Bagdasarian Prods, owner of the Alvin and the Chipmunks franchise, is suing EMI Music for allegedly failing to pay appropriate royalties on a boxed set of Chipmunks music featuring 24 songs. By Eriq ...
The Number Ones is a new column where I'll review every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present.
After hearing testimony from the son of the creator of the singing Chipmunks characters, a judge weighing pretrial motions in a lawsuit concerning use of their music asked lawyers on both sides ...
Come to Bournemouth Coach Station at night and you will hear non-stop squeaky Alvin and the Chipmunks songs coming out of ceiling speakers. It marks a change from the bagpipe music which has been used ...
The house that Chipmunks built sits atop a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean. By Billboard Staff The house that Chipmunks built sits atop a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Ross Bagdasarian Jr.
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.” ...
'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star' at high pitches equals new multi-million dollar lawsuit for EMI. By Eriq Gardner Those adorable, annoying, uber-litigious Chipmunks are at it again. The Chipmunks were ...