We’re looking at music from cartoon characters this week. One of my all-time favourites, and one of my earliest memories of this genre has got to be the classic from Davide Seville and the Chipmunks.
David Seville had a 1958 hit called Witch Doctor with which he used a variable speed tape recorder for the “oo-ee-ah-ah-ah” part of the song. Later that year he used the same technique for the fictitious Chipmunks, providing all the voices himself, and their resulting #1 song Christmas Don’t Be Late.
Seville won two Grammies for the song: Best Comedy Performance and Best Recording For Children. As a six year-old, I was in awe. And I had to have a hula-hoop.
