- Father, with actress Irene Hervey, of pop singer Jack Jones.
- Ex-father-in-law of Jill St. John.
- He was closely associated with Rudolf Friml's "Donkey Serenade" and sang it over the composer's open grave at the burial ceremony in 1972.
- Was divorced by two of his wives on the grounds of "mental cruelty" (Irene Hervey) and "cruelty" (Marjorie Bull).
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6100 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
- As singer, most identified with his rendition of Rudolf Friml's "Donkey Serenade."
- Body was Cremated and Ashes given to family or friend.
- He has appeared in two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: A Night at the Opera (1935) and Show Boat (1936).
- Son, Ted Jones, with wife Marjorie Annette Bull.
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