alvin and the chipmunks first came out in 1983.
alvin and the chipmunks first came out in 1983.
when did alvin and the chipmunks first come out?
1983
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. one phrase in the chorus has alvin wishing for a hula hoop, which was that year's hot new toy. the novelty record was highly successful, selling more than 4 million copies in seven weeks, and it launched the careers of its chipmunk stars. it spent four weeks at number 1 on the "billboard" hot 100 chart from december 22, 1958 to january 12, 1959, succeeding "to know him is to love him" at number 1 on the same chart by another fictional animal act, the teddy bears. it also earned three grammy awards and a nomination for record of the year. at the height of its popularity, bagdasarian and three chipmunk hand-puppets appeared on "the ed sullivan show", lip-synching the song. "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. the song also has been included on several compilation albums.
alvin and the chipmunks
the chipmunks first appeared in comic book form on dell's four color comics series, issue #1042 (cover-dated dec. 1959). alvin, theodore and simon were depicted as somewhat realistic, nearly identical anthropomorphic rodents with almond-shaped eyes. when herb klynn's format films made a deal to develop the three chipmunks for animation, the old designs were rejected and new versions of the characters were created. liberty records eventually re-issued the early albums with the "new" chipmunks and it was this new version of the chipmunks that was used when alvin's own title was released by dell in 1962.









































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alvin and the chipmunks