''Let's All Sing With the Chipmunks'' is the debut album of

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. It is a

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album. The songs on the record are a mixture between cover versions of children's songs in the

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and customized original musical material. It contains the

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s of the Chipmunks' first three singles: "

The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" is a 1958 novelty Christmas carol written and recorded by Ross Bagdasarian (under the stage name of David Seville). Bagdasarian sang the Christmas carol, varying the tape speeds to produce high-pitc ...

", " Alvin's Harmonica" and "

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". The artist credit on the original release was listed as

Ross Bagdasarian Ross S. Bagdasarian (; January 27, 1919 – January 16, 1972), known professionally by his stage name David "Dave" Seville, was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor best known for creating the virtual band, cartoon band Al ...

(changed to "Alvin, Simon and Theodore with David Seville" on the revised 1961 cover).

Album cover variations

The original issue of the album depicted three realistic looking chipmunks on the cover, with Alvin making a pose like the then-recently deceased

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. When the album was reissued two years later, a new cover was substituted, that of an '' Alvin Show'' animation

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setup reenacting the poses the original chipmunks made, with the exception of Alvin, who was now shown as making a pose like

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. The 2008 compact disc reissue uses the 1961 front cover design along with the original 1959 back cover.

Track listing

The Chipmunks - Let's All Sing with the Chipmunks lyrics
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''.

Side one

Yankee Doodle "Yankee Doodle" is a traditional song and nursery rhyme, the early versions of which predate the Seven Years' War and American Revolutionary War. It is often sung patriotically in the United States today. It is the state song of the U.S. ...

" (Trad., arr. Ross Bagdasarian Sr.) – 1:57 #"Chipmunk Fun" (Bagdasarian Sr.) – 1:58 #"The Little Dog (Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone)" (

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)– 1:59 #" Old MacDonald Cha Cha Cha" (Trad., arr. Bagdasarian Sr.) – 1:55 #" Three Blind (Folded) Mice" (Trad., arr. Bagdasarian Sr.) – 1:54 #" Alvin's Harmonica" (Bagdasarian Sr.) – 2:42

Side two

"Good Morning Song" ( Mildred Hill) – 1:09 #"

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" (

Frank Churchill Frank Edwin Churchill (October 20, 1901 – May 14, 1942) was an American film composer and songwriter. He wrote most of the music for films produced by Walt Disney, such as ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'', '' Dumbo'', ''Bambi'', '' The Ad ...

Larry Morey Lawrence L. Morey (March 26, 1905 – May 8, 1971) was an American lyricist and screenwriter. He co-wrote some of the most successful songs in Disney films of the 1930s and 1940s, including " Heigh-Ho", " Some Day My Prince Will Come", and " ...

) – 1:49 #" If You Love Me (

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)" (Trad., arr. Bagdasarian Sr.) – 2:12 #"

" (

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) – 2:08 #" Pop Goes the Weasel" (Trad., arr. Bagdasarian Sr.) – 1:19 #"

" (Bagdasarian, Sr.) – 2:21

Production credits

- Producer *

Ted Keep Theodore Gene Keep (20 January 1924 – 21 May 2007) was an American audio engineer and record producer. As a co-founder of Liberty Records, he was the namesake of the character of Theodore from The Alvin Show and ''The Chipmunks'',. Biography ...

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* Pate/Francis & Assoc. - cover design and actual

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- riginal pressing* Studio Five - animation artwork - reissue pressing

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Let's All Sing With The Chipmunks 1959 debut albums Alvin and the Chipmunks albums Liberty Records albums Albums produced by Ross Bagdasarian