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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 1,532,826 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Spike Jones is the 1,296th most popular composer (down from 1,199th in 2019), the 8,947th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,715th in 2019) and the 97th most popular American Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Spike Jones ranks 1,296 out of 1,451. Before him are Näcip Cihanov, Walter Susskind, Vladimír Franz, Georg Friedrich Haas, Sigmund Romberg, and Thomas Tomkins. After him are Cachao, Cemal Reşit Rey, Airat Ichmouratov, Howard Hanson, George Fenton, and Steve Jablonsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Spike Jones ranks 330. Before him are Chris Berger, Näcip Cihanov, Hans Pesser, Marie Osborne Yeats, Ruth Hussey, and Ellsworth Vines. After him are Frithjof Ulleberg, Heinrich Mark, Germano Boettcher Sobrinho, Tokiharu Abe, Ann Dvorak, and László Szabados. Among people deceased in 1965, Spike Jones ranks 202. Before him are Teodor Koskenniemi, Alan Washbond, Chris Berger, Steve Cochran, Geoffrey de Havilland, and Helen Wainwright. After him are Robert Benson, Marion Jones Farquhar, Søren Marinus Jensen, Tadd Dameron, Vasily Struve, and Edward Archibald.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Spike Jones ranks 8,947 out of 20,380. Before him are Mike Dirnt (1972), Moe Berg (1902), Avram Davidson (1923), E. Allen Emerson (1954), Helen Wainwright (1906), and Horatio Fitch (1900). After him are Edward Abbey (1927), Richard Long (1927), Jack Teagarden (1905), Mark McGwire (1963), Wilfred Hudson Osgood (1875), and Billy Eckstine (1914).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Spike Jones ranks 97. Before him are Virgil Thomson (1896), Paul Williams (1940), Vincent Youmans (1898), Morten Lauridsen (1943), Florence Price (1887), and John Kander (1927). After him are Howard Hanson (1896), Steve Jablonsky (1970), H. C. Robbins Landon (1926), James Scott (1885), Harry Warren (1893), and Brian Tyler (1972).

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