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Spike Jones

1911 - 1965

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Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (December 14, 1911 – May 1, 1965) was an American musician, bandleader and conductor specializing in spoof arrangements of popular songs and classical music. Ballads receiving the Jones treatment were punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells, hiccups, burps, and outlandish and comedic vocals. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Spike Jones has received more than 1,434,667 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Spike Jones is the 1,201st most popular composer (down from 1,098th in 2019), the 7,730th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,399th in 2019) and the 84th most popular American Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Spike Jones ranks 1,201 out of 1,216Before him are Henry Lawes, Valeri Brainin, Leigh Harline, Christian Wolff, Sergei Slonimsky, and Sigmund Romberg. After him are Victor Herbert, Cláudio Santoro, Necil Kazım Akses, Thomas Campion, Leonel Power, and James Scott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Spike Jones ranks 286Before him are Eduardo González Valiño, Joseph Alcazar, Charles Mathiesen, Armandinho, Annibale Frossi, and Matthias Kaburek. After him are Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Yaşar Erkan, Germano Boettcher Sobrinho, Alberto Galateo, Edgar Sanabria, and Heinrich Mark. Among people deceased in 1965, Spike Jones ranks 169Before him are Geoffrey de Havilland, Charles Sheeler, Chris Berger, Giorgio Zampori, Hilario López, and Eric Brook. After him are Tadd Dameron, Hugh Latimer Dryden, Aimée Antoinette Camus, William Petersson, Bill Black, and Sulamith Goldhaber.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Spike Jones ranks 7,730 out of 18,182Before him are Jason Williams (1975), David Belasco (1853), Missi Pyle (1972), George M. Whitesides (1939), Mirabeau B. Lamar (1798), and Lex Luger (1958). After him are Michael Hardt (1960), Justin Hartley (1977), Tom Tryon (1926), Ian Keith (1899), Jimmy McLane (1930), and John David Washington (1984).

Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Spike Jones ranks 84Before him are Mark Snow (1946), David Diamond (1915), Paul Creston (1906), Brad Fiedel (1951), Horatio Parker (1863), and Leigh Harline (1907). After him are James Scott (1885), Marco Beltrami (1966), John Kander (1927), H. C. Robbins Landon (1926), Harry Warren (1893), and John Debney (1956).