Spike Jones

Lindley Armstrong Spike Jones December 14 1911 May 1 1965 was an American musician and bandleader specializing in spoof arrangements of popular songs and classical music Ballads receiving the Jones treatment were punctuated with gunshots whistles cowbells hiccups burps and outlandish and comedic vocals Jones and his band recorded under the title Spike Jones and His City Slickers from the early 1940s to the mid1950s and toured the United States and Canada as The Musical Depreciation Revue Description above from the Wikipedia article Spike Jones licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia