John Curry Spikes (July 22, 1881 – June 28, 1955) was an American jazz musician and entrepreneur.
Along with his brother Reb Spikes, John ran a traveling show band in early 1900s.
At one point, Jelly Roll Morton was a member of the band.
[2] Around 1919, they settled in Los Angeles, where they started a music store, a nightclub, an agency and a publishing house.
[1] Their most enduring musical collaborations were writing the lyrics to Morton's Wolverine Blues and their own composition, Someday Sweetheart, which has become a jazz standard.