Spike jones and his city slickers the nutcracker suite. Spike jones was born on december 14, 1911 in long beach, california, usa as lindley armstrong jones. Disc two features the best of spike jones volume three,released in 1988 on vhs and another newer compilation a spike jones musical wreck weum. Spike jones rudolph the red nosed reindeer by scootron2000. Another drink, pass the biscuits, mirandy, the sheik of araby, and blacksmith. You cannot think of cowbells, air horns and whistles being used as musical instruments without thinking spike jones first. Ever since he was a child, spike had an affinity for music, playing the drums at an early age, and organizing groups as a teenager. With spike jones, helen grayco, earl bennett, freddy morgan. Ballads and classical works receiving the jones treatment would be punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells, and outlandish vocals. Spiked is definitely a worthy addition to your collection. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies tv shows news live fashion learning. Nutcracker getting the indiana jones treatment cinemablend. Spike jones and his city slickers spike jones murders.
The sugar plum fairy was first danced by antonietta dellera and the. When the nutcracker prince and the girl landed there. Disc two features the best of spike jonesvolume three,released in 1988 on vhs and another newer compilation a spike jones musical wreck weum. Spike jones was a popular musician and comedian during the 1940s and 1950s.
Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies tv shows news live. Shchelkunchik listen help info is an 1892 twoact ballet fairy ballet. Spike jones and his city slickers were among the many performers showcased in soundies, short musical films designed to be played in. Reputed to have the most talented and highlypaid musicians of the day, spike jones and his musicians were. Spike jones biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. It was released as a three 7 inch 45 rpm vinyl set in 1949 as wp143 and as a one 45rpm extended play epa143 in.
The spike jones story is the first documentary made about this innovative, musical humorist. Now when im lookin at the funnies i get as mad as mad. The dvds contain classic tv performances by spike jones and the city slickers from the colgate comedy hour and the all star revue, perhaps the best examples of the variety show format and video production in televisions early days 19512. Us based, his speciality was sending up the songs of the time using a vast array of sound effects including pots and pans, gongs, horns, guns, bells, broken glass effects anything.
Like weird al is, this was a really talented band of their era that could play anything with great skill, and goofy humor. Highlights in volume three include the banjo talents of freddy and dick morgan and jad paul. Dall spike jones conducts bizets carmen audio youtube. Billy barty does an hilarious turn singingthat old black magic and doing great impressions of cagney. Christmas 78s i saw mommy kissing santa claus spike jones and the city slickers rca victor. Dec 06, 2010 from the 1973 rca release spike jones is murdering the classics, your favorite highlights from the nutcracker. The baryshnikov nutcracker has since become both the most popular television version of the work and the bestselling videocassette and dvd version of the ballet.
Spike jones and his city slickers topic 148 views 2. He and his backing band the city slickers employed a wide variety of zany vocals, household implements and shotguns to produce their wacky, yet musically intriguing tracks. From the 1973 rca release spike jones is murdering the classics, your favorite highlights from the nutcracker. Even after his death, spike jones has remained fully ingrained in our pop culture. Spike jones and his city slickers spike jones murders them. Lindley armstrong jones december 14, 1911 may 1, 1965, known as spike jones, was an. The ballet was first presented on 18 december 1892 at the mariinsky theatre in st. Jul 08, 2019 lindley armstrong spike jones 19111965 was a popular musician and bandleader specialising in performing satirical arrangements of popular songs. The nutcracker, is a twoact ballet, originally choreographed by marius petipa and lev ivanov with a score by pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky.
In 1944 rca victor released his spike jones presents for the kiddies version of tchaikovskys nutcracker suite, in three 10 inch 78 rpm records, p143, arrangement credited to joe country washburne with lyrics by foster carling. Now, jones is best remembered as the creator of surreal musical numbers which topped the charts in america for over a decade. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. I remember hearing i dream of brownie on the chuck jones, the magic man show when i was a kid in the early 60s and laughing out loud.
He and his merry men of musical mayhem delighted audiences and themselves with musical parodies, spoofs, noisemakers and just plain silliness. Lindley armstrong jones, known as spike jones, was an american musician and bandleader specializing in satirical arrangements of popular songs and classical. Orchestra band, active from the early 1940s to the mid 1950s, which specialized in performing satirical arrangements of popular songs. Jones was an inspiration to dozens like him, such as. Spike jones and his city slickers music, videos, stats. I bought a little bunny, then i bought another bunny. In 1944 rca victor released his spike jones presents for the kiddies version of tchaikovskys nutcracker suite. Jan 19, 2020 spike jones was a popular musician and comedian during the 1940s and 1950s. Listen free to spike jones its a spike jones christmas jingle bells medley, all i want for christmas is my two front teeth and more.
They dance on the seat of their pants russian dance waltz of the flowers spike jones. Rodney dangerfield at his best on the tonight show starring johnny carson 1983 duration. Complete your spike jones and his city slickers collection. These classics are popular because of their inspired and complex lunacy. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube. Spike jones was the only man alive who could play cowbells, gargle and chew gum at the same time.
It usually outsells not only every other video version of the nutcracker, including the 1993 film of balanchines version, but every other ballet video as well. Spike jones and his city slickers music, videos, stats, and. Reputed to have the most talented and highlypaid musicians of the day, spike jones and his musicians were considerably more than simply novelty. Spike jones the nutcracker suite 1953, vinyl discogs. Spike jones and his city slickers discography discogs. The wonder that is spike jones conducts bizets carmen on audio from spike jones is murdering the classics. Spike jones dinner music for people who arnt very hungry duration. Spike jones nutcracker suite entire by 2ndviolinist. Sep 27, 2012 rodney dangerfield at his best on the tonight show starring johnny carson 1983 duration. Spike jones, son of a railroad agent, was born lindley armstrong jones, getting his nickname from a telegraph operator who thought that jones was skinny as a railroad spike. Lindley armstrong spike jones 19111965 was a popular musician and bandleader specialising in performing satirical arrangements of popular songs. Ballads and classical works receiving the jones treatment would be punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells, and ridiculous vocals.
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