Spike Jones
American musician and bandleader
Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones was an American musician, bandleader and conductor specializing in spoof arrangements of popular songs and classical music. Ballads receiving the Jones treatment were punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells,... Wikipedia
Born: December 14, 1911, Long Beach, CA
Died: May 1, 1965 (age 53 years), Beverly Hills, CA
Genre: Holiday
Children: Leslie Ann Jones and Spike Jones, Jr.
Spouse: Helen Grayco (m. 1948–1965) and Patricia Middleton (m. 1935–1946)
Songs
My Two Front Teeth
Der Fuehrer's Face
Cocktails for Two
All I Want for Christmas
Tchaikovsky Medley
Trailer Annie
Come Josephine in My Flying Machine
What Is a Disk Jockey
All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
Old Macdonald Had a Farm
Hawaian War Chant
Never Hit Your Grandma With A Shovel
Water Lou
William Tell Overture
Horsey, Keep Your Tail Up
Der Fuehrer’s Face
Pass the Biscuits, Mirandy
That Old Black Magic
Holiday for Strings
Two Head Are Better Than One
Clink Clink Another Drink
Barnyard Christmas
You’re A Sap Mister Jap-- V: Boys In The Back Rooms
The Black and Blue Danube Waltz
Lulu Had a Baby
You Always Hurt the One You Love
Tiger Rag
Pack Up Your Troubles In Your Old Kit Bag
Little Bo-Peep Has Lost His Jeep
Dance of the Hours
Black Bottom
Yankee Doodler
Albums