While I was out and about recently, “Let’s Go” by the Cars came on. I always enjoy hearing that song, as I listened to it frequently during my childhood. But the version I listened to growing up ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES — All Ross Bagdasarian Jr. wanted to do in the late ’70s was pay tribute to his father, Fresno native Ross Bagdasarian Sr., the man who created Alvin and the Chipmunks. He decided to ...

Pop punk and power violence, crust punk and hardcore, J-punk and even Chipmunk Punk. They’re all the children of that “deafening roar that awakened the people like never before” — as new kids’ book ...

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.” ...