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Alvin & The Chipmunks

Alvin and the Chipmunks are a cartoon band whose high-pitched singing voices have appeared on a chart-topping Billboard hit as well as multiple Grammy-winning albums. Ross Bagdasarian created the virtual group in 1958, after scoring a Number 1 hit earlier that same year with "Witch Doctor." By recording his own voice and speeding up the playback, he was able to create a squeaky, chipmunk-like vocal sound that helped "Witch Doctor" top the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks. He repeated the trick with "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)," which was released in 1958 as Alvi...