Spike Jones

Spike Jones
Jones, c. 1945–46
Born
Lindley Armstrong Jones

(1911-12-14)December 14, 1911
DiedMay 1, 1965(1965-05-01) (aged 53)
Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • musician
  • bandleader
  • conductor
  • actor
Years active1930s (1930s)–1965 (1965)
Spouses
Patricia Middleton
(m. 1935; div. 1946)
(m. 1949)
ChildrenSpike Jones Jr.
Leslie Ann Jones

Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (December 14, 1911 – May 1, 1965)[1] was an American musician, bandleader and conductor 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 they toured the United States and Canada as "The Musical Depreciation Revue".

  1. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 1319/20. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.