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Spike Hughes
b, 1908-1987 GB, London
Musician / Composer of Jazz
A.k.a. Patrick C. Hughes
Patrick Cairns "Spike" Hughes (19 October 1908 – 2 February 1987) was a British jazz musician, composer and music journalist. He was the son of Irish composer, writer and song collector Herbert Hughes and great grandson of the sculptor Samuel Peploe Wood. Hughes was a multi-dimensional musician, playing the double bass, composing operatic scores, arranging jazz recordings and writing books on topics ranging from gardening to Toscanini's music.
Popular Tracks 
Nocturne on Six or Seven Times by Benny Carter Joshua Fit De Battle of Jericho on The Devil Is Afraid of Music by Spike Hughes Pastorale on Jazz Figures / Benny Carter, Volume 1 by Various Artists Limehouse Blues on British Dance Bands, Vol. 3 by Various Artists Bugle Call Rag on Jazz Figures / Benny Carter, Volume 1 by Various Artists Someone Stole Gabriel's Horn on Jazz Figures / Benny Carter, Volume 1 by Various Artists Music At Midnight on Jazz Figures / Benny Carter, Volume 1 by Various Artists Sweet Sorrow Blues on Jazz Figures / Benny Carter, Volume 1 by Various Artists I'm Just Wild About Harry on Poor Butterfly by Spike Hughes St. James' Infirmary on Spike Hughes, Vol. 4 by Spike HughesTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Band Members
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockin' In Rhythm | Madame Tussaud's Dance Orchestra | 2015 | Compil. |
| Spike Hughes And His Negro Orchestra - 1933 | Spike Hughes | 2006 | Compil. |
| Volume 4 | Spike Hughes | 1990 | Compil. |
| Volume 3 | Spike Hughes | 1988 | Compil. |
| Spike Hughes And His Dance Orchestra & His Three Blind Mice 1930 - Volume 2 | Spike Hughes | 1986 | Compil. |
| His Decca-Dents & His Dance Orchestra 1930 - Volume 1 | Spike Hughes | 1983 | Compil. |
| Volumes 3 & 4 | Spike Hughes | Compil. | |
| volumes 1 & 2 | Spike Hughes | Compil. |
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