Spike Jones Jr.
Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones Jr. (born May 19, 1949) is an American television producer/director of award shows and live television events.
He is a public speaker and frequent moderator and panel participant for entertainment industry events, and the founder of SJ2 Entertainment.
He is the son of satirical musician and bandleader, Spike Jones, and singer and actress, Helen Grayco, and has three sisters, including Grammy-winning recording engineer, Leslie Ann Jones.
Jad Paul
Jad Paul( June 16, 1916 – December 29, 2008) was an American musician, most noted for being one of the original members of Spike Jones' band" The City Slickers".
He was also noted for his banjo playing.
Samuel Jones (chancellor)
Samuel Jones Jr.( May 26, 1769 – August 9, 1853) was an American lawyer and politician.
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
Bill Smith (footballer, born 1897)
William Thomas Smith( born 9 April 1897, date of death unknown) was an English professional footballer.
Helen Grayco
Helen Grayco( born Helen Greco; September 20, 1924) is an American singer, performer, and actress active from the 1930s to the 1960s.
She was most famous for appearances with her husband Spike Jones on" The Spike Jones Show" in the 1950s and the 1960s.
She is also the mother of producer and Emmy recipient, Spike Jones, Jr. and Leslie Ann Jones, a Grammy award- winning recording engineer.
Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
Spike Jones
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.
Ballads receiving the Jones treatment were punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells and outlandish and comedic vocals.
Jones and his band recorded under the title Spike Jones and his City Slickers from the early 1940s to the mid-1950s, and toured the United States and Canada as "The Musical Depreciation Revue".
Thomas Scott (diver)
Thomas Scott( 1907- date of death unknown) was an English diver.
George Rock
George Rock
( October 11, 1919 – April 12, 1988) was a trumpet player and singer with various bands before starring with Spike Jones and His City Slickers.
A large man, he attended Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois on a football scholarship, before turning pro as a musician at the age of 20.
His first national exposure was in the Freddie Fisher's Schnickelfritz Band.
Working in Hollywood in 1944 he signed up with the Spike Jones Band.
With Spike Jones and His Slickers he played lead trumpet, and also sang with the group, using a voice characterization that sounded remarkably like a child.
He sang" All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" and" I'm Forever Blowing Bubble Gum," during the recording of which Jones addressed him as" George".
Rock also performed on several other recordings by Spike Jones and the City Slickers including" I'm the Captain of the Space ShipYou Wanna Buy a Bunny? I'm the Angel in the Christmas Play", and" Happy New Year"( the flip side of" All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth").
Rock also played trumpet on" The Spike Jones Show" on television in the late 1950s, including the 1958 NBC series" Club Oasis".

Question: When did Spike Jones Jr.'s father die?
Answer: May 1, 1965