Jack Jones (singer)

Jack Jones (born John Allan Jones in January 14, 1938) is an American jazz and pop singer.

He was born in Hollywood, California, as the only son of actors Allan Jones and Irene Hervey. He was considered to be one of the major singers of his time by Frank Sinatra. As a two-time Grammy Awards winner, Jones remains popular in Las Vegas and performs in hotels and in concerts around the world.

Some of his best-known songs included "Wives And Lovers" (now considered seriously non-PC), "Call Me Irresponsible", "Lollipops And Roses", "If", "What I Did for Love", "Dear Heart", "The Impossible Dream", "Lady" and "The Love Boat Theme".

Jones had a well-publicised relationship with the actress, Susan George. He was married briefly to actress Jill St. John.


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John. He continues to work on screen, most recently in Wondrous Oblivion (2003). Jones had a well-publicised relationship with the actress, Susan George. He was married briefly to actress Jill St. Among the films he has starred in have been Barry Sonnenfeld's Get Shorty, Clockers, Feeling Minnesota, and as the baseball player Satchel Paige in Black and White (1996). Some of his best-known songs included "Wives And Lovers" (now considered seriously non-PC), "Call Me Irresponsible", "Lollipops And Roses", "If", "What I Did for Love", "Dear Heart", "The Impossible Dream", "Lady" and "The Love Boat Theme". It was director Spike Lee who provided the boost Lindo's career needed, even though he had turned down a role in Do the Right Thing to act alongside Rutger Hauer and Joan Chen in the cult sci-fi movie Salute of the Jugger (1990), and cast him as Woody Carmichael in the comedy Crooklyn (1994). As a two-time Grammy Awards winner, Jones remains popular in Las Vegas and performs in hotels and in concerts around the world. In 1982, he debuted on Broadway in Master Harold and the Boys directed by the play's author Athol Fugard and by 1988, Lindo earned a Tony nomination for his portayal of Harald Loomis in Joe Turner's Come and Gone.

He was considered to be one of the major singers of his time by Frank Sinatra. His movie debut came in 1976 with the British comedy Find the Lady (1976) followed by two other roles in films such as that of an Army sergeant in More American Graffitti (1979) when he quit acting for 10 years to concentrate on theatre production. He was born in Hollywood, California, as the only son of actors Allan Jones and Irene Hervey. where Lindo would graduate from the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Jack Jones (born John Allan Jones in January 14, 1938) is an American jazz and pop singer. As a teenager he and his mother moved to Toronto, Canada and by the 1970s they had moved to the U.S. The son of Jamaican immigrant parents, Lindo was born and raised in Lewisham, England, where at age 5 on the strength of the nativity plays he appeared in became a stage actor.

Delroy Lindo (born November 18, 1952, Eltham, London, England, UK) is a British born, American actor. Wondrous Oblivion (2003). The Core (2003). Cider House Rules (1999).

A Life Less Ordinary (1997). Black and White (1996). Get Shorty (1996). Malcolm X (1992).

Salute of the Jugger (1990). More American Graffitti (1979). Find the Lady (1976).