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.
As singer, most identified with his rendition of Rudolf Friml's "Donkey
Serenade."
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6100 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
Body was Cremated and Ashes given to family or friend.
Son, Ted Jones, with wife Marjorie Annette Bull.
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).