"The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" by Alvin & The Chipmunks and David Seville hit the No.1 spot on Billboard's Hot 100, 67 years ago.

Ross? Bagdasarian's quirky 1958 single "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)," became a singular sensation, as six decades later, his under-the-radar collaborators are revealed. By Stephen Cox ...

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 ...

It started out as a clever-enough idea. In 1958, Ross Bagdasarian, a Broadway actor who’d had a pretty good role as a pianist in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 masterpiece Rear Window, started experimenting ...

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 $190 ...