Alvin and the Chipmunks
Alvin and the Chipmunks (English Alvin and the Chipmunks ) is an invented by Ross Bagdasarian music group. The group consists of three singing chipmunks ( engl. Chipmunks ) with the name Alvin, Simon and Theodore. Be managed the. Three of their human foster father David " Dave " Seville In reality, David Seville was Ross Bagdasarians stage name.
- 4.1 albums
- 4.2 Singles
Formation
The music of the Chipmunks was first released in 1958 under the name David Seville and the Chipmunks, and brought the three little chipmunks unparalleled success. Together with her manager Dave had several appearances in several animated series and films. This was the starting point for the Chipmunks to present from now on as cartoon characters.
The voices of the characters all come from Bagdasarian himself, who accelerated the playback to create the typical, high chipmunk sound. Although the Chipmunks were not real, they published over the years, many albums and singles. The Chipmunk Song became a No. 1 hit in the United States. After the death of Ross Bagdasarian the voices of all future releases of Ross Bagdasarian Jr. his son and his wife Janice Karman were taken.
The Chipmunks themselves are named after the employees of the management of the original labels Liberty Records, Alvin Bennett ( president), Theodore Keep ( the chief engineer ), and Simon Waronker ( the founder and owner).
History
The Chipmunk Song
The Chipmunk Song Christmas Do not Be Late or was published in 1958. Within seven weeks more than four million copies were sold, and the career of the trio was able to start. The song was dated December 27, 1958 to January 19, 1959 1st place in the Billboard Top 100 chart list. They won with the song three Grammy Awards and a nomination for Record of the Year.
Imitations
During the preparations for the television series The Chipmunks - The Nutty Squirrels imitation was published ( The crazy squirrel), with their singing but could not place a success.
The Alvin Show
The first television series, which included the Chipmunks, was called The Alvin Show, and was one of many short animated series, which aired between 1961 and 1962 on CBS. The show was not successful and was discontinued after one season.
Following the Alvin cartoons, the series included the figures Clyde Crashcup and his partner Leonardo, which were not taken in the later series. However, Clyde Crashcup made a guest appearance in an episode of Alvin and the Chipmunks.
The series was produced by Format Films for Bagdasarian Film Corporation, the. Initially, the series was broadcast in black and white, but was newly produced for the later repetitions in color.
A Chipmunk Christmas
After the death of Ross Bagdasarian in 1972, the career of the Chipmunks came to a standstill until NBC showed interest in the original show, and a new album with the previous songs, sung by Ross Bagdasarian Jr., published. The success of this album and the re- broadcast of the show Alvin seemed to be reason enough to produce a new series. On 14 December 1981, the Chipmunks and David Seville came for the first time after a long time on TV. The Christmas special A Chipmunk Christmas, produced by Chuck Jones, was a huge success.
Alvin and the Chipmunks
1983 launched the second animated series, the Chipmunks, produced by Ruby - Spears. The name was chosen very simple with Alvin and the Chipmunks, the plot was similar to the Alvin Show. With the end of 1991, the series could have eight seasons.
Already in the first season presented to the fans, the female counterpart to the Chipmunks, the Chipettes. Brittany, Eleanor and Jeanette were made as well as their male counterparts on a singing career and also had a human companion, Miss Miller.
1987, in the middle of the fifth season, the first feature film of the Chipmunks, The Chipmunk Adventure ( Alwin and the globetrotter ) was released, directed by Janice Karman. It is about a contest between the Chipmunks and Chipettes to which they can travel around the world.
For the sixth season they switched to the production company DiC Entertainment, the series name was changed to The Chipmunks.
In the eighth and final season, the show was titled The Chipmunks Go to the Movies ( The Chipmunks geh'n the film). Every single episode of the season was a mixture of jest and homage to famous Hollywood films like Back to the Future or King Kong.
More
The rights to the characters -bought in 1996 Universal Pictures. As a result, the film Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein 1999 came directly as a video cassette on the market. The film was successful enough for the sequel Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman, which was launched in 2000.
In 2000, Bagdasarian Productions of Universal Pictures was sued on the basis of breach of contract, in the hope of gaining back the rights to the characters. Ross Bagdasrian Jr. won the court case in 2002. Had the process run not happy, the Chipmunks would be until 2006 remained in the hands of Universal Pictures. Until then, there would have been no publications of any kind Chipmunks. Bagdasarian Productions sued Thomas Lee, the inventor of parody Chipmunkz Gangsta Rap 2006. The process is not yet complete.
On 14 December 2007 under the title Alvin and the Chipmunks - published in the U.S. cinemas on December 20 and also in German cinemas The movie is a movie with actors and computer-animated chipmunks by 20th Century Fox. On 23 December 2009, the sequel, Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 is published in the U.S. and on December 24, 2009 in the German cinemas. 2011 was followed by Alvin and the Chipmunks 3: Chipwrecked.
There is a German version of the Chipmunk songs of 1958. It is in this case three singing ducks. The vinyl single was released by Electrola under the title Duck Song - Mr. Waddle and his Duck Trio - Franz Thon and his orchestra, and the ducks were called Jacky, Theodor and Erwin. Behind Mr. Waddle, Hans Blum hides.
Further reading on some manufactured in Germany play records the Chipmunks of ducks.
Recording technique
The voices of the Chipmunks were generated initially by the fact that you had received the votes at half speed on a tape and the tape being played back at normal speed. Thus, the voices sounded twice as fast or a full octave higher. Today, however, this effect is produced in digital form. The term has voiced chipmunk found its way into the English language, and generally designates an artificially generated higher voice. The name of the hip-hop production style Chipmunk Soul goes back to this effect.
This technique has already been used in many comedy albums of various artists. The Ying Tong Song by The Goons, transistor radio of Benny Hill or The Laughing Gnome by David Bowie are some examples.