Spike Jones

Spike Jones

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".

Birth and Death Data: Born December 14, 1911 (Long Beach), Died May 1, 1965 (Beverly Hills)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1937 - 1949

Roles Represented in DAHR: drums, leader, arranger, songwriter, washboard, vocalist

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Recordings (Results 51-75 of 117 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	D6VB-2025	10-in.	2/11/1946	Mother Goose medley	Dr. Horatio Q. Birdbath ; City Slickers ; Spike Jones	Animal sound effects, with vocal chorus and instrumental ensemble	leader, songwriter
Victor	D6VB-2026	10-in.	2/11/1946	The glow worm	Aileen Carlisle ; City Slickers ; Red Ingle ; Spike Jones	Female-male vocal duet, with vocal chorus and instrumental ensemble	leader, arranger
Victor	D6VB-2027	10-in.	2/11/1946	Old MacDonald had a farm	City Slickers ; Spike Jones	Vocal chorus, with instrumental ensemble	leader, songwriter
Victor	D6VB-2063	10-in.	5/6/1946	Jones polka	City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Mickey Katz	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	songwriter, leader
Victor	D6VB-2064	10-in.	5/6/1946	Laura	City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Other Orchestra [Spike Jones]	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo, sound effects, and comic interjections	leader
Victor	D6VB-2065	10-in.	5/6/1946	Minka	Spike Jones ; Other Orchestra [Spike Jones] ; George Rock	Jazz/dance band	leader
Victor	D6VB-2066	10-in.	5/6/1946	Lassus trombone	Spike Jones ; Eddie Kusby ; Other Orchestra [Spike Jones]	Jazz/dance band, with trombone solo	leader
Victor	D6VB-2067	10-in.	5/6/1946	When Yuba plays her rumba on the tuba	Spike Jones ; Other Orchestra [Spike Jones]	Jazz/dance band, with tuba solo	leader
Victor	D6VB-2163	10-in.	9/28/1946	The Jones laughing record	City Slickers ; Spike Jones	Laughter, with trombone and piano	leader
Victor	D6VB-2175	10-in.	10/7/1946	My pretty girl	City Slickers ; Spike Jones	Male vocal quartet, with jazz/dance band and whistling	leader
Victor	D7VB-0357	10-in.	3/24/1947	The man on the flying trapeze	City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Doodles Weaver	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	leader, arranger
Victor	D7VB-0455	10-in.	2/10/1947	Love in bloom	City Slickers ; Spike Jones	Chorus, with instrumental ensemble	leader
Victor	D7VB-0456	10-in.	2/10/1947	Blowing bubble gum	City Slickers ; Spike Jones	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	leader
Victor	D7VB-0457	10-in.	2/11/1947	Ugga ugga boo ugga boo boo ugga	Ding Bell ; City Slickers ; Spike Jones	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	leader
Victor	D7VB-1113	10-in.	10/30/1947	Down in jungle town	City Slickers ; Head Hunters ; Spike Jones ; Paul Judson ; Freddy Morgan	Male vocal duet, with vocal group and instrumental ensemble	leader
Victor	D7VB-1140	10-in.	11/5/1947	People are funnier than anybody	City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Dick Morgan ; Freddy Morgan	Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, drums, washboard
Victor	D7VB-1163	10-in.	11/13/1947	I'm getting sentimental over you	Barefooted Pennsylvanians ; City Slickers ; Spike Jones	Male vocal trio, with instrumental ensemble	leader
Victor	D7VB-1303	10-in.	7/15/1947	Pop corn sack	City Slickers ; Spike Jones	Male vocal ensemble, with comic dialogue and instrumental ensemble	leader
Victor	D7VB-1304	10-in.	7/15/1947	Our hour (the puppy love song)	City Slickers ; Spike Jones	Vocal ensemble, with instrumental ensemble, sound effects, and vocal solos	leader
Victor	D7VB-1367	10-in.	10/7/1947	My old flame	City Slickers ; Paul Frees ; Spike Jones ; Paul Judson	Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble	leader
Victor	D7VB-1368	10-in.	10/7/1947	William Tell overture	City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Doodles Weaver	Comic monologue with instrumental ensemble and sound effects	arranger, leader
Victor	D7VB-2341	10-in.	12/4/1947	I kiss your hand madame	Ben Ghost Singers ; City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; Paul Judson	Male vocal solo, with vocal group and instrumental ensemble	leader
Victor	D7VB-2342	10-in.	12/4/1947	All I want for Christmas (is my two front teeth)	City Slickers ; Spike Jones ; George Rock	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	leader
Victor	D7VB-2409	10-in.	12/23/1947	Happy New Year	City Slickers ; Spike Jones	Instrumental ensemble, with vocal refrain	leader, vocalist, arranger
Victor	D9VB-0501	10-in.	1/6/1949	MacNamara's band	City Slickers ; I. W. Harper and the Four Fifths ; Spike Jones	Male vocal group with jazz/dance band	leader

(Results 51-75 of 117 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Jones, Spike," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104407.

Jones, Spike. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104407.

"Jones, Spike." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 2024.