Category:Spike Jones
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| Date of birth | 14 December 1911 Long Beach Lindley Armstrong Jones | ||||
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| Date of death | 1 May 1965 Beverly Hills | ||||
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During World War Two,the Saint Louis Cardinals baseball team adopted "Pass The Biscuits,Mirandy" as their good luck theme song,playing it before every game.And the Cardinals won the pennant in 1942,1943,and 1944.
Then they lost the recording,and didn't win the pennant in 1945.
Team officials asked Jones to make a special recording of the song just for them. He did,and The Cardinals won the pennant in 1946.
Media in category "Spike Jones"
The following 15 files are in this category, out of 15 total.
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Spike Jones (1940s publicity photo).jpg 2,646 × 3,580; 3.01 MB
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Spike Jones 1948.jpg 1,102 × 1,376; 315 KB
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Spike Jones and His City Slickers Billboard.jpg 1,142 × 729; 575 KB
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Spike Jones and His City Slickers.jpg 923 × 702; 281 KB
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Spike Jones Bill Dana Helen Grayco Spike Jones Show 1960.JPG 691 × 857; 76 KB
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Spike Jones Billboard 2.jpg 278 × 367; 49 KB
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Spike Jones Billboard 3.jpg 760 × 816; 239 KB
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Spike Jones Billboard.jpg 646 × 776; 150 KB
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Spike Jones HS Yearbook.jpeg 137 × 182; 16 KB
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Spike Jones Sr. and Jr. with Howdy Doody.jpg 960 × 974; 157 KB
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Spike Jones Sr. and Jr.jpg 960 × 1,003; 143 KB
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Spike Jones with musical instruments.jpg 1,012 × 1,037; 544 KB
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Spike Jones, Marilyn Monroe and Ken Murray.jpg 3,297 × 2,117; 3.77 MB
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Spike Jones.jpg 1,014 × 1,374; 659 KB
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Spike, Marilyn & Ken.jpg 4,046 × 3,991; 8.25 MB
Categories:
- Jones (surname)
- Spike (given name)
- 1911 births
- 1965 deaths
- Deaths from emphysema
- Hollywood Walk of Fame honorees
- Male bandleaders from the United States
- Comedians from the United States
- Jazz drummers from the United States
- Male drummers from the United States
- Male television personalities from the United States
- RCA Victor artists
- Births in Long Beach, California
- Deaths in Beverly Hills, California
- Verve Records artists
- Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery (Culver City)