Jones, Spike

Spike Jones Bandleader extraordinaire and performer on cowbells, pistol, and car horns Lindley Armstrong Jones, Long Beach, California, December 14, 1911; Los Angeles, California, May 1, 1964. Jones began playing drums as a teenager, working in the Los Angeles area. He did a good deal of session work, and then formed his own band. Jones’s City Slickers lampooned current and past songs on radio and television, in concerts and movies, and on recordings, three of which sold more than one million…