Spike Jones and His City Slickers

Spike Jones was the original madcap bandleader who was popular in the 1940s and '50s. 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. Classical music pieces also received the Spike Jones treatment with hilarious effect. He was a drummer himself but spent most of his time fronting the band of highly accomplished musicians, often getting involved in crazy antics and chases around the stage. Read more on Last.fm

Spike Jones and His City Slickers has 15 songs that have been featured in movies like Blacksmith Song, Breakfast in Hollywood, Clink! Clink! Another Drink and Fireman Save My Child. What is your favorite song by Spike Jones and His City Slickers?

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Songs from Spike Jones and His City Slickers

Blacksmith Song

Hedda Hopper's Hats

Glow Worm

Clink, Clink, Another Drink

Dance of the Hours

In a Persian Market

Poet and Peasant Overture

A Hot Time in the Old Town

Cocktails For Two

I Gotta Gal I Love (In North and South Dakota)

Hotcha Cornia

Holiday for Strings

Away Out West

Pass the Biscuits, Mirandy

Hotcha Cornia (Black Eyes) (1943)