Category:Spike Jones

**Spike Jones**
	American musician and band leader (1911-1965)
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Date of birth	14 December 1911; Long Beach; Lindley Armstrong Jones
Date of death	1 May 1965; Beverly Hills
Cause of death	pulmonary emphysema;
Place of burial	Holy Cross Cemetery;
Pseudonym	Spike Jones;
Work period (start)	1937;
Work period (end)	1965;
Country of citizenship	United States of America;
Educated at	Long Beach Polytechnic High School;
Occupation	musician; actor; comedian; bandleader; conductor; percussionist; jazz musician;
Member of	Spike Jones and His City Slickers;
Native language	English;
Father	Lindley Murray Jones;
Mother	Ada Armstrong;
Child	Spike Jones, Jr.;
Award received	star on Hollywood Walk of Fame;
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During World War Two,the Saint Louis Cardinals baseball team adopted "Pass The Biscuits,Mirandy" as their good luck theme song,playing it before every game.And the Cardinals won the pennant in 1942,1943,and 1944.

Then they lost the recording,and didn't win the pennant in 1945.

Team officials asked Jones to make a special recording of the song just for them. He did,and The Cardinals won the pennant in 1946.

Subcategories

This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.

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Helen Grayco‎ (2 F)
Spike Jones star (Hollywood Walk of Fame stars)‎ (2 F)

Media in category "Spike Jones"

The following 15 files are in this category, out of 15 total.

Spike Jones (1940s publicity photo).jpg 2,646 × 3,580; 3.01 MB
Spike Jones 1948.jpg 1,102 × 1,376; 315 KB
Spike Jones and His City Slickers Billboard.jpg 1,142 × 729; 575 KB
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Spike Jones Bill Dana Helen Grayco Spike Jones Show 1960.JPG 691 × 857; 76 KB
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Spike Jones HS Yearbook.jpeg 137 × 182; 16 KB
Spike Jones Sr. and Jr. with Howdy Doody.jpg 960 × 974; 157 KB
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Spike Jones with musical instruments.jpg 1,012 × 1,037; 544 KB
Spike Jones, Marilyn Monroe and Ken Murray.jpg 3,297 × 2,117; 3.77 MB
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Spike, Marilyn & Ken.jpg 4,046 × 3,991; 8.25 MB