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Chipmunk Punk
''Chipmunk Punk'' is an album by the Chipmunks, as well as being the first album released by Ross Bagdasarian, Jr., after he took over the voices of the Chipmunks after the death of Ross Bagdasarian, Sr., his father in 1972. Despite the title of the album, none of the songs listed are considered to be in the style of real punk rock music. It was released on June 15, 1980 (see 1980 in music). The album peaked at No. 34 on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200. It was certified Music recording sales certification, gold by the RIAA on October 14, 1980, becoming the Chipmunks' first gold record. In 2005, it was re-released on compact disc, CD, although the CD was only available through the official Chipmunks website. In Canada, the album reached No. 59. History The inspiration for the album came when KMET (FM), KMET DJ Chuck Taylor played the 12" single, 12″ version of the Blondie (band), Blondie song "Call Me (Blondie song), Call Me" at 45 instead of 33 RPM and announced, in jest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chipmunks
Alvin and the Chipmunks, originally David Seville and the Chipmunks or simply The Chipmunks, are an American animated virtual band and media franchise first created by Ross Bagdasarian for novelty records in 1958. The group consists of three singing animated anthropomorphic chipmunks named Alvin, Simon, and Theodore who are originally managed by their human adoptive father, David "Dave" Seville. Bagdasarian provided the group's voices by producing sped-up recordings of his own, a technique pioneered on the successful "Witch Doctor". Later in 1958 Bagdasarian released the similarly-engineered "The Chipmunk Song" for which he came up with the chipmunk characters and their human father, attributing the track to them. ''David Seville and the Chipmunks'' released several more records over the following decade until Bagdasarian's death in 1972. The franchise was revived in 1979 with the characters' voices provided by his son Ross Bagdasarian Jr. and the latter's wife Janice Karman. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |