Jack Jones discography

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Jack Jones discography
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Studio albums61
Live albums3
Singles58

This is the discography of American pop singer Jack Jones. He started recording in 1957 for Capitol, and continued for various labels until his death in 2024. Jones is regarded as one of the most successful easy listening singers of the 1960s.

Contents

Overview

Jones' first single was released in 1957 under Capitol, but with no chart success. He continued recording, and in 1962 he received his breakout with the single "Lollipops and Roses", which peaked at No. 6 on the new Easy Listening chart. In 1963 he recorded his most successful single on the Hot 100, "Wives and Lovers", it reached No. 14. With that he released a commercially successful album of the same name. That year he won the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for his performance of the single.

His first single to top the Easy Listening chart was released in 1965, "The Race Is On", which also peaked at No. 15 on the Hot 100. The next year he had another single, which topped the chart, soon after that he recorded his most successful American album, The Impossible Dream , which peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Top LPs. He continued to record with chart success, eventually having four big easy listening hits by 1968. "If You Ever Leave Me" was his last single to enter the Hot 100, peaking at No. 92, and his 1969 album, A Time for Us was his last album to chart in the US.

Jones had some charting singles in the 1970s, all on the AC chart, his last charting single was the theme song for the American television series, The Love Boat , titled "Love Boat". In the 1970s Jones' albums charted only in the United Kingdom, with four top 10 hits there. His album Bread Winners reached No. 7 in the UK and was certified Gold by the BPI – his only album to do so. His last studio album is ArtWork, released in 2023.

Studio albums

1950–1960s

YearAlbumPeak positionsLabel
US
200

[1] [2]
US
CB

[3]
US
Christ.

[4]
1959This Love of Mine Capitol
1961Shall We Dance(With Billy May and His Orchestra) Kapp
Lollipops and Roses
1962Gift of Love
I've Got a Lot of Livin' to Do!
1963Call Me Irresponsible9833
Bewitched4319
Wives and Lovers1814
1964In LoveCapitol
The Jack Jones Christmas Album17Kapp
Where Love Has Gone22
She Loves Me43
1965Dear Heart1112
My Kind of Town2931 London
There's Love & There's Love & There's Love8671Kapp
Songs of LoveLondon
Jack JonesMocambo
1966For the "In" Crowd147Kapp
Jack Jones Sings 7537
The Impossible Dream 923
We'll Be Together AgainSears
1967Lady2328Kapp
Our Song 14871
Without Her14666 RCA Victor
1968What the World Needs Now Is Love!167Kapp
If You Ever Leave Me19860RCA Victor
Where Is Love?195
Curtain Time Kapp
1969L.A. Break DownRCA Victor
A Jack Jones Christmas
Love Story
A Time for Us183

1970s

YearAlbumPeak positionsLabelCertification
UK
[5]
1971Jack Jones Sings Michel Legrand RCA Victor
1972A Song for You9
Bread Winners 7 BPI:
Gold [6]
Jack Jones in HollywoodMCA
1973Together8RCA Victor
Christmas with Jack JonesRCA Camden
1974Harbour10RCA Victor
1975What I Did for Love
Write Me a Love Song, Charlie
1977With One More Look at You
The Full Life41
1979Nobody Does It Better MGM

1980s–2020s

YearAlbumPeak positionsLabel
UK
[5]
1980Don't Stop Now MGM
I've Been Here All the TimePolydor
1982Jack JonesApplause
1984I Am a SingerUSA Music
1985Fire & RainPresident
1992The Gershwin Album Columbia
Chase the RainbowsObject
1993The Mood Is LoveQuicksilver
1997New Jack SwingLinn
1998White ChristmasMCA
Jack Jones Paints a Tribute to Tony Bennett
[a]
Honest
2002The Wind Beneath My WingsCastle Pulse
2009I Never Had It So GoodCountry House
2010Love Makes the Changes –
The Lyrics of Alan and Marilyn Bergman
Aspen Records
2015Seriously Frank -
Celebrating the 100th Birthday of Frank Sinatra
2021Every Other Day I Have the BluesCavalry Productions
2023ArtWork
With Joey DeFrancesco

Live albums

TitleAlbum InformationPeak
position
US 200
In Person at the Sands Las Vegas
Live at the Sands
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: LaserLight
LP, reel-to-reel, CD
Live in Liverpool
  • Released: 2013
  • Label: Aspen Records
  • Formats: LP, reel-to-reel, CD
  • Recorded: Liverpool, UK

Singles

1950s

YearSingleChart positionsAlbum
US
[7]
1957"Baby, Come Home"
b/w "Good Luck, Good Buddy"
non-album track
1958"Come on Baby, Let's Go"
b/w "You Laugh"
This Love of Mine
1959"Make Room for the Joy"
b/w "When I Love I'll Love Forever"
non-album track

1960s

YearSingleChart positionsAlbum
US
BB

[7] [8]
US
CB

[9]
US
AC

[10]
CAN
RPM

[11]
CAN
AC

[12]
1961"Big Time"
(With Billy May and His Orchestra)

"She's My Darling, She's My Heart"
(With Billy May and His Orchestra)





Non-LP Tracks
1962"Lollipops and Roses"
"Julie"
66
42
6


Lollipops and Roses
"I've Got My Pride"
"That's Her Little Way"





Non-LP Tracks
"Gift of Love"
"Pick Up The Pieces"

108



Gift Of Love
"Poetry"
"Dreamin' All the Time"

110



1963"The Lonely Bull"
"La Paloma"





Non-LP Tracks
"Call Me Irresponsible"
"Love Song From "Mutiny On The Bounty" (Follow Me)"
75
62



Call Me Irresponsible
"Wives and Lovers"
"Toys in the Attic"
14
92
12
115
9


Wives and Lovers
1964"Love Is A Ticklish Affair"
"That's The Way I'll Come To You"





Non-LP Tracks
"Love with the Proper Stranger"
"The Mood I'm In"
62
59
17


Bewitched
"The First Night of the Full Moon"
"Far Away"
59
62
12


Non-LP Tracks
"Where Love Has Gone"
"The Lorelei"
62
69
12


Where Love Has Gone
"Dear Heart"
"Emily"
30
15
6

9
Dear Heart
"Lullaby For Christmas Eve"
"The Village Of St. Bernadette"





The Jack Jones Christmas Album
1965"The Race Is On"
"I Can't Believe I'm Losing You"
15
12
1
12
8
My Kind of Town
"Seein' the Right Love Go Wrong"
"Travellin' On"
46
132
41
9


"Just Yesterday"
"The True Picture"
73
134
83
109
5
27


For The "In" Crowd
"Love Bug"
"And I Love Her"
71
56
5

6
1966"The Weekend"
"Wildflower"
123
100
20


"A Very Precious Love"
"What's The Use?"





Non-LP Tracks
"The Impossible Dream (The Quest)"
"Strangers In The Night"
35
32
1
51

The Impossible Dream
"The Shining Sea"
"A Day in the Life of a Fool"

62

55

4

83

Jack Jones Sings
1967"Lady"
"Afraid To Love"
39
34
1


Lady
"I'm Indestructible"
"Afterthoughts"
81
84

19


What The World Needs Now Is Love!
"Now I Know"
"More and More"
73
74
3


Our Song
"Our Song"
"Michelle"
92
76
13


"Open for Business as Usual"
"The Mood I'm In"
130
104
26


Non-LP Tracks
"Live for Life"
"There Comes A Time"
99

9


"Oh How Much I Love You"
"Don't Give (Your Love Away)"

129



Our Song
1968"The Gypsies, the Jugglers and the Clowns"
"Brother Where Are You"

134



What The World Needs Now Is Love!
"People"
"Don't Rain On My Parade"





Curtain Time
"If You Ever Leave Me"
"Pretty"
92

5


If You Ever Leave Me
"Follow Me"
"Without Her"
117

20


Non-LP Tracks
"I Really Want to Know You"
"This World Is Yours"


15


"On My Word"
"The Way That I Live"



33


"L.A. Break Down (and Take Me In)"
"Love Story"
106

21


L.A. Break Down
1969"Sweet Child"
"The Last Seven Days"





A Time for Us
"It Only Takes A Moment"
"Once Upon A Time"





Non-LP Tracks

1970s–1980s

YearSingleChart positionsAlbum
US
AC

[10]
CAN
AC

[12]
1970"Sweet Changes"
b/w "I Wish We'd All Been Ready"
24Non-LP Tracks
"I Didn't Count on Love"
b/w "Does She Ever Think Of Me"
38
1971"Let Me Be the One"
b/w "Talk It Over In The Morning"
18A Song For You
"The Kind Of Girl She Is"
b/w "What Have They Done To The Moon"
Non-LP Tracks
1972"That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" (with Susan George)
b/w "London Isn't Smiling Anymore"
"If"
b/w "What Have They Done To The Moon"
Bread Winners
"Games of Magic"
b/w "Coming Apart"
1973"My Lonely Room"
b/w I Know That One
Together
1974"Fools in Love"
b/w Do Me Wrong, But Do Me
Harbour
"She Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
b/w "Write Me A Love Song Charlie"
45Write Me A Love Song Charlie
1975"What I Did for Love"
b/w "Don't Mention Love"
2523What I Did for Love
"She"
b/w "If That's The Way You Want It"
1976"Once In a While"
b/w "Send In The Clowns"
The Full Life
1977"With One More Look at You"
b/w "Try It Again"
2127With One More Look At You
"Dixie Chicken"
b/w "Belonging"
1979"I Could Have Been A Sailor"
b/w "Silver Lady"
Non-LP Tracks
1980"Love Boat Theme"
b/w "Ready To Take a Chance Again"
37Nobody Does It Better

Year-end charts

YearSingleRank
[b]
US AC
[13]
Hot 100
[13]
1965"The Race Is On"96
"Just Yesterday"22
"Seein' the Right Love Go Wrong"31
1966"The Impossible Dream (The Quest)"2
"A Day in a Life of a Fool"76
1967"Lady"3
"Now I Know"43

Notes

  1. The album didn't chart on the UK's Album Chart or in the US, but reached No. 17 on the UK Jazz & Blues Albums chart
  2. The year end lists, see Billboard December, (year end) issues for these rank positions

References

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