Spike Jones
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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.
Known for
Credits
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
as Self
Bring on the Girls (1945)
as Spike Jones
Fireman Save My Child (1954)
as Lt. 'Mac' McGinty
Variety Girl (1947)
as Spike Jones
Meet the People (1944)
as Spike Jones (uncredited)
Breakfast in Hollywood (1946)
as Spike Jones
The Spike Jones Story (1988)
as Self
Ladies' Man (1947)
as Spike Jones - City Slicker Band Leader
The Spike Jones Show (1952)
as Self
DTV: Golden Oldies (1984)
as Self
Screen Snapshots: Spike Jones in Hollywood (1953)
as Self