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 ...

The chase was on, as it had been for years. After the tale of "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" was put to music and sold in a frenzy in 1949, each yuletide brought a bumper crop of sonic delights (or ...

My enjoyment of the Chipmunks phenomenon pretty much began and ended with my childhood copy of Ross Bagdasarian’s Grammy-winning, 1958 novelty record “The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late).” A ...

Alvin & The Chipmunks have been some of the most beloved cartoon characters since 1958. They were an animated musical band created by Ross Bagdasarian, originally starting with a novelty song called ...

From chipmunk songs to Mariah Carey, this playlist runs the gamut of classic Christmas music. “All I Want For Christmas Is You” by Mariah Carey. This song has become a classic Christmas mainstay. Most ...

Earlier this week, we asked our audience which Christmas song is the worst. Now we have the results!

Also later on, Simon raps. You have to love when Hollywood goes on crusades against its crassest impulses, then slips up by using super-marketable stuff in the service of proving its point. Because ...

In the 1950s, as rock and roll was beginning to take hold as the dominant musical genre, scaring parents with its rebellious attitudes and hip-shaking dance moves, other musicians took a few aspects ...

After 60 years, Alvin and the Chipmunks are, as their catchy TV theme song perpetually promises, coming on stronger than ever before. Late last year, the harmonizing rodents with a penchant for hula ...

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