Spike Jones

Some other well-known tracks included:. He might record under his own name, or work further on publishing written prose. Billy Barty even appeared in a video by "Weird Al" Yankovic. Little is know of what Jean Leclerc will do, now that his Leloup persona has been "silenced". There is a clear line of influence from the Marx Brothers to Spike Jones and to Stan Freberg, The Goons, The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and to "Weird Al" Yankovic. This was, in fact, another piece of elaborate fantasy staging, typical of the wild and eccentric artist. His real name was not Harry Joseph Chick Daugherty. At the end of 2003, Leloup "died" or, rather, Jean Leclerc retired the name.

He was not born on 14th May 1916, nor did he die on March 29th 1966. Leloup is the recipient of a Felix Award, the Quebec version of a Grammy Award. Many compilations from the seventies and eighties contained spurious dates of birth and death for Spike in the liner notes. Unfortunately they have been widely reproduced on the web and in books. Leloup is a Quebecois hero for his contribution to the local art scene and the development of the musical culture. Two members of Spike Jones's band appear in the film - Billy Barty (1924 - 2000) and Paul "Mousie" Garner (1909 - 2004), playing themselves. Since the Quiet Revolution of the 1960s, Quebec has been developing its identity as a francophone land as well as its individuality from English speaking North America and other French speaking nations. It contains the last appearance of George Burns. Jean Leloup is an important part of Quebec's transforming music scene.

"Radioland Murders" was poorly reviewed and compared unfavorable with Woody Allen's "Radio Days". His 1990 album "L'amour est sans pitié" was a hit outside of Quebec, licensed in France, Holland, Belgium and Japan. Set in 1939, it contains fictionalized versions of Spike Jones and Frank Sinatra. He appeared on the Quebec music scene in the 1980s, making waves with his provocative lyrics – in his song "1990", he compares the high-tech actions of Desert Storm to the sexual activities of himself and his girlfriend. In 1994 Mel Smith directed a film based on a script by George Lucas. Born Jean Leclerc in Sainte-Foy, Quebec, he grew up in Algeria, where he was influenced by traditional African rhythms. He is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. Jean Leloup's colourful personality and unique musical style has made him a star in the francophone rock community.

Spike Jones died in Beverly Hills on 1st May 1965. Jean Leloup (born May 14, 1961) is a Canadian musician who is one of Quebec's foremost singer-songwriters. Also in 1956, Jones released his first LP, Dinner Music For People Who Aren't Very Hungry. By 1959 his act seemed old-fashioned and work dried up. Exit (live), 2004. "The Perry Como Show" had him as a guest in 1956, and Jack Benny in the same year. La valée des réputations, 2002. Once his fame grew he repaid his debt to Spike by inviting him onto his show in 1958. Les fourmis (live), 1998.

He was glad to have work as a comedy actor. Le dôme, 1996. The war years were lean times for Frank Sinatra. L'amour est sans pitié, 1990. Songs from the soundies were released on a compilation called Not Your Standard Spike Jones Collection. Menteur, 1989. In 1990 BBC2 screened six compilation shows from these broadcasts.

The band got their own variety shows on NBC then CBS from 1954 to 1961. One of their instruments was a "latrinophone", a toilet seat with strings. In them we see Jones dressed in a suit with an enormous check pattern, leaping around playing cowbells, a suite of klaxons, foghorns, then xylophone then shooting a pistol into the air. These so-called soundies were put onto juke boxes.

A series of short musical films were made by the band. Dora Bryan had a hit in 1963 with a variation called "All I want For Christmas is a Beatle". It was a number one hit. In 1948 Spike recorded "(All I want for Christmas is) my two Front Teeth".

It used drinking glasses as musical instruments. Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny and other Warner Brothers cartoon characters, provided the hiccups on "Clink Clink Another Drink". A collection of 12 of these homicides was released in 1971 as "Spike Jones is Murdering The Classics". In live shows Spike would acknowledge the applause with complete solemnity, saying "Thank you music lovers".

It was played at a jaunty pace on inappropriate instruments. Rossini's "William Tell Overture" was rendered on kitchen implements. One of his earliest recordings was an adaption of Liszt's "Liebestraum". He appeared in a dozen films in the late forties and fifties, always playing himself. The band grew from 7 to 16 players.

Through the late 40s and early 50's the band toured the USA and Canada under the name "The Musical Depreciation Revue". Sinatra appeared in October 1948, Lassie in May 1949. Spike's parody of Vaughn Monroe's "Ghost Riders In the Sky" was quickly withdrawn and is a prized rarity. In more than 60 shows his guests included Groucho Marx, Hank Williams, Frankie Laine and Burl Ives.

In 1945 he got his own show. His signature tune, Cocktails for Two, was recorded in about 1943. Spike had seven top ten hits from 1942 to 1949, even though no new recordings were made for a year during a strike by the American Federation of Musicians. It is said that even Hitler heard it.

It reached number 2. It contained the song "Der Fuehrer's Face" which was released as a single. In 1942 Walt Disney made a propaganda cartoon called "Donald Duck in Nutzi Land". They recorded five records for Victor's label "Bluebird" before receiving their big break.

They became his backing band The City Slickers.Jones's wife was the singer Helen Grayco, who performed on some of his radio shows. By 1941 the band included violinist Carl Grayson. Other band members were George Rock (voice and trumpet), Doodles Weaver (voice) and Red Ingle (voice). He joined up with vocalist Del Porter and performed in Los Angeles, gaining a cult following. In 1940, he had an uncredited part in the film Give Us Wings, and in 1942 as a hillbilly in Pass the Biscuits, Mirandy.

In the 1930's he joined the Victor Young Band and thereby got many offers to appear to radio shows including the Al Jolson Lifebuoy Show, Burns and Allen (with George Burns) and Bing Crosby's Kraft Music Hall. He frequently played in theater pit orchestras. A chef in a railroad restaurant taught him how to use adapted pots and pans, forks, knives and spoons as musical instruments. As a teenager he played in bands that he formed himself.

At the age of eleven he got his first set of drums. His father was a Southern Pacific railroad agent. He got his nickname by being so thin that he was compared to a railroad spike. He was born in Long Beach, California. Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (December 14, 1911 - May 1, 1965) was a popular musician and comedian.

. "You Always Hurt the One You Love". "The Sheik of Araby". "The Blue Danube".

"That Old Black Magic". "I Went to your Wedding". "Cocktails for Two".