The Chipmunks See Doctor Dolittle
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''The Chipmunks See Doctor Dolittle'' is a 1968 album by
Alvin and 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 s ...
with
David Seville David "Dave" Seville is a fictional character, the producer and manager of the fictional singing group ''Alvin and the Chipmunks''. The character was created by Ross Bagdasarian Sr., who had used the name "David Seville" as his stage name prior ...
, released by Sunset Records. The storyline linking each song consists of the Chipmunks and Dave having just finished viewing the musical film ''
Doctor Dolittle Doctor John Dolittle is the central character of a series of children's books by Hugh Lofting starting with the 1920 ''The Story of Doctor Dolittle''. He is a physician who shuns human patients in favour of animals, with whom he can speak in the ...
'' starring
Rex Harrison Sir Reginald Carey "Rex" Harrison (5 March 1908 – 2 June 1990) was an English actor. Harrison began his career on the stage in 1924. He made his West End debut in 1936 appearing in the Terence Rattigan play ''French Without Tears'', in what ...
with songs by
Leslie Bricusse Leslie Bricusse OBE (; 29 January 1931 – 19 October 2021) was a British composer, lyricist, and playwright who worked on theatre musicals and wrote theme music for films. He was best known for writing the music and lyrics for the films ''Do ...
. Alvin, Simon and Theodore enjoyed the film so much that they beg Dave to let them see it again, who agrees on the condition that they allowed themselves to be quizzed on different aspect of the plot.castalbums.org
/ref> One single was released from the album: "Talk to the Animals" b/w "My Friend the Doctor". ''The Chipmunks See Doctor Dolittle'' has never been reissued on CD or as a digital download.


Track listing

All songs written by
Leslie Bricusse Leslie Bricusse OBE (; 29 January 1931 – 19 October 2021) was a British composer, lyricist, and playwright who worked on theatre musicals and wrote theme music for films. He was best known for writing the music and lyrics for the films ''Do ...
.


Side One

# "Doctor Dolittle" – 2:56 # "My Friend the Doctor" – 4:32 # " Talk to the Animals" – 3:42 # "When I Look In Your Eyes" – 2:39


Side Two

# "Fabulous Places" – 3:01 # "I've Never Seen Anything Like It" – 2:30 # "Beautiful Things" – 3:07 # "Finale: Doctor Dolittle/My Friend the Doctor" – 2:04


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chipmunks See Doctor Dolittle, The Alvin and the Chipmunks albums 1968 albums Liberty Records albums Sunset Records albums