Ross Bagdasarian Jr., son of the characters' creator, discusses the Christmas tune's rich legacy. (Spoiler: the track's revenue can buy Alvin a lot of hula hoops.) By Steve Knopper Exactly 65 years ...

The chase was on, as it had been for years. After the tale of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" was put to music and sold in a frenzy in 1949, each yuletide brought a bumper crop of sonic delights (or ...

In the years since an aspiring small-time actor named Ross Bagdasarian bought a variable-speed tape recorder and sang “The Chipmunk Song” into its embedded microphone in 1958, his mischief-making ...

Ross? Bagdasarian's quirky 1958 single "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)," became a singular sensation, as six decades later, his under-the-radar collaborators are revealed. By Stephen Cox ...

In 1958, Ross Bagdasarian Sr. used the last $200 he had to purchase a state-of-the-art tape recorder and crafted the blend of sped-up vocals/standard-paced music for his novelty hit “Witch Doctor.” ...

Even before Thanksgiving, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole and Brenda Lee were reborn for the holiday season, with classic songs of theirs — "White Christmas," "The Christmas Song," "Rockin' Around the ...

The persistence of “Alvin and the Chipmunks” as a cultural text is rather baffling. The mischievous singing rodents were created in 1958 for a novelty record, which makes them 57 years old. You’re ...

Alvin and the Chipmunks is a running joke that's lasted fifty years. It began as a novelty record featuring witch doctors in the 1950s (speeding up vocals to chipmunk squeakiness) and branched out ...

The house that Chipmunks built sits atop a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean. By Billboard Staff The house that Chipmunks built sits atop a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Ross Bagdasarian Jr.

chipmunkson16speed Alvin and the Chipmunks have assaulted our eardrums with squeaky helium voices since 1958, when David Seville (the stage name for Ross Bagdasarian, Sr.) released ”Witch Doctor,” ...