1911 - 1965
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.
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Among composers, Spike Jones ranks 1,201 out of 1,216. Before 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.
1595 - 1662
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 1,195
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 1,196
1907 - 1969
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 1,197
1934 - Present
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 1,198
1932 - 2020
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 1,199
1887 - 1951
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 1,200
1911 - 1965
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 1,201
1859 - 1924
HPI: 44.70
Rank: 1,202
1919 - 1989
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 1,203
1908 - 1999
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 1,204
1567 - 1620
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 1,205
1370 - 1445
HPI: 44.59
Rank: 1,206
1885 - 1938
HPI: 44.58
Rank: 1,207
Among people born in 1911, Spike Jones ranks 286. Before 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 169. Before 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.
1911 - 1979
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 280
1911 - 1979
HPI: 44.82
Rank: 281
1911 - 1994
HPI: 44.80
Rank: 282
1911 - 1972
HPI: 44.77
Rank: 283
1911 - 1999
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 284
1911 - 1976
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 285
1911 - 1965
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 286
1911 - 1956
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 287
1911 - 1986
HPI: 44.64
Rank: 288
1911 - 1977
HPI: 44.64
Rank: 289
1911 - 1961
HPI: 44.59
Rank: 290
1911 - 1989
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 291
1911 - 2004
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 292
1882 - 1965
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 163
1883 - 1965
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 164
1911 - 1965
HPI: 45.41
Rank: 165
1887 - 1965
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 166
1907 - 1965
HPI: 45.19
Rank: 167
1907 - 1965
HPI: 44.81
Rank: 168
1911 - 1965
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 169
1917 - 1965
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 170
1898 - 1965
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 171
1879 - 1965
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 172
1895 - 1965
HPI: 44.63
Rank: 173
1926 - 1965
HPI: 44.55
Rank: 174
1923 - 1965
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 175
Among people born in United States, Spike Jones ranks 7,730 out of 18,182. Before 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).
1975 - Present
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 7,724
1853 - 1931
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 7,725
1972 - Present
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 7,726
1939 - Present
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 7,727
1798 - 1859
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 7,728
1958 - Present
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 7,729
1911 - 1965
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 7,730
1960 - Present
HPI: 44.72
Rank: 7,731
1977 - Present
HPI: 44.72
Rank: 7,732
1926 - 1991
HPI: 44.72
Rank: 7,733
1899 - 1960
HPI: 44.72
Rank: 7,734
1930 - 2020
HPI: 44.72
Rank: 7,735
1984 - Present
HPI: 44.72
Rank: 7,736
Among composers born in United States, Spike Jones ranks 84. Before 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).
1946 - Present
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 78
1915 - 2005
HPI: 45.35
Rank: 79
1906 - 1985
HPI: 45.16
Rank: 80
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.11
Rank: 81
1863 - 1919
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 82
1907 - 1969
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 83
1911 - 1965
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 84
1885 - 1938
HPI: 44.58
Rank: 85
1966 - Present
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 86
1927 - Present
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 87
1926 - 2009
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 88
1893 - 1981
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 89
1956 - Present
HPI: 44.00
Rank: 90