Spike Jones
Bandleader, Musical Artist
1911 – 1965
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Who was Spike Jones?
Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones was an American musician and bandleader specializing in performing satirical arrangements of popular songs. Ballads and classical works receiving the Jones treatment would be punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells, and outlandish vocals. Through the 1940s and early 1950s, the band recorded under the title Spike Jones and his City Slickers and toured the United States and Canada under the title The Musical Depreciation Revue.
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- Born
- Dec 14, 1911
Long Beach - Also known as
- Lindley Armstrong Jones
- Jones, Spike
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- May 1, 1965
Beverly Hills
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on July 23, 2013
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