The Impossible Dream is the twenty-first studio album by American singer Jack Jones, released in 1966 by Kapp Records.
Background and content
After the success of his ballad cover of the song "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)", which reached No. 35 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 32 on Cashbox Top 100 Singles and No. 1 on the Easy Listening chart,[2] he recorded an album with the same name. The album consists entirely of cover songs, featuring many pop hits and songs from musicals.[3]
Critical reception
The album received a positive critical reception upon its release. Billboard believed that "This is Jones' most commercial and artistic effort, spotlighting his hit The Impossible Dream (The Quest)," the magazine also noted that Jones excels with his "sensitive reading" of 'The Shadow of Your Smile'. Adding that "...his fresh new swing version of 'You Better Go Now' and his wild jazz-flavored treatment of 'What Now My Love,' 'Strangers In The Night,' (the B-side of his hit song), and 'My Best Girl' from Mame are "standouts".[3] Cashbox magazine stated that "The melodious tones of Jack Jones should make this set, that is titled after and contains the chanter’s current chart climber “The Impossible Dream,” a major sales item", adding that "... with the total result being a session jammed packed with easy to listen to and enjoy sounds".[6] It was given a four-star rating by The Encyclopedia of Popular Music as well.[4]
The album debuted on the Billboard Top LP's chart on July 16, 1966, and peaked at number 9. It stayed on the chart for a total of sixty-six weeks[7] and is his highest-charting album in the US.[8] It debuted on the Cashbox Top 100 Albums chart in the issue dated July 16, 1966, remaining on the chart for 22 weeks and peaking at number 23.[9]
Track listing
Charts
References
- ^ "The Impossible Dream – Jack Jones". AllMusic. Netaktion, LLC. Retrieved February 15, 2026.
Overview, track listing, and credits for Jack Jones's 1966 album The Impossible Dream.
- ^ Dade, Dino-Ray (2024-10-24). "Jack Jones Dies: 'Love Boat' Theme Singer & 2‑Time Grammy Winner Was 86". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 2025-07-12.
Jack Jones, who sang the song "The Impossible Dream," died at 86 after battling leukemia.
- ^ a b "New Action LPs". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 1966-10-01. p. PT1. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 2025-07-12.
Jack Jones's album The Impossible Dream is listed among the "New Action LPs," indicating notable movement on the chart.
- ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 766. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ^ The Impossible Dream – Jack Jones (AllMusic). Archived at Web Archive.
- ^ Cashbox magazine, July 2, 1966. Album Reviews, page 184
- ^ "Jack Jones – The Impossible Dream (1966)". tsort.info. Tsort Music Information Archive. Retrieved 2025-07-12.
Chart performance and metadata for Jack Jones's 1966 album The Impossible Dream.
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums: 1955–1996. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 396. ISBN 0898201179.
- ^ a b Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 186. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.
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