Lindley Armstrong Jones

Bandleader, born in Long Beach, California, USA. His zany band, the City Slickers (1942–61), committed musical mayhem with popular tunes, augmenting normal instruments with assorted noisemakers, including washboards and cowbells. The band toured regularly and appeared in films and on television, where he often had his own show (1951–61). A serious musician, in his last years he took up Dixieland jazz.

Spike may refer to:

Nail, especially one more than 4 inches (100 mm) long Rail spikes used to secure railroad rails to the wooden ties Spiked shoes worn by athletes, which provide more traction (similar to cleats) An adolescent male deer The Spike is a widely used nickname for the Spire of Dublin, a massive needle-like structure erected in Dublin in 2003 Spike TV, a cable network that caters to a young male demographic (originally known as TNN, The National Network, or The Nashville Network) Spike (missile), an Israel-developed guided anti-tank missile Spike bayonet, chiefly used on early muskets Voltage spike, or electrical surge The Action potential which transmits signals along a nerve axon is often called a spike Spike is a botanical term for an unbranched, indeterminate inflorescence with sessile flowers arranged along the axis

Media with Spike in the title include:

The Spike (Borchgrave/Moss), a 1980 novel by Arnaud de Borchgrave, former editor of The Washington Times Spike of Bensonhurst, a 1988 movie directed by Paul Morrisey Spike (Elvis Costello album), a 1989 album by Elvis Costello The Spike (1997), a 1997 book by Damien Broderick Spike (Puffy AmiYumi album), a 2001 album by Puffy AmiYumi Spike (P. Diddy

A number of famous people are named Spike, including:

Spike Lee, a filmmaker Spike Jonze, a filmmaker Spike Jones, a satirist Spike Milligan, a satirist Spike Robinson, a jazz musician Spike Slawson, a punk vocalist and bassist of the Swinging Utters and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Matt Hyson (aka Spike Dudley), former professional wrestler Spike (porn star), a gay pornography actor Spike Feresten, television writer and talk show host Spike Xavier, Lead Singer of Nu-Metal band Corporate Avenger

A number of fictional characters have been named Spike, including:

"Spike" Stoker, a supporting character from Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next books (The Eyre Affair, Lost In A Good Book, The Well of Lost Plots and Something Rotten) Joshua "Spike" Cohen, a Jew from Tom Robbins' novel Skinny Legs and All. 3 who launches spiked mace balls at you Spike, the boss of the Midday Gardens world in the "Spyro: Year of the Dragon" video game Spike, a main character in the Ape Escape video game series Spike, a character in the DC Comics comic book Sugar and Spike Father Spike, a high-church parish priest who is mentioned in CS Lewis' book The Screwtape Letters Spike, Roger Wilco's alien pet in Space Quest V: The Next Mutation Spike, a porcupine from the movie Over the Hedge

A number of cartoon dogs have been named Spike:

Spike, the family pet in Rugrats Spike (Peanuts), Snoopy's brother in Peanuts Spike, Tom's nemesis in the theatrical cartoon series Tom and Jerry Spike, Heathcliff's nemesis in the comic strip and animated series Heathcliff Spike, Droopy's nemesis in Tex Avery's Droopy Dog theatrical cartoon series Spike the Bulldog and Chester the Terrier, in the Warner Bros.