Amoeba Music

By Tony Goldmark

Spike Jones is one of the most successful and influential comedy music recording artists of all time. In an age long before anyone thought of attaching the word “experimental” to an entire genre of music, Jones was a true experimenter – because it was supposed to sound ridiculous, he was free to tamper with every unwritten rule. On some intangible plane where music meets dementia, there is Spike Jones. Where the musicianship of an orchestra meets the frivolity of vaudeville, there’s Spike Jones. Wherever the avant garde gets goofy, Jones is there. In the recorded history of comedy and music, with the possible exception of “Weird Al” Yankovic (whose polka medleys, it should be said,... Read More

City Of Origin:

Long Beach, California, United States

Genre:

Comedy, Novelty Songs

Birthdate:

12/14/1911

Death date:

05/01/1965