Group
Spike Jones and His City Slickers
- From
- United States
- Active
- 1941–1965
- Rating
- ★ 3
- Releases
- 180
- comedy
About
Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (December 14, 1911 – May 1, 1965) 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, cowbells, hiccups, burps, sneezes, animal sounds and outlandish and comedic vocals. Jones and his band recorded for RCA Victor under the title Spike Jones and His City Slickers from the early 1940s to the mid-1950s, and they toured the United States and Canada as "The Musical Depreciation Revue".
Members
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Spike Jones eponymous
Discography
Albums
EPs
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As Time Goes By / Barstool Cowboy From Old Barstow / Hotcha Cornia / Jungle Town
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That Old Black Magic / You Can’t Say “No” to a Soldier / Chloe
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You Always Hurt the One You Love / Siam / Thine Alone / Clock Shop
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And the Great Big Saw Came Nearer and Nearer / Cocktails for Two / Barbershop Medley
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Blue Danube / Toot Toot Tootsie, Good’Bye / How High the Moon / Begin the Beguine
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Hawaiian War Chant / Jones Polka / My Sugar Is So Refined / Ugly Chile
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The Martins and the Coys / Excerpts From “The Nutcracker Suite”
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The Blond Sailor / Put That Ring on My Finger / Minka / McNamara’s Band
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Carmen Murdered! Spike Jones Suspected
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Spike Jones Kids the Classics
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Spike Jones Plays the Charleston for Dancing
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Spike Spoofs the Pops 1
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Chloe
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Barnyard Christmas With Spike Jones
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Spike Jones
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The Man on the Flying Trapeze
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Cocktails for Two / Hawaiian War Chant / William Tell Overture / The Man on the Flying Trapeze
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The Best of Spike Jones Vol. I
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The Best of Spike Jones Vol. IV
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Japanese Skokiaan
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The Best of Spike Jones Vol. II
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Bottoms Up
Singles
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(Hail Our Alma Mater) Coin-Egie Tech!
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William Tell Overture / Dance of the Hours
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I'm Popeye the Sailor Man / My Heart Went Boom, Boom
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My Birthday Comes on Christmas / Wouldn't It Be Fun to Be Santa Claus' Son
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Yes! We Have No Bananas / The Charleston
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Hi Mister! / This Song Is for the Birds
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Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White / No Boom-Boom in Yucca Flats
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Dance of the Hours / What Is a Disc Jockey
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Dragnet / Deep Purple
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Secret Love / I'm in the Mood for Love
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Lulu Had a Baby / I Went to Your Wedding
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Dragnet / Pal‐Yat‐Chee
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Three Little Fishies / A Din Skål, a Min Skål
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Captain of the Space Ship / A Toot and a Whistle and a Plunk and a Boom
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A Toot and a Whistle and a Plunk and a Boom / The Desert
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Where Did My Snowman Go? / Santa Brought Me Choo Choo Trains
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I Went to Your Wedding / I'll Never Work There Anymore
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer / Baby Buggy Boogie
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Santé / Gesundheit Polka
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I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus / Winter
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The Boys in the Back Room / Lulu Had a Baby
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Deep Purple / It Never Rains in Sunny California
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Ya Wanna Buy a Bunny? / Molasses, Molasses
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My Daddy Is a General to Me / Ill Barkio
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Yes! We Have No Bananas / Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula
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Yes! We Have No Bananas / Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
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Peter Cottontail / Rhapsody From Hunger(y)
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Yaaka Hula Hickey Dula / Tennessee Waltz
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Too Young / So 'Elp Me
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Christmas Fun With Spike Jones
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Mommy, Won't You Buy a Baby Brother / Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
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Morpheus / Wild Bill Hiccup
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McNamara's Band / Knock Knock
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Music Fun With Spike Jones
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Molasses, Molasses (It's Icky-Sticky Goo) / Baby Buggy Boogie
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Black Bottom / Doin' the New Raccoon
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Chinese Mule Train / Riders in the Sky
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I Know a Secret / Charlestono-Mio
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Tennessee Waltz / I Haven't Been Home for Three Whole Nights
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I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight / Varsity Drag
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William Tell Overture / The Jones Laughing Record
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My Old Flame / I Kiss Your Hand Madame
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Down in Jungle Town / All I Want for Christmas
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The Man on the Flying Trapeze / I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
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By the Beautiful Sea / Ill Barkio (Il Bacio)
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Ya Wanna Buy a Bunny? / Macnamara's Band
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Dance of the Hours / I Wish I Were a Goldfish
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Il Bacio / None but the Lonely Heart
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William Tell Overture / I Kiss Your Hand Madame
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Riders in the Sky / Wild Bill Hiccup
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William Tell Overture / The Man on the Flying Trapeze
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William Tell Overture / By the Beautiful Sea
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The Jones Laughing Record / Pass the Biscuits, Mirandy
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Down in Jungle Town / Ugga Ugga Boo Ugga Boo Boo Ugga
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Behind Those Swinging Doors
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I Kiss Your Hand Madame / I'm Getting Sentimental Over You
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Little Bo-Peep Has Lost Her Jeep / I Wanna Go Back to West Virginia
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Trailers for Use With Spike Jones' All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth)
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All I Want for Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) / Happy New Year
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A Serenade to a Jerk / Leave the Dishes in the Sink, Ma
Compilations
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The Poet & the Peasant
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Spike Jones Greatest Hits Box 2
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The Essential Collection
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Spiketaculars
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Cocktails For Two
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Spiking The Classics (Original 1945-1950 Recordings)
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A Proper Introduction to Spike Jones and His City Slickers
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Fonk
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(Not) Your Standard Spike Jones Collection
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My Two Front Teeth
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Strictly for Music Lovers
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Musical Mayhem
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The Bluebirds
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Musical Depreciation
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Radio Days
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Riot Squad
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Spike Jones & His City Slickers
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The Wacky World of Spike Jones
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Greatest Hits
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Spike Jones and His City Slickers
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Showcase
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The Best of Spike Jones, Vol. 2
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Spike Jones' Depreciation Revue
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The Best of Spike Jones and His City Slickers
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Spike Jones Is Murdering the Classics
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Thank You, Music Lovers!
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The Radio Years, Volume 1
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The Radio Years, Volume 2
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The Wacky World of Spike Jones & His City Slickers
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Spike Jones - The Best Of
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Spike Jones & His City Slickers Vol. 1
Links
Vocal supporting musician
Also known as
Spike Jones & His City Slickers · Spike Jones & The City Slickers
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
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Data from MusicBrainz, saved 13 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.