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.” ...
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 off what would ...
Which Alvin and the Chipmunks gift is best? Novelty act Alvin and the Chipmunks have been rocking out since they began recording their squeaky-voiced songs in 1958. Generations continue to enjoy the ...