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.” ...

The silly pals are hitting the road for a family-friendly show Have you missed Alvin and the Chipmunks? Don’t fret — you’ll have the chance to catch up with them soon. The small, furry friends from ...

In the years since an aspiring small-time actor named Ross Bagdasarian bought a variable-speed tape recorder and sang “The Chipmunk Song” into its embedded microphone in 1958, his mischief-making ...

John F. Kennedy was running for president in 1960 when he jotted off a memo to a songwriter. "I'm glad to know that I have at least one worthy opponent," the note said. Kennedy wasn't referring to ...

Alvin and the Chipmunks is a running joke that's lasted fifty years. It began as a novelty record featuring witch doctors in the 1950s (speeding up vocals to chipmunk squeakiness) and branched out ...

Alvin and the Chipmunks have been singing in their high-pitched voices since the 1950s, and the tiny animated crooners' names ...

David Seville never really existed at all, and yet there have been at least three of him in the last 60 years. Dave, of course, is the human adjunct to those famous singing rodents, Alvin and the ...

The three previous films in the Alvin and the Chipmunks franchise have grossed more than a billion dollars worldwide despite consistent, nearly unanimous critical drubbings. The newest iteration, ...

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Comedy. Starring Jason Lee, David Cross and Cameron Richardson. Directed by Tim Hill. (PG. 92 minutes. At Bay Area theaters. "Alvin and the Chipmunks" is a movie that features ...

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 ...

"Alvin and the Chipmunks" was obviously made with the youngest of gamers in mind, but even they will find little to squeak about in this quickie film license. It's a rhythm game without rhythm, a road ...