Editing Alvin and the Chipmunks (section)

===New albums and ''A Chipmunk Christmas'' (1969–1982)===
[[File:Ross Bagdasarian 1972.jpg|thumb|[[Ross Bagdasarian]] in 1972. He was the creator of the Chipmunks.]]
The final Chipmunks album in the project's original incarnation, ''[[The Chipmunks Go to the Movies (album)|The Chipmunks Go to the Movies]]'', was released in 1969. After Bagdasarian's death in 1972, the Chipmunks' careers stalled until 1979, when [[NBC]] began airing reruns of ''The Alvin Show'' as a mid-season replacement. The following year, [[Pickwick Records|Excelsior Records]] released a new album of contemporary songs performed by the Chipmunks. That album, ''[[Chipmunk Punk]]'', featured Bagdasarian's son, Ross Bagdasarian Jr., doing the voices of the characters. That album and the continued reruns of the series proved to be popular enough to warrant further new records as well as new television productions, and on December 14, 1981, the Chipmunks and Seville returned to television in the NBC Christmas special ''[[A Chipmunk Christmas]]'', produced by the Bagdasarians with [[Chuck Jones]] as a creative consultant. It was accompanied by a soundtrack album. The following year, two more albums were released (''[[Chipmunk Rock]]'' and ''[[The Chipmunks Go Hollywood]]'').