The jones laughing record spike jones and his city slickers. Orchestra band, active from the early 1940s to the mid 1950s, which specialized in performing satirical arrangements of popular songs. Rhapsody from hungery spike jones and his city slickers. On the other end of the scale is the comedic spike jones version released in december 1945 as spike jones presents for the kiddies. Jones, spike not your standard spike jones collection. Spike jones was a popular musician and comedian during the 1940s and 1950s. Jan 19, 2020 spike jones was a popular musician and comedian during the 1940s and 1950s. As master of ceremonies deems taylor points out, there is no nutcracker on the screen. These phonograph records are not 33rpm lps or 45rpm vinyl records. Spike jones is murdering the classics spike jones songs. Oh the years have come and the years have gone but the oft told tale is not true.
Nutcracker suite spike jones and his city slickers. On this, one of the best collections of jones music, the listener is treated to such trademark sounds as gunshots, gurgling, cowbells, belches, and car horns. Feb 18, 2017 provided to youtube by sony music entertainment nutcracker suite. Versions different performances of the song by the same artist. Spike jones is murdering the classics spike jones and his city slickers. Covers performances of a song with the same name by different artists. Provided to youtube by sony music entertainment nutcracker suite. The nutcracker suite with apologies to tchaikovsky. Spike jones and his city slickers lyrics, songs, and. Spike jones released the following albums including the best of spike jones, vol.
Spike jones dinner music for people who arnt very hungry duration. Subtitled not your standard spike jones collection. He was married to helen grayco and patricia middleton. In 1957 he revamped again with spike jones and the band that plays. Hello music lovers, this is spike jones inviting you to come with us to the opera house for a city slicker performance of the opera carmen. Spike jones and his city slickers nutcracker suite lyrics.
Complete your spike jones and his city slickers collection. From the 1973 rca release spike jones is murdering the classics, your favorite highlights from the nutcracker. 3x, shellac 10 spike jones and his city slickers the nutcracker suite 1944, shellac discogs. Compilations other albums which feature this performance of the song. 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. Spike jones and his city slickers the blue danube lyrics. 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.
Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies tv shows news live. Spike jones is murdering the classics by spike jones and. Oct 23, 2010 spike jones dinner music for people who arnt very hungry duration. Jones and his band of likeminded men and women lampoon the most serious of all music.
Complete song listing of spike jones on spike jones songs list covid19. Ballads and classical works receiving the jones treatment would be punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells, and outlandish vocals. Spike jones and his city slickers nutcracker suite. Spike jones and his city slickers carmen lyrics genius. The nutcracker suite, a selection of pieces from tchaikovskys nowclassic christmas ballet the nutcracker, is a personified depiction of the changing of the seasons. Spike jones is murdering the classics by spike jones. Get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming movies tv shows news.
Oct 05, 2015 provided to youtube by sony music entertainment nutcracker suite. Spike jones was born on december 14, 1911 in long beach, california, usa as lindley armstrong jones. Spike jones and his city slickers the jones laughing record. Get all the lyrics to songs by spike jones and his city slickers and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Spike jones and his city slickers and the great big saw came nearer and nearer by okmusix. The city slickers preformed under a variety of names over the years, and some of the rotating cast of members followed spike when he formed a second group of more serious musicians in 1946 called spike jones and his other orchestra which played lush arrangements of dance hits. As recorded by spike jones and his city slickers, vocal refrain by george rock by carl hoefle and del porter, tune town tunes, 1949. These represent spikes complete standard transcription sides, but these tunes are anything but standard. They stand up to abuse much better than lps or 45s.
The nutcracker suite with apologies to tchaikovsky, featuring humorous lyrics by foster carling and additional music by joe country washburne. The nutcracker suite is the second segment of the 1940 disney film fantasia. Although spike jones was known as the king of corn, another more appropriate title may have been the king of cacophony. Spike jones the nutcracker suite 1953, vinyl discogs. Even after his death, spike jones has remained fully ingrained in our. For of all the things the danube is, the danube is not blue. Spike jones and his city slickers the nutcracker suite. Spike jones and his city slickers rhapsody from hungery. Of course, it includes some of the old standards, such as laura, man on the flying trapeze and holiday for strings, but it also includes such rarities as powerhouse, frantic freeway, i dream of brownie with the light blue jeans and the complete nutcracker suite. They dance on the seat of their pants russian dance waltz of the flowers spike jones. As master of ceremonies deems taylor points out, there is no nutcracker on. We have resumed very limited warehouse and shipping operations. 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.
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