The RCA and MGM Years
Jones moved from Kapp (in the UK, London Records) to RCA Records in 1967. His first album in the new company was called Without Her. The following releases, If You Ever Leave Me, L.A. Break Down, and Where is Love were in roughly the same style of the Kapp records, but with a slightly more contemporary vocal styling. After A Jack Jones Christmas, he changed his musical direction and appearance from the smooth club entertainer of the 1960s Las Vegas scene to the long-haired singer of the early seventies. A Time For Us (1970) was one of the albums which marked his transition towards a middle of the road sound. Jones started to record more contemporary material, including covers of people like Randy Newman, Harry Nilsson, Carole King, Paul Williams, Richard Carpenter, Gordon Lightfoot, and Gilbert O'Sullivan.
The album Bread Winners (1972) was a tribute to Bread, with 8 songs written by David Gates and 2 by Jimmy Griffin and Robb Royer. Two of his more albums of that period were dedicated to two French songwriters: Jack Jones Sings (to Michel Legrand, 1971) and Write Me a Love Song, Charlie with songs by Charles Aznavour (1974).
The Full Life (1977) was produced by Jones and Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys; on this album, Jones recorded "Disney Girls" (Johnston's most well known song) and "God Only Knows", a Beach Boys classic. His last LP for RCA was With One More Look At You (1977). In 1979, he moved to MGM Records, recording the album Nobody Does it Better, which featured disco track "The Love Boat", a theme from the TV series of the same name, and his Grammy winner, "Wives and Lovers". His second (and last) MGM album, Don't Stop Now, featured duets with Maureen McGovern.
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