Spike Jones
Birthday: 1911-12-14 | Place of Birth: Long Beach, California, USALindley 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.
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Known For
Acting
Year
Title
Role
1988
The Spike Jones Story
as Self
1984
DTV: Golden Oldies
as Self
1957
Club Oasis
as Host
1954
Fireman Save My Child
as Lt. 'Mac' McGinty
1953
1952
The Spike Jones Show
as Self
1947
Ladies' Man
as Spike Jones - City Slicker Band Leader
