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Jack Jones, Velvety Crooner Best Known for ‘Wives and Lovers’ and ‘The Love Boat’ Theme, Dies at 86
Jack Jones, the velvet-voiced crooner who had such hits as “Wives and Lovers," but may be best-known for singing "The Love Boat" theme, died at 86.
Jack Jones — the velvet-voiced crooner who had such hits as “Wives and Lovers” and “The Impossible Dream (The Quest),” but may be best-known today for singing TV’s The Love Boat theme — died on Wednesday at Eisenhower Medical in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Jones received a Grammy nod for best vocal performance, male for “The Impossible Dream,” the standout ballad from the Broadway musical Man of La Mancha. Earlier in the 1960s, Jones won two Grammys for best vocal performance, male for Tony Velona’s “Lollipops and Roses” and Burt Bacharach and Hal David’s “Wives and Lovers.”
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