Spike Jones

Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (December 14, 1911 – May 1, 1965) was an American musician, bandleader and conductor specializing in spoof arrangements and satire of popular songs and classical music. Ballads receiving the Jones treatment were punctuated with various sound effects, including gunshots, whistles, cowbells, hiccups, burps, sneezes, animal sounds and outlandish and comedic vocals. Jones and his band recorded for RCA Victor 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".

Murdering the Classics - The Spike Jones Treatment - 2025-07-04T00:00:00.000000Z

Bottoms up! Songs of Good Cheer - 2024-12-13T00:00:00.000000Z

A Spooktacular in Screaming Sound! - 2014-05-19T00:00:00.000000Z

The Poet & The Peasant Volume 1 - 2011-04-26T00:00:00.000000Z

Spike Jones Goes Crazy - 2007-11-15T00:00:00.000000Z

Destroza los Clasicos - 2007-11-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Greatest Hits - 2007-10-02T00:00:00.000000Z

Digitally Spiked - 2007-07-24T00:00:00.000000Z

Jones, Spike: Spiking The Classics (1945-1950) - 2005-12-13T00:00:00.000000Z

Spike Jones, (Not) Your Standard Spike Jones Collection - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Straight Spike - No Bells - No Whistles - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Jones, Spike: Musical Depreciation With Spike Jones (1942-1950) - 2003-08-10T00:00:00.000000Z

Spike Jones In Stereo - 2003-08-05T00:00:00.000000Z

Spiked: The Music Of Spike Jones - 1994-04-12T00:00:00.000000Z

Best Of - 1967-07-29T00:00:00.000000Z

60 Years Of Music America Hates Best - 1960-06-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Omnibust - 1960-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Dinner Music For People Who Aren't Very Hungry - 1957-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Spike Jones Presents A Xmas Spectacular - 1956-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Laughs - 1943-12-23T00:00:00.000000Z

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