Top tracks spike jones and his city slickers spike jones and his city slickers topic. Adam spiegel born october 22, 1969, known professionally as spike jonze pronounced as the common welsh name jones, is an american filmmaker, photographer, and. Provided to youtube by sony music entertainment nutcracker suite. He also hosted a series of tv programs in the mid to late 1950s, the most notable titled. An abridged version was released in 1971 as part of the long play record spike jones is murdering the classics. Lindley armstrong jones december 14, 1911 may 1, 1965, known as spike jones, was an american musician and bandleader specializing in satirical arrangements of popular songs and classical music. Spike jones and his city slickers discography discogs.
Spike jones and his city slickers broke the mold of conventional music decades ago with humor, drums, cowbells and even cannons. Top tracks spike jones and his city slickers youtube. Spike jones and his city slickers spike jones murders. I too have memories of having the lp version of spike jones in hi fi, though the one thing i recall most was that the record was so scratched and beatup by the time i got my hands on it it was near unlistenable. Rarely seen theatrical short with original vocals by carl grayson. The spike jones show with his second wife, helen grayco, and young at the time son spike jones jr. Tv guide reported that spike was going to downplay his celebrated cementmixer cacophony and prettymuch play it straight on this series. From the 1973 rca release spike jones is murdering the classics, your favorite highlights from the nutcracker.
In 1944 rca victor released his spike jones presents for the kiddies version of tchaikovskys nutcracker. As recorded by spike jones and his city slickers, vocal refrain by george rock by carl hoefle and del porter, tune town tunes, 1949. Spike jones plays his kind of nonsense music for children. Mar 25, 2016 explore ldfloridas board spike jones, followed by 464. The second film adaptation was a 1993 film of the new york city ballet version. In accordance with the directives of government and health authorities, we have temporarily suspended operations. Amiable enough, but theres nothing here to grab the attention. The spike jones show is the name of several separate american comedy and variety series that aired on nbc and cbs in the 1950s and 1960s.
It usually outsells not only every other video version of the nutcracker, including the 1993 film of balanchines version, but every other ballet video as well. The spike jones material is a solid five stars all the way,no question,but the packaging this time around and the way. Musical madness 194549 thank you, music lovers, spike jones would shout during his weekly salutations. Spike jones and his city slickers the nutcracker suite. The series was presented by actor and musician spike jones, his wife, musician helen grayco and their band, the city slickers. Lindley armstrong jones december 14, 1911 may 1, 1965, known as spike jones, was an. The spike jones story is the first documentary made about this innovative, musical humorist. Spike joness second wife, singer helen grayco, performed in his stage and television shows. These classics are popular because of their inspired and complex lunacy. The baryshnikov nutcracker has since become both the most popular television version of the work and the bestselling videocassette and dvd version of the ballet. Only jones cant play it straight a rather vague lead cowboy appears to be. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from spike jones and his city slickers at the discogs marketplace. Lindley armstrong spike jones december 14, 1911 may 1, 1965 was an american musician and bandleader specializing in satirical arrangements of popular songs and classical music.
The second film adaptation was a 1993 film of the new york city ballet version, titled george balanchines the nutcracker, with david zinman conducting the new york city ballet orchestra. He and his merry men of musical mayhem delighted audiences and themselves with musical parodies, spoofs, noisemakers and just plain silliness. The nutcracker is an 1892 twoact ballet originally choreographed by marius petipa and lev. Known as the city slickers, the emphasis was on comedy, primarily doing deadon satires of popular songs on the hit parade and taking. Two of my favorites together youtube youtube, vintage music, prado, music videos. Spike jones was a popular musician and comedian during the 1940s and 1950s. Colorado ballets the nutcracker 2012, presented by keybank by colorado ballet. For those who know some of spike jones work you will find a number of wacky tracks here, but also many straight numbers.
When the nutcracker prince and the girl landed there. Spike jones, son of a railroad agent, was born lindley armstrong jones, getting his nickname from a telegraph operator who thought that jones was skinny as a railroad spike. Spike jones and his city slickers music, videos, stats. Explore releases from spike jones and his city slickers at discogs. Reputed to have the most talented and highlypaid musicians of the day, spike jones and his musicians were considerably more than simply novelty. Complete your spike jones and his city slickers collection. Colorado ballets the nutcracker waltz of the snowflakes rehearsal part 2 by colorado ballet. The series also featured billy barty, freddy morgan, paul garner, bill dana, and lennie weinrib. Ballads receiving the jones treatment were punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells and outlandish and comedic vocals.
Spike jones was born on december 14, 1911 in long beach, california, usa as lindley armstrong jones. Now, jones is best remembered as the creator of surreal musical numbers which topped the charts in america for over a decade. The first performance of the ballet was held as a double premiere together with. He and his backing band the city slickers employed a wide variety of zany vocals, household implements and shotguns to produce their wacky, yet musically intriguing tracks. Like weird al is, this was a really talented band of their era that could play anything with great skill, and goofy humor. In terms of attitude, sound and image, spike jones and his city slickers were. Some albums you can play time after time with this once or twice will be enough.
Spike jones musical depreciation the little girls dream, the nutcracker. From the early 1940s to the mid1950s, jones and his band recorded under the title spike. Polygraph lounges arrangement of spike jones arrangement of holiday for strings live at joes pub nyc on 121511this is a wild one. Spike jones nutcracker suite entire by 2ndviolinist. You cannot think of cowbells, air horns and whistles being used as musical instruments without thinking spike jones first. 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. Ballads receiving the jones treatment were punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells and. Colorado ballets the nutcracker arabian dance rehearsal by colorado ballet. In the wild and woolly days before multitrack recording, mtv, and certainly digital entertainment content, spike jones put together a topflight musical organization that the world has not seen the likes of since. Track c4 is misspelled on center label, reads love im bloom. The nutcracker suite by spike jones and his city slickers topic. This is the newest and second release of rare spike jones tv material from the spike jones estate and produced by his son spike jones jr. Ca for movietone news, online video clip, youtube, youtube, june 21, 2010.
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