Spike Jones & His City Slickers

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1941 – 1965 (24 years)
Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (1911–1965) was a popular musician and bandleader specialising in performing satirical arrangements of popular songs. Ballads and classical works receiving the Jones treatment would be punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells, and ridiculous vocals. Jones was born on the 14th December 1911 in Long Beach, California. He got his nickname by being so thin that he was compared to a railroad spike. At the age of eleven he got his first set of drums. As a teenager he played in bands that he formed himself. A railroad restaurant chef taught him… read more
Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (1911–1965) was a popular musician and bandleader specialising in performing satirical arrangements of popular songs. Ballads and classical works receiving the Jones treatment would be punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells, and ridiculous vocal… read more
Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (1911–1965) was a popular musician and bandleader specialising in performing satirical arrangements of popular songs. Ballads and classical works receiving the Jones treatment would be punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells, and ridiculous vocals. Jones was born on the 14th December 1911 in Long Beach, California. H… read more

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Top Tracks

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1 Play track The Jones Laughing Record Der Fuehrer's Face
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2 Play track The Wacky World of Spike Jones & His City Slickers Cocktails for Two
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3 Play track The Wacky World of Spike Jones & His City Slickers You Always Hurt the One You Love
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4 Christmas 100 All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)
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5 Play track The Wacky World of Spike Jones & His City Slickers Laura
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6 Play track Greatest hits William Tell Overture
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7 People Are Funnier Than Anybody!!!!!!!!! The Man on the Flying Trapeze
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8 Play track The Jones Laughing Record Hawaiian War Chant
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9 The Wacky World of Spike Jones & His City Slickers The Glow Worm
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10 The Jones Laughing Record Leave the Dishes in the Sink, Ma
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Albums

  1. 4,987 listeners

    31 Dec 1997 · 25 tracks

    The Jones Laughing Record
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  2. 2,457 listeners

    25 May 2010 · 24 tracks

    Greatest Hits
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  3. 1,895 listeners

    31 Dec 1997 · 25 tracks

    People Are Funnier Than Anybody!!!!!!!!!
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  4. 800 listeners

    1 Jan 2000 · 20 tracks

    Clink Clink Another Drink
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