Where did the Chipmunks in the Chipmunks' "Christmas Song" get their names?

mctavish99

They were named after executives of their original record label. "Alvin and the Chipmunks is an animated music group created by Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. in 1958. The group consists of three singing animated anthropomorphic chipmunks: Alvin, the mischievous troublemaker, who quickly became the star of the group; Simon, the tall, bespectacled intellectual; and Theodore, the chubby, impressionable one. The trio is managed by their human father David Seville. In reality, David Seville was Bagdasarian's stage name, and the Chipmunks themselves are named after the executives of their original record label." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_and_the_Chipmunks Apr 10 10, 7:53 AM

star_gazer

Seville developed the "Witch Doctor" method of creating funny voices by speeding them up even further in the shape of a trio called The Chipmunks, whose names - Simon, Alvin and Theodore - were taken from those of Liberty's chiefs, Simon Waronker, Alvin Bennett and Theodore Keep (the chief engineer). Waronker didn't mind at all ; in fact he was highly supportive of the unusual sound that his friend Ross Bagdasarian (Seville's real name) had created. With "The Chipmunk Song" (late 1958), Seville scored another million-selling smash and for the next couple of years, the Chipmunks just wouldn't go away. http://www.rockabillyeurope.com/references/messages/si_waronker.htm Apr 10 10, 1:01 PM