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 ...

The animated musical group Alvin and the Chipmunks has appeared in eight feature-length films since their debut. Here is how ...

The persistence of “Alvin and the Chipmunks” as a cultural text is rather baffling. The mischievous singing rodents were created in 1958 for a novelty record, which makes them 57 years old. You’re ...

NEW YORK -- Perfectly timed to cash in on the perennial endless radio plays of the classic novelty tune "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late"), this holiday movie presents the furry warblers in ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nearly 50 years after they topped the charts with a novelty Christmas song, squeaky-voiced chipmunks Alvin, Simon and Theodore return this holiday season in a computer-animated ...

Alvin and The Chipmunks When/Where: Sunday, 2 p.m., at The Louisville Palace. Tickets: www.louisvillepalace.com Forget One Direction. The cutest boy band in the world are coming to the Louisville ...

Directed by Mike Mitchell and written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, Alvin and the Chipmunks 3 reunites Jason Lee, David ...

There is, admittedly, a low bar to be met for a sequel called “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel.” Does it have three big-tailed, singing nut-storers? Check. Do they have high-pitched voices?

The holiday tentpole season usually guarantees at least one big offering for the kids and their parents to enjoy. Some years, you get a Disney musical or a Harry Potter related title to indulge in.