(Spoiler: the track's revenue can buy Alvin a lot of hula hoops.) By Steve Knopper Exactly 65 years ago, Ross Bagdasarian‘s “The Chipmunk Song ... Chipmunks brand. Three weeks after its Dec. 1 ...

The original animated boy band, Alvin and the Chipmunks, was the brain child of Ross Bagdasarian, who, in 1958, was ...

“After that, he wanted to give it some more personality,” says his son Ross Bagdasarian Jr., and that prompted the concept of harmonizing chipmunks led by the unruly Alvin. “The Chipmunk ...

After 60 years, Alvin and the Chipmunks are, as their catchy TV theme song perpetually promises ... The most important part of furthering the Alvin and the Chipmunks brand while still honoring ...

A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame honoring the Grammy-winning animated singing group Alvin and the Chipmunks was unveiled ... also named Ross. The song reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot ...

From humble beginnings in a Christmas song to a billion-dollar global franchise, Alvin and the Chipmunks ... It also reached No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100, the only Chipmunks song to do so, and ...

1. The Chipmunks ... 1988 episode of Alvin and the Chipmunks, the gang appeared in a dream sequence in which they find themselves near the Berlin Wall and using the power of music to tear it ...

has stunning CGI and the original music is fantastic ... For her part, Karman said the new storylines reflect current life issues: “It’s not just chipmunks run amok” but rather, she ...

from The Archie Show (related to Archie Comics), hit No. 1 in 1969 with the bubblegum classic “Sugar, Sugar”; The Chipmunks’ holiday earworm “The Chipmunk Song,” with David Seville ...

Pop quiz: Is this song ... hit No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard pop charts as, well as those in Canada and Australia. The song also hit No. 12 in the U.K. That same year, Alvin and the Chipmunks ...