night at the Opera(1935) and A Day at the Races(1937), and he managed a hit song of his own with “The Donkey Serenade.” After he found success a year later with “Call Me Irresponsible,” which Sinatra had recorded, Jones collected another Grammy in 1964 for “Wives and Lovers.” The bouncy Burt Bacharach- Hal David composition rose to No.

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