Grammy-winning crooner Jack Jones, known for singing ‘The Love Boat’ theme song, dies at 86

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Jack Jones, a Grammy-winning crooner identified for “The Love Boat” tv present theme music, has died. He was 86.

Jones died Wednesday evening at a hospital in Rancho Mirage, California, after battling leukemia for greater than two years, based on an announcement from his supervisor, Milt Suchin.

Jones started his singing profession within the Fifties and within the Sixties received two Grammy Awards for finest vocal efficiency, one on the music “Lollipops And Roses” and one on the music “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 music rose to No. 37 on the Billboard U.S. Grownup Modern 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 Present,” 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 perpetually encourage us,” the submit mentioned. “Thanks for the recollections, Jack. Relaxation in peace.”