Spike Jones

Spike Jones

  • Birthday: 1911-12-14
  • Deathday: 1965-05-01
  • Place of birth: Long Beach, California, USA
  • Also know as: Lindley 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 Depreciation Revue". Description above from the Wikipedia article Spike Jones, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Variety Girl

1947

As Spike Jones

Ladies' Man

1947

As Spike Jones - City Slicker Band Leader

Clink! Clink! Another Drink

1942

As Spike Jones

DTV: Golden Oldies

1984

As Himself

Bring on the Girls

1945

As Himself

Meet the People

1944

As Spike Jones (uncredited)

Fireman Save My Child

1954

As Lt. 'Mac' McGinty

Pass the Biscuits, Mirandy

1942

As Lead Hillbilly in Flat Hat

Breakfast in Hollywood

1946

As Spike Jones

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