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Spike Jones | |
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![]() Jones, c. 1945–46 | |
Born | Lindley Armstrong Jones December 14, 1911 Long Beach, California, U.S. |
Died | May 1, 1965 Beverly Hills, California, U.S. | (aged 53)
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Years active | 1930s | –1965
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Children | Spike 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".