Spike Jones
Biography
Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (December 14, 1911 – May 1, 1965) was an American musician and bandleader specializing in spoof arrangements of popular songs and classical music. Ballads receiving the Jones treatment were punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells, hiccups, burps, and outlandish and comedic vocals. Jones and his band recorded under the title Spike Jones and His City Slickers from the early 1940s to the mid-1950s, and toured the United States and Canada as "The Musical Deprecia...
Also Known As
Lindley Jones, Spike Jones and His Orchestra
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Spike Jones's Movies
Thank Your Lucky Stars
25 Sept 1943
Variety Girl
29 Aug 1947
Bring on the Girls
30 Mar 1945
Meet the People
01 Jun 1944
Breakfast in Hollywood
26 Feb 1946
Clink! Clink! Another Drink
01 Jan 1942
Fireman Save My Child
02 May 1954
Pass the Biscuits, Mirandy
27 May 1942
The Spike Jones Story
01 Jan 1988
Blacksmith Song
24 Aug 1942
The Spike Jones Show
03 Feb 1952
Ladies' Man
07 Feb 1947
DTV: Golden Oldies
01 Sept 1984
Screen Snapshots: Spike Jones in Hollywood
22 Jan 1953
Spike Jones's TV Shows
The Oscars
19 Mar 1953
What's My Line?
02 Feb 1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
20 Jun 1948
The Jack Benny Program
28 Oct 1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
10 Sept 1950
This Is Your Life
01 Oct 1952
Burke's Law
20 Sept 1963
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
05 Oct 1956
The Spike Jones Show
02 Jan 1954
Club Oasis
28 Sept 1957