Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

Decades after the Chipmunks made their small-screen debut on CBS in 1961, Alvin, Simon and Theodore are still leaving an indelible mark on the television landscape and adhering to creator Ross ...

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 ...

People went weirdly crazy for the sped-up, squeaky vocals on those original, novelty Chipmunks records, and 50 years later, ...

Ross Bagdasarian Jr. didn't plan to build his career on furry cartoon creatures with high-pitched singing voices. But when his father died unexpectedly in 1972, the law-school graduate said he felt ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PARIS — Nickelodeon has snatched up U.S. rights to the first two seasons of the CG-animated reboot series “Alvinnn!!! and the ...

Forty-eight years ago, songwriter Ross Bagdasarian was taking a drive through California’s Yosemite National Park when a chipmunk scampered out in front of his car and stared him down in the way a ...

Ross Bagdasarian Jr. and his wife, Janice, had so much fun building their home in Montecito that they want to construct another one for themselves next door. It’s a theme that resonates in at least ...

EXCLUSIVE: The family that owns rights to Alvin and the Chipmunks has sued 20th Century Fox, claiming it is owed "half of all profits" from last year's megahit "The Squeakquel." In a lawsuit filed in ...

Last night, Los Angeles-based animation industry artist Maddie Taylor posted a public Facebook message accusing Alvin and the Chipmunks owners Bagdasarian Productions of unethical industry practices.

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.” ...