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Spike Jones
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<p>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, <a href="/facts/Hiccups/dTyQsvSn">hiccups</a>, <a href="/facts/Burps/MdGCPyC9">burps</a>, <a href="/facts/Sneezes/Nxj3dJbc">sneezes</a>, animal sounds and outlandish and comedic vocals. Jones and his band recorded for <a href="/facts/RCA_Victor/bp1jLxvU">RCA Victor</a> 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". </p>