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Spike Jones was a popular musician and comedian during the 1940s and 1950s. He and his backing band “The City Slickers” employed a wide variety of zany vocals, household implements and shotguns to produce their wacky, yet musically intriguing tracks.

Reputed to have the most talented and highly-paid musicians of the day, Spike Jones and his musicians were considerably more than simply novelty performers. Much of their performances even included theatrics and musical athletics. Spike Jones was subtley avant-garde in that he deftly combined elements and master performers of pop, dance, early jazz, blues, country and folk music with genes as distant as opera and classical.

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1	Der Fuehrer's Face full track	63
2	Cocktails for Two full track	55
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4	William Tell Overture full track	30
6	The Sheik of Araby full track	20
7	All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)	18
8	Holiday for Strings full track	16
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TerraMortim wrote:
March 2009

Ulysses101: Yep. Zappa used to listen to lots of Spike Jones. Lots of Edgard Varese, Stravinksy and lots of do-wop as well.

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dasgroovemaster wrote:
January 2009

ha ha ha

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LondonLouis wrote:
December 2008

All the subtlety of a sledgehammer - but pretty funny. I think some of his tracks have been turning up on TV ads in recent years, which shows that his humour has staying power. Cocktails for two takes me back.

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bicknor wrote:
November 2008

Insane, but so very sane. Very good.

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kiachu wrote:
October 2008

I found some old Spike Jones records when I was a kid.... It explains a lot!

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Ulysses101 wrote:
September 2008

The prelude to Frank Zappa... Great Musician and little genius...

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Prayermad wrote:
July 2008

this is the man

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MikkoElo wrote:
March 2008

a few drinks and some groping to shangri

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Kebab_Holokaust wrote:
February 2008

love the william tell overture

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Danimod wrote:
January 2008

GOD! LOL

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KennaIsADroid wrote:
November 2007

Epic. Truly.

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KennaIsADroid wrote:
November 2007

Epic. Truly.

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pifflola wrote:
October 2007

;)

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Taxido wrote:
May 2007

great!!!

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Crutched wrote:
May 2007

I LOL HIM

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