Helen Grayco Ex-Husband: Who Is Spike Jones?

American singer and actress Helen Grayco most famous for appearances with her husband Spike Jones on The Spike Jones Show in the 1950s and the 1960s has died aged 97.

Grayco and Spike Jones got married on July 18, 1949 in Beverly Hills, California and their marriage prouduced three children: producer Spike Jones, Jr., Grammy award-winning recording engineer Leslie Ann Jones, and Gina Jones.

Their marriage lasted until Jones’s death on May 1, 1965 from emphysema (a lung condition that causes shortness of breath), after which she married Bill Rosen, a restaurant owner who sadly died in 2002.

Grayco first met bandleader Spike Jones in 1946 while she was performing at the Hollywood Palladium and after her mind-blowing performance ,he offered her a gig with him and his band.

Grayco also got a spot with Jones’s Other Orchestra, which he formed in 1946.

She appeared with Jones and his City Slickers on The Colgate Comedy Hour and The Red Skelton Show.

As mentioned earlier, she also starred with Jones and his band on a series of television shows between 1954 and 1961 on NBC and CBS known as The Spike Jones Show.