George Rock
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George Rock was a member of Spike Jones and His City Slickers
.
In addition to being a trumpet player, he also sang with the group from time to time, using a voice characterization that sounded 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".
He also performed on other recordings by Spike Jones and the City Slickers including "I'm the Captain of the Space Ship", "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
. In July 1961, George performed at a Casino Nightclub in Elko
, Nevada
.
Spike Jones
Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny and other Warner Brothers cartoon characters, performed a drunken, hiccuping verse for 1942's "Clink! Clink! Another Drink"...
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In addition to being a trumpet player, he also sang with the group from time to time, using a voice characterization that sounded like a child. He sang "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
"All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" is a novelty Christmas song written in 1944 by Donald Yetter Gardner while teaching music at public schools in Smithtown, New York...
" and "I'm Forever Blowing Bubble Gum," during the recording of which Jones addressed him as "George".
He also performed on other recordings by Spike Jones and the City Slickers including "I'm the Captain of the Space Ship", "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
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
series Club Oasis
Club Oasis
Club Oasis is a 24-episode half-hour comedy-variety show, set in a chic simulated nightclub, which appeared on NBC in the 1957–1958 television season. The series alternated with The Polly Bergen Show in the 9 p.m. EST time slot on Saturday evenings...
. In July 1961, George performed at a Casino Nightclub in Elko
Elko, Nevada
Elko is a city in Elko County, Nevada, United States. The population was 18,297 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Elko County. The city straddles the Humboldt River....
, Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
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