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For two decades, impresario Ferne Wilder booked leading lights of the music world into Joplin’s Memorial Hall. Seldom would an artist make a second appearance. But one of the best

In 1927 Jones put together a popular Long Beach six-piece Dixieland band called Spike Jones and His 5 Tacks. The group played all over town and had regular shows on the Long Beach radio stations KFOX and KGER.