Editing Alvin and the Chipmunks (section)

=== "The Chipmunk Song" ===
{{Main|The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)}}
After the success of "Witch Doctor", [[Liberty Records]] asked Bagdasarian to create another successful novelty record. He then came up with three singing chipmunks who were named after executives at Liberty Records: Alvin (named after Al Bennett), Simon (named after [[Simon Waronker]]), and Theodore ([[Ted Keep]]).<ref>{{cite news|last=Pantera|first=Gabrielle|title=DVD: Alvin and the Chipmunks TV Shows|url=http://www.hollywoodtoday.net/2009/09/29/dvd-alvin-and-the-chipmunks-tv-shows/|accessdate=15 April 2011|newspaper=Hollywood Today|date=2009-09-29|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612051608/http://www.hollywoodtoday.net/2009/09/29/dvd-alvin-and-the-chipmunks-tv-shows/|archivedate=12 June 2010}}</ref><ref name="LAGOV"/><ref>{{Cite news|title=Animation Anecdotes #104|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/animation-anecdotes-104/|last=Korkis|first=Jim|date=2013-04-05|access-date=2021-12-19|work=Cartoon Research}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://unrememberedhistory.com/2016/12/02/canned-heat-and-the-chipmunks-a-musical-christmas-story/|title=Canned Heat and The Chipmunks: A Musical Christmas Story|date=December 2, 2016 |access-date=20 November 2024|publisher=UNREMEMBERED}}</ref> The Chipmunks first officially appeared on the scene in a novelty record released in late fall 1958 by Bagdasarian. The song, originally listed on the record label (Liberty F-55168) as "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)", featured the singing skills of the chipmunk trio.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/chipmunk-song-turns-60-secrets-a-holiday-classic-1169762/|access-date=28 October 2024 |title="The Chipmunk Song" Turns 60: Secrets of a Holiday Novelty Smash |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=21 December 2018 }}</ref> The novelty record was highly successful, selling 4.5 million copies in seven weeks,<ref name="LAGOV">{{cite web|url=http://clkrep.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2019/19-0007-S5_misc_1_03-08-2019.pdf|title=ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS – A SIX DECADE SUCCESS STORY|access-date=20 November 2024|publisher=[[Los Angeles City Council]]}}</ref> eventually selling 12 million copies.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2dgJVseZAlsC&pg=PA100|title=Music of the postwar era|first=Don|last=Tyler|date=2008|pages=99–100|isbn=9780313341915|publisher=Greenwood Press}}</ref> The song launched the careers of its chipmunk stars.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/12/23/chipmunk-song-christmas-david-seville/|access-date=28 October 2024 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|title=How 'The Chipmunk Song' became an unlikely Christmas megahit}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/1980078/the-number-ones-the-chipmunks-david-sevilles-the-chipmunk-song-christmas-dont-be-late/columns/the-number-ones/|access-date=28 October 2024 |title=The Number Ones: The Chipmunks & David Seville's "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't be Late)" |date=25 January 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtae.com/article/holiday-flashback-the-chipmunk-song-christmas-don-t-be-late/7475643|access-date=28 October 2024 |title=HOLIDAY FLASHBACK: 'The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't be Late)' |date=December 2015 }}</ref> The song won three [[1st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]] in 1958<ref>{{cite web|last=O'Neil|first=Tom|url=http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2009/05/today-in-1958-first-grammy-awards-handed-out-.html|title=Today in 1959: First Grammy Awards handed out|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=4 May 2009|access-date=29 Nov 2009}}{{Dead link|date=May 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and was nominated for [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year|Record of the Year]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/1st-annual-grammy-awards?cat=627|title=1958 Grammy Winners|publisher=[[Recording Academy]]|access-date=May 20, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Justice For "The Chipmunk Song": 10 Reasons It Will Always Be A Christmas Classic {{!}} GRAMMY.com |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/the-chipmunk-song-christmas-dont-be-late-anniversary-legacy-facts |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=grammy.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/business/publishing/chipmunks-christmas-song-how-much-money-make-each-year-1235521178/|access-date=28 October 2024 |title=How Much Does the Chipmunks' Christmas Song Earn Every Year? |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/list/sinatra-chipmunks-7-things-know-about-1st-grammy-awards|access-date=20 November 2024|title=Sinatra To The Chipmunks: 7 Things To Know About The 1st GRAMMY Awards|publisher=Grammy Awards}}</ref> "The Chipmunk Song" appeared on the Chipmunks' debut album, ''Let's All Sing with the Chipmunks'', in 1959, and was repeated on ''Christmas with the Chipmunks'', released in 1962.<ref name="GWD">{{cite web|url=https://prod.origin.grammy.com/news/the-chipmunk-song-christmas-dont-be-late-anniversary-legacy-facts|access-date=20 November 2024|title=Justice For "The Chipmunk Song": 10 Reasons It Will Always Be A Christmas Classic|publisher=Grammy Awards}}</ref>