Plus, “The Chipmunk Song” has sold nearly 665,000 digital tracks, according to Luminate, and Bagdasarian says the Chipmunks have sold 50 million albums in their history, from 1965’s ...

Mariah Carey told PEOPLE during her recent profile interview that Alvin and the Chipmunks' 'The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)' is one of her favorite classic Christmas hits.

Exactly 65 years ago, Ross Bagdasarian‘s “The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)” — a novelty song featuring weird, high-pitched voices augmented in a recording studio — kicked ...

“The Chipmunk Song” stayed in the top 40 from December until mid-February — just long enough to overlap there with Bagdasarian’s next single, “Alvin’s Harmonica,” which reached No. 3.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THE CHIPMUNK SONG (CHRISTMAS DON'T BE LATE)") BAGDASARIAN: (As Alvin, Simon and Theodore, singing) Want a plane that loops the loop. (As Alvin, singing) I still want a Hula-Hoop.

The Chipmunks' "The Chipmunk Song," with David Seville, became the first Yuletide track to reach the region, logging for four weeks at No. 1 in the 1958 holiday season.

This baby chipmunk is about 10 days old. legna69/Getty Images. Baby chipmunks (called kits, kittens, or pups) are born blind, hairless, and helpless in the spring, usually in litters of three to five.