Spike Jones & His City Slickers Lyrics

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 vocalsJones 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 how to use pots and pans, forks, knives, and spoons as musical instruments He frequently played in theatre pit orchestras In the 1930s he joined the Victor Young orche... read more