(Spoiler: the track's revenue can buy Alvin ... song featuring weird, high-pitched voices augmented in a recording studio — kicked off what would become the multimillion-dollar Alvin and the ...

Alvin and the Chipmunks ... to come up with a hit song (via BusinessInsider). He spent the last of his money making "Witch ...

Bagdasarian's quirky 1958 single "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don ... to finally settle on chipmunks, which he named after Liberty Records executives Alvin Bennett, Simon Waronker and Theodore ...

From humble beginnings in a Christmas song to a billion-dollar global franchise, Alvin and the Chipmunks have come a long way. Ross Bagdasarian Sr. was struggling to make a hit song when he spent ...

“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 ...

“Alvin’s Harmonica,” which reached No. 3. More hit records followed, and the Chipmunks jumped to TV for a few seasons in the early 1960s. Decades later, the song remains in perennial ...

For more than 60 years, the dulcet, high-speed tones of Alvin ... each of the roles as the Chipmunks, Bagdasarian scored a holiday smash with “The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late ...

A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame honoring the Grammy-winning animated singing group Alvin and ... The Chipmunks made their debut with the 1958 novelty Christmas song, "The Chipmunk Song ...

will make their interactive debut this holiday with Alvin and the Chipmunks, the video game. The Chipmunk Song, which will be included in the game, is a pop culture staple so beloved that it has ...

As this second sequel opens, Dave is already annoyed at Alvin. A bad omen ... The DVD includes a making-of featurette and 16 Chipmunks songs in a jukebox. The Blu-ray adds seven extended scenes ...