Spike Jones

Spike Jones

Acting
Born 1911-12-14 Long Beach, California, USA 7 credit(s) Popularity 0.4
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...
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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 Depreciation Revue". Description above from the Wikipedia article Spike Jones, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Burke's Law poster
Burke's Law
as Duke of Epsom
1963-09-20
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show poster
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956-10-05
The Oscars poster
The Oscars
as Self
1953-03-19
This Is Your Life poster
This Is Your Life
as Self
1952-10-01
The Jack Benny Program poster
The Jack Benny Program
as Spike Jones
1950-10-28
The Colgate Comedy Hour poster
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950-09-10
What's My Line? poster
What's My Line?
as Self
1950-02-02

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