Spike Jones, American singer and bandleader (died 1965)

Spike Jones

American actor, comedian, musician, bandleader and conductor (1911–1965)

Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones 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,…