Acting
Spike Jones
1911-1965
Known for Thank Your Lucky Stars, Clink! Clink! Another Drink, Fireman Save My Child.
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Born12/14/1911
Died05/01/1965
AgeDied at 53
BirthplaceLong Beach, California, USA
DepartmentActing
Also known asLindley Jones, Spike Jones and His Orchestra
Biography
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".
