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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...
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  • Spike Jones (1911–1965) was an American bandleader and comic musician. Spike Jones may also refer to: Spike Jones (American football) (born 1947), punter...
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    Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones Jr. (born May 19, 1949) is an American television producer and director of award shows and live television events. He is...
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    her husband Spike Jones on The Spike Jones Show in the 1950s and the 1960s. She is also the mother of producer and Emmy recipient, Spike Jones, Jr. and Leslie...
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  • Spike Jones in Stereo (also known as Spike Jones in Hi-Fi and A Spooktacular in Screaming Sound) (1959) is a comedy album by musical-satirist Spike Jones...
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    The Spike Jones Show was the name of several separate American comedy and variety series that aired on NBC and CBS in the 1950s and 1960s. The series...
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    confirmed what was obvious—that Spike TV referred to Spike Lee." Spike Jones Jr., son of comic musician Spike Jones, became a party to the lawsuit as...
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  • Disliking his first name, he began to call himself "Spike" after hearing the band Spike Jones and his City Slickers on Radio Luxembourg. Milligan was...
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  • Look up Spike, spike, spikes, spiking, or spiky in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Spike, spikes, or spiking may refer to: The Spike (novel), a novel...
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  • Billboard Hot 100 in 1961. It was also popular in a parody version by Spike Jones. The song was performed by actor Ryan Gosling and featured prominently...
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  • son, Spike. Jones divided her time between Hawaii, France and Sydney, Australia. Her son with actor Alex O'Loughlin, Lion, was born in 2012. Jones and...
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    owner Mike Henderson gave him the nickname "Spike Jonze" in reference to the satirical bandleader Spike Jones. While in high school, Jonze was close friends...
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  • John Amos "Spike" Jones (born July 9, 1947) is a former American football punter who played eight years in the National Football League (NFL) mainly for...
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    on Rudy Vallée's radio programs and Kraft Music Hall. He later joined Spike Jones' City Slickers. In 1957, Weaver hosted his own NBC variety show The Doodles...
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    Hotel in Los Angeles. Among the musicians in the band were Ray Robbins, Spike Jones, and Leighton Noble. Born in Newport, Vermont, as George William Hamilton...
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  • a trumpet player and singer with various bands before starring with Spike Jones and His City Slickers. A man of large physical stature, Rock attended...
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  • the best known member of the quartet, co-founded City Slickers with Spike Jones, about the time his group The Feather Merchants split up. With the Foursome's...
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  • consonant sound in a few dozen languages scattered around the world. Spike Jones and His City Slickers used a "birdaphone" to create this sound on their...
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  • was directed by Jack Kinney and written by Joe Grant and Dick Huemer. Spike Jones released a version of Oliver Wallace's theme for the short before the...
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    the 1950s, he became a television actor, appearing regularly in the Spike Jones ensemble. In the early 1970s, he appeared often in a variety of roles...
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    scale is the comedic version by Spike Jones and his City Slickers released by RCA Victor in December 1945 as "Spike Jones presents for the Kiddies: The...
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  • Dinner Music for People Who Aren't Very Hungry (category Spike Jones albums)
    Who Aren't Very Hungry - Spike Jones Demonstrates Your Hi-Fi was the first long-playing release by comedic bandleader Spike Jones. Released in 1956 by Verve...
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  • series.[citation needed] Other appearances include roles on The Spike Jones Show (Jones was her uncle), The Twilight Zone ("The Bard"), The Mod Squad ("Outside...
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    sponsor I.D. announcer during season one) Featured on the 1959 Spike Jones album Spike Jones in Hi-Fi, A Spooktacular in Screaming Sound in recordings "Poisen...
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    Official website of the C-47 #43-15073 Episode 101 (MP3 6M) of Command Performance from 15 Jan 1944 includes a song about SNAFU by the Spike Jones band....
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    by wires, or replaced with lightweight dummies. Martin traveled with Spike Jones and His City Slickers and appeared on their television show in the early...
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    they might not have otherwise discovered, such as Harry McClintock, Spike Jones, Jimmy Durante, Benny Bell, Rusty Warren, Yogi Yorgesson, Nervous Norvus...
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  • him as well. His work with Spike Jones included singing "(I Was a) Teenage Brain Surgeon" for the 1959 album Spike Jones in Stereo. He sang the opening...
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  • a medley due to royalties issues. He acknowledged some influence of Spike Jones in the medleys, such as the sound effects. Four of Yankovic's polka medleys—"Hooked...
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    by Billy Jones, Billy Murray, Arthur Hall, Irving Kaufman, and others. It was recorded later by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra, Spike Jones & His City...
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