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Hi Jack, I just bought your "This Love Of Mine" album on vinyl, It's Great! I am a singer songwriter and I have a few songs I co-wrote with Ray Evans Roger Nichols, and Peggy Lee , I know you could really sing them well , my friend Mort Lindsey was most impressed with my songs , we did an Album together . I plan on maintaining my voice like you have done! you will always have strong true voice! Happiness & Harmony Sincerely, Mark
United States of America
Live for Life is still
One of the best songs ever done.
I Love Jack Jones
United States of America
Live for Life is still
One of the best songs ever done.
I Love Jack Jones
United States of America
Hello Just to say, I hope all well with you, your wife and all your family. Seems everything is opening up again, even though here in the UK cases are on the rise with the new variant. Still wearing our masks here if we go into shops transport etc. I am happy that you have someone else to occupy your mind although I find it strange,a bit extreme, please be wary my love, that's all I am saying. It is still freezing here, keep asking myself Why am I here? oh yes, You are why I am here. I will come one day and hopefully be able to talk to you, instead of just Looking at you and you're looking at me. Oh before I close, remember the note I gave you in Vegas, I signed it with my Christian name then I put my Equity singing name and lastly my surname in case you wondered. Nobody ever got my surname correct. Don't know why I am telling you this. So beloved you I will sign off. Take care I have never changed what you thought was the Known-Unknown. Be good my love to youxxxmoi
United Kingdom
Hi i do hope sincerely that all is well with you X
United Kingdom
Hello Jack,
Are you coming to Tampa/St Petersburg area anytime soon? Best wishes
United States of America
Hello dearest, I am only sending this verse. It comes from way back when. I was clearing out my music things and was going through some sheet music and this fell out, onto the floor. I wrote this the day after we all met up at The Caledonian Hotel.It is for you and called In My Dreams and beside the title in brackets (SF) I probably shouldn't send this, but I am, don't laugh at it. That's if you get it at all! Here we go. IN MY DREAMS WE ARE THE PERFECT LOVER'S NO ONE CAN TOUCH US THERE OR TRY TO BREAK US DOWN, NO PROBLEMS NO CARES, NO NEED FOR SADNESS OR DESPAIR, FOR WE BELONG, IN THE PERFECTION OF THE SPHERE. that is the 1st verse. so how you thought what you did I will never know. I had the melody too but can't remember it now.Glad you are having some life, music will always bring joy. Wish I could have that in my life but I'm actually not having any life, oh woe is me. Take care, stay safe and all your loved ones. ALWAYS YOUR'S V XXXXXXXXXXXHUGS GALOREXXXX
United Kingdom
Hello dearest, I am only sending this verse. It comes from way back when. I was clearing out my music things and was going through some sheet music and this fell out, onto the floor. I wrote this the day after we all met up at The Caledonian Hotel.It is for you and called In My Dreams and beside the title in brackets (SF) I probably shouldn't send this, but I am, don't laugh at it. That's if you get it at all! Here we go. IN MY DREAMS WE ARE THE PERFECT LOVER'S NO ONE CAN TOUCH US THERE OR TRY TO BREAK US DOWN, NO PROBLEMS NO CARES, NO NEED FOR SADNESS OR DESPAIR, FOR WE BELONG, IN THE PERFECTION OF THE SPHERE. that is the 1st verse. so how you thought what you did I will never know. I had the melody too but can't remember it now.Glad you are having some life, music will always bring joy. Wish I could have that in my life but I'm actually not having any life, oh woe is me. Take care, stay safe and all your loved ones. ALWAYS YOUR'S V XXXXXXXXXXXHUGS GALOREXXXX
United Kingdom
Hello dearest you, I am glad that you are ok, seeing these texts that were up last time I was writing to you. I phoned Irvine Barclay Theatre and they told me that you had cancelled the show due to the Covid scene. I know America spells theater this way. Well this is another fine mess the World is getting into.Why oh why, are the Humans such warring creatures, let's hope that this Ukraine situation will end soon in a civilized way and Putin does not press any buttons.Poor innocent people who have to suffer at the hands of Dictators. Well my issues seem insignificant but of course one still has to deal with them. I am at least happy that I can get your Video's up on Google Chrome and they keep me going. Please take care, I have missed you for decades , but you do not believe me, I feel that, I hope I am wrong. I love you. I was checking how far Palm Springs is from Vegas, good God it's 200 odd miles, I was shocked LA is closer, oh my goodness, this is a real challenge and then what?Better end off, a Great pity we got so muddled up and we missed the most beautiful thing ever. Love and xxxxx's always v.
United Kingdom
Hello My Darling, I can't write a lot as the last twice they have vanished. I do hope all is well with you. Stay strong my love. Send you all the love within me HugsxxxxxxxxxV
United Kingdom
Same as PhilT, I am also concerned about the cancellation of Jack’s upcoming gig in April. Hope this development is not health related. Does anyone have any information? Surprisingly, there’s been no explanation given to fans on the website.
United Kingdom
Jack was supposed to have a gig coming up in April,but I see it's been scrubbed from the site.
Does anyone know what happened? Hope his health is okay.
We love you, Jack!!
United States of America
Hello Dearest, Just wanted to say, hope you had a really good birthday, I sang Happy Birthday to you, as I have done over the past 48 years I do vary it though, sometimes I swing it etc., I even do my M.Monroe version. I haven't been able to sit at this laptop as I put my back out and it is very difficult to get into this space, that's what happens, when the flat is too small. I have been trying to fall out of love with you, but, it is not working, guess you are too embedded in my mind. So, my dear I am signing off and wishing you, happiness, health, stay safe, that goes for all your loved ones too. My best love always V.xxxxxxxxx's hugs xx
United Kingdom
Happy Birthday, Jack!
Love the new album-Please make more!!
United States of America
Happy Birthday, Jack!
United Kingdom
Hello Mon Cher, I managed, yet again to get this laptop working, I honestly don't know how. I just wanted to wish you a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR.I do hope it will be a better year for all the World and of course us and your family, I always include them. So many terrible things happening, personally I think the Planet has gone insane. You must take great care of yourself, I cannot be without you. Did you not know that I would lay my life down for you, then and now, I wish you had realized all these things, a long long time ago. I am always with you and in case I can't get this L/Top working again I shall be singing Happy Birthday to you on the 14th and wishing you many many many more, just make sure that happens. My best love and I'll be seeing you, one of these days Please God.I love you in a place where there's no place no time,forever yours moi hugs xxxxxxxxx's
United Kingdom
Hi,
I was just wondering if any footage exists of The Jack Jones Show from 1973 - 1977?
I am a fan of Mud and Pan's People and Lynsey De Paul who featured on the show, and my parents recorded episode 1.3 (from 3rd February 1974) on cassette but unfortunately it's been either lost or misplaced.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Dario
Australia
Hello Darling, A belated Happy Xmas to you and all the family. Hope you had a good time. I couldn't get into thia Laptop but have managed yet again without any knowledge of what the heck I am doing, how about that! I was out for dinner at my friend Jennifer's house for Xmas that wasa really nice change for me, instead of sitting all by myself in this place. I was really surprised last Wednesday when I was in Broughty Ferry checking out the shops, this man came over to me and said, 'you are Valerie d'Lindsay aren't you ! I replied, Yes I am. {That is my singing name} He said I used to come and listen to you at The Barracuda [Big Ballroom]That wasin 1975 and I had my mask on. How could anyone know me after all that time, of course if I had not been wearing the mask he may not have recognized me. I did a 6 month Residency there. He said he used to chat to me, well, I spoke to many people.I had just finished that gig when I came through to Edinburgh and we all met up in the Caledonian Hotel. I think that is amazing, don't you. Well I will have to jump a lot of hurdles to get to you, did your other women ever have to do this? So, my love shall end off now, think of you constantly and hoping you and all your family are staying safe. Keep strong a;ways keep singing. Hope I will be able to get into this again. I love you, miss you. Send hugs and xxxxxxxx's moi x
United Kingdom
I'm 55 and Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without Jack Jones.
My favorite Christmas album for the last 40 odd years. Thank you Jack.
Merry Christmas,
Don
United States of America
EVERY OTHER DAY I HAVE THE BLUES!
So let me start out by assuring followers of Jack's site that I do not profess to be a music critic! In fact, I don't consider myself to be an expert on anything at all except, well except perhaps, the things that 'I' like! And I like, no, I love, this latest album from Jack. And so, I guarantee, will any first-time listeners.
It's snappy, it's bouncy, infectious and contagious - a real toe-tapper...so please be careful when listening and driving!
I confess that it took Will Friedwald, who wrote the album's introduction, to educate me in that Blues music is 'slick, smooth and polished - his words. And this collection meets all of that criteria, with some subtle humour mixed in for good measure.
And Jack has negotiated this trip into 'fresh fields' with a casual ease. Unmistakable JJ interpretations, brilliant arrangements, plus a gathering of outstanding musicians, have resulted in another 'Jack Jones Signature' recording that rightfully belongs alongside his many other classic music contributions.
Many of the songs were new to me, but thanks to You-Tube, I was able to listen to prior recordings, some of them by the original artists. They are great, as is, but on the 'Every Other Day' album, each one has received the special JJ treatment!
And also, thanks to the wonders of the Internet, I have been able to read the lyrics of each song. In each, I detected a combination of smiles, giggles, and at times raucous laughter, in the composers' messages, and it's so apparent, when listening to the album, that Jack himself, had a lot of fun in putting this all together.
But....there's a couple of points I MUST mention:
'I Guess I Showed Her.' Now that particular track exposed for me some raw and painful nerves that I thought I'd long put behind. I really never expected to be reminded of those sad 'back-than' days. Days when I struggled, mostly in vain, to self-convince that I was the one 'Showing THEM!' When in reality, I was the one 'cutting off my nose to spite my face!' Ah, those lovely ladies; without ever looking back, each one breezed off to their 'Happy-Ever-After' life, leaving me, lonely and sad, with nothing else to do but sweep up the fragments of me broken heart! I GUESS I REALLY SHOWED THEM!
And then Keb Mo stuck it to me with his infernal 'Itch!'
Have you ever experienced, just now and again, a phrase or word, that sticks in your mind, that haunts and torments, and just will not go away?
So, the other week, I'm playing golf, and pretty poorly too. Things were not going well at all. And on the fourth hole, I scared a couple of windows with a horrific shank - and by the way, within the golfing community, that word is looked on as blasphemous! My do-over fared no better, and as the second ball sailed over a hedge to join the first in the landscaped flower-bed, in total shock, I blurted out: 'I Did The Same Damn Thing All Over Again!'
"What was that? questioned one of our foursome, as he scratched his head in puzzlement.
"Nothing in particular."
But then, a couple of holes later, two more atrocious shots and, '......did the same damn thing....'
To make matters worse, on the eighteenth green, when I badly stubbed two short putts, a tuneless, and very embarrassing refrain drifted across the fairways: "HE did the same damn thing all over again!"
That straw broke the camel's you know what! My friends tell me (I was too dazed to recall)that I was last seen scurrying off to the bar for a much needed drink!
That tune is now deeply embedded - it won't go away. I can't believe how leary, how careful I am these days. I'm so desperate not to repeat a mistake, not to blurt out something foolish -twice! Will it ever move along.......perhaps to someone else.....or do I need some professional help?
You know, I started out this piece, just wanting to chat, at this time of year, with some of Jack's friends, and pass onto them how great I think his latest album is.
Somehow, along the way, I reckon I took a left turn, instead of a right. And so I've wandered all around the houses, and peeped into every nook and cranny! Mebbee, instead of toe-tapping, I got carried away, and began finger-tapping across my keyboard. Or perhaps it that this has been such a crazy year, that things finally got to me.....and I cracked! But my lovely wife, Maureen, insists that the cracking occurred decades ago!
Whatever, at least I have managed to navigate my way back to the originally planned route. So my friends, I reiterate...Every Other Day is a fantastic album, one which all lovers of good music cannot fail to enjoy. There is still time to add it to your Christmas shopping list, and also, thanks to the very attractive Sloan Robinson sleeve design, you don't even need to wrap it - it will look just fine as is under any tree.
Yup, I know that I ramble on - but it's all in good fun.
On behalf of Maureen and myself, we wish all readers of Jack's website, a very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy, and hopefully, less turbulent 2022.
Alan London
Seal Beach
California
United States of America
