
Today's sharity is a greatest hits album by Jack Jones, one of my favorite singers. This was a "special priced 2-record set" released by MCA Records in 1977, although the songs were all recorded in the 1960s. What can I say about this album? I love every one of the songs, and Jack's smooth voice is absolutely dreamy! If I had to pick out just one as my favorite, it would have to be a tie between "Lollipops and Roses" (recorded on a very special day for me) and "Wives and Lovers" (I don't care if some people say it is sexist - I love it!). But this entire album is wonderful and a must have! Unfortunately, this is before Jack recorded the theme song for "The Love Boat", which I think needs to be included in a "best of" album. Enjoy this double album!
Track listing for Jack Jones - The Best of Jack Jones:
Side 1:
1. The Mood I'm In (recorded 12/17/63)
2. The Shadow Of Your Smile (recorded 4/1/66)
3. What Now My Love (recorded 4/18/66)
4. A Day In The Life Of A Fool (recorded 8/26/66)
5. I Will Wait For You (recorded 4/18/66)
6. Lollipops and Roses (recorded 8/21/61)
Side 2:
1. Call Me Irresponsible (recorded 2/5/63)
2. Yesterday (recorded 11/1/65)
3. Brother, Where Are You (recorded 12/2/66)
4. Dear Heart (recorded 4/10/65)
5. Lady (recorded 12/7/66)
6. People (recorded 7/8/64)
Side 3:
1. Wives and Lovers (recorded 8/13/63)
2. Strangers In The Night (recorded 4/4/66)
3. My Best Girl (recorded 4/4/66)
4. Alfie (recorded 4/1/66)
5. Our Song (recorded 7/19/67)
Side 4:
1. The Impossible Dream (recorded 4/4/66)
2. Somewhere, My Love (recorded 9/8/66)
3. Michelle (recorded 4/3/67)
4. After Today (recorded 4/3/67)
5. If You Go Away (recorded 1/5/67)
Here's a video clip of Jack singing "Lollipops and Roses" on the Judy Garland show - how dreamy!
8 comments:
Hi Esther,
I hope you Thanksgiving was great!
This is an excellent Jack Jones album. I enjoyed it very much. Vince
Hi, Vince!
Glad you liked it! Isn't Jack absolutely dreamy? The video gets my heart a-flutter.
Esther
Excellent share!
Thank you ;-)
Don't tell anyone, but I too love Jack Jones - I think his best years were in the 60's.
This is missing alot of essential songs by him:
A Lot Of Livin
She Loves Me
I Cant Believe Im Losing You
Live For Life
Girl Talk
The Race Is On
Charade
Once Upon A Time
I'll Get By
Emily
Toys In The Attic
You Better Go Now
Fly Me To The Moon
5. I Will Wait For You (recorded 4/18/66) - Thank You Thank You Thank You )))
It's a nice discovery that he sang the song "Our song" originally an italian song - "La Musica è Finita" by the great Italian diva Ornella Vanoni and also recorded by Robert Plant in 1967.
the mega upload link is not working... do you any other download links?
Hi, Jon,
I just tried the link and was able to get it successfully. Keep trying. Sometimes Megaupload is doing maintenance or files are "temporarily unavailable". That's the only link I have.
Thanks for visiting!
Esther
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