Spike Jones
December 14, 1911 (113 years old) in Long Beach, California, USA
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.
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Credits
- 1988 ·The Spike Jones Storyas Self
- 1984 ·DTV: Golden Oldiesas Self
- 1963 ·Burke's Lawas Duke of Epsom
- 1957 ·Club Oasisas Host
- 1956 ·The Dinah Shore Chevy Showas Self
- 1954 ·Fireman Save My Childas Lt. 'Mac' McGinty
- 1954 ·The Spike Jones Showas
- 1953 ·The Oscarsas Self
- 1953 ·Screen Snapshots: Spike Jones in Hollywoodas Self
- 1952 ·This Is Your Lifeas Self
- 1952 ·The Spike Jones Showas Self
- 1950 ·The Jack Benny Programas Spike Jones
- 1950 ·The Colgate Comedy Houras Self
- 1950 ·What's My Line?as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1948 ·The Ed Sullivan Showas Self
- 1947 ·Variety Girlas Spike Jones
- 1947 ·Ladies' Manas Spike Jones - City Slicker Band Leader
- 1946 ·Breakfast in Hollywoodas Spike Jones
- 1945 ·Bring on the Girlsas Himself
- 1944 ·Meet the Peopleas Spike Jones (uncredited)
- 1943 ·Thank Your Lucky Starsas Self
- 1942 ·Blacksmith Songas
- 1942 ·Pass the Biscuits, Mirandyas Lead Hillbilly in Flat Hat
- 1942 ·Clink! Clink! Another Drinkas Spike Jones