#20: The First Night Of The Full Moon by Jack Jones
City: Kingston, ON
Radio Station: CKWS
Peak Month: August 1964
Peak Position in Kingston ~ #9
Peak position in Vancouver ~ did not chart
Peak Position on Billboard Hot 100 ~ #59
YouTube: “The First Night Of The Full Moon”
Lyrics: “The First Night Of The Full Moon”
Jack Jones was born in 1938 in Hollywood. In 1957, he released his first single “Good Luck Good Buddy” on Capitol Records. Two four singles on Capitol in the late 50s failed to chart. Meanwhile, in 1959 Jones debuted in his first film getting top billing in the Columbia Pictures musical Juke Box Rhythm. In 1961, Jones was hired to perform at Facks nightclub in San Francisco after the owner heard Jones song “This Could Be The Start Of Something Big”. At Facks nightclub, Jones was heard by Pete King, a producer and artist for Kapp Records, who quickly signed him to the label. Jack Jones was still working at his ‘day job’ as a gas station attendant when his first album on Kapp was released. While washing a customer’s windshield, Jones was surprised to hear one of his cuts playing on the car radio. He could now legitimately hope that his work as a gas station attendant would soon be over.