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 ...

Can’t say I have vivid childhood memories of Ross Bagdasarian Sr.’s “The Alvin Show.” But what I do vaguely recall is pleasant enough, as long as those helium chipmunk harmonies were limited to one ...

The cartoon band isn’t a new concept. It dates back to at least the late 1950s, when Fresno’s Ross Bagdasarian Sr. — better known by the stage name David Seville — created the furry troubadours Alvin ...