David Seville was born Ross Bagdasarian on January 29, 1919 in Fresno, California. He became an actor and appeared in several movies including Stalag 17, Viva Zapata and Rear Window. He also wrote Come On-a My House, a song made popular by Rosemary Clooney.He scored his own novelty hit in 1958 with Witch Doctor, which stayed at the Number One spot for three weeks and also became a Gold Record. He then created The Chipmunks, Alvin, Simon and Theodore, named after three executives at Liberty Records, the label David Seville recorded with, Alvin Bennett, Simon Waronker and Theodore Keep.
On December 1, 1958 The Chipmunk Song debuted on the Billboard chart and went straight to Number one for an entire month and went Gold. It's been re-released over the years by itself and on many Christmas compilation albums and has become an all-time Christmas Classic,
The Chipmunks and The Chipmunk Song is our Song of the Week.
Enjoy!
Michael
