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Spike Jones

1911 - 1965

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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". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Spike Jones is the 1,321st most popular composer (down from 1,296th in 2024), the 10,178th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,946th in 2019) and the 106th most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Spike Jones ranks 1,321 out of 1,451. Before him are Humphrey Searle, Thanos Mikroutsikos, Christopher Young, Morten Lauridsen, John Debney, and Paul Le Flem. After him are Artur Lemba, Arturo Rodas, Thomas Bergersen, Claude Vivier, Steve Jablonsky, and David Arnold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Spike Jones ranks 363. Before him are Kristina Brenk, Ludwig Schuberth, Zheng Junli, Yaşar Erkan, Johan van Hulst, and Marie Kraja. After him are Nino Borsari, Jean Brichaut, József Moravetz, Stephen McNally, Betty Nuthall, and Terence Rattigan. Among people deceased in 1965, Spike Jones ranks 212. Before him are Ingrid Jonker, Ludwig Wrede, Søren Marinus Jensen, Chris Berger, Óscar Cristi, and Hugh Latimer Dryden. After him are Samuel King Allison, Gilbert Colgate, Frances Perkins, Halvdan Koht, Ray Collins, and David Smith.

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Spike Jones ranks 106. Before him are Horatio Parker (1863), David Raksin (1912), Harry Warren (1893), Christopher Young (1958), Morten Lauridsen (1943), and John Debney (1956). After him are Steve Jablonsky (1970), Howard Hanson (1896), Bruce Broughton (1945), Vincent Persichetti (1915), David Del Tredici (1937), and Mark Mancina (1957).

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