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While touring with “The Time Of Your Life,” Bagdasarian and Saroyan wrote “Come On-A My House,” adapted from an Armenian folk song. Initially recorded by their cousin Kay Armen, it became a million seller for Rosemary Clooney in 1951. During the 1950s, Bagdasarian crafted other songs from tra-ditional sources, recorded by stars like Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Margaret Whit-ing. In 1955, he signed with Liberty Records, using the pseudonym “David Seville.” He struck gold in 1958 with “Witch Doctor,” a novelty smash utilizing variable pitch recording techniques and “The Chipmunk Song,” in which he created a trio of lovable, mischievous rodents using his own sped-up voice. The record saved the foundering Liberty Records from going under. An animated prime-time cartoon, “The Alvin Show” followed (1961), but Bagdasarian spent the remaining decade of his life as a “one-hit wonder,” unable to top the Chipmunks’ success. This paper examines Bagdasarian’s career as an innovative song-writer and record producer, exploring his early experiments using traditional Armenian folk music and embracing popular musical genres and technologies of the 1950s to create a new sound. Of primary assistance were Bagdasarian’s three children: actress Carol, novelist Adam, and producer Ross Jr., who continues to manage the Chipmunks franchise.\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Language"]},"value":{"en":["English"]}},{"label":{"en":["Publisher"]},"value":{"en":["Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eCopyright Association for Recorded Sound Collections\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Video Editor"]},"value":{"en":["Nathan Georgitis"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eThe son of a Fresno, California grape rancher, Rostom \u0026ldquo;Ross\u0026rdquo; Sipan Bagdasarian (1919-1972) began his career playing bit roles on stage and in film, including appearing in his cousin William Saroyan\u0026rsquo;s play \u0026ldquo;The Time Of Your Life\u0026rdquo; (1939) and playing the songwriter in Alfred Hitchcock\u0026rsquo;s \u0026ldquo;Rear Window\u0026rdquo; (1954). While touring with \u0026ldquo;The Time Of Your Life,\u0026rdquo; Bagdasarian and Saroyan wrote \u0026ldquo;Come On-A My House,\u0026rdquo; adapted from an Armenian folk song. Initially recorded by their cousin Kay Armen, it became a million seller for Rosemary Clooney in 1951. During the 1950s, Bagdasarian crafted other songs from tra-ditional sources, recorded by stars like Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Margaret Whit-ing. In 1955, he signed with Liberty Records, using the pseudonym \u0026ldquo;David Seville.\u0026rdquo; He struck gold in 1958 with \u0026ldquo;Witch Doctor,\u0026rdquo; a novelty smash utilizing variable pitch recording techniques and \u0026ldquo;The Chipmunk Song,\u0026rdquo; in which he created a trio of lovable, mischievous rodents using his own sped-up voice. The record saved the foundering Liberty Records from going under. An animated prime-time cartoon, \u0026ldquo;The Alvin Show\u0026rdquo; followed (1961), but Bagdasarian spent the remaining decade of his life as a \u0026ldquo;one-hit wonder,\u0026rdquo; unable to top the Chipmunks\u0026rsquo; success. This paper examines Bagdasarian\u0026rsquo;s career as an innovative song-writer and record producer, exploring his early experiments using traditional Armenian folk music and embracing popular musical genres and technologies of the 1950s to create a new sound. Of primary assistance were Bagdasarian\u0026rsquo;s three children: actress Carol, novelist Adam, and producer Ross Jr., who continues to manage the Chipmunks franchise.\u003c/p\u003e"]},"requiredStatement":{"label":{"en":["Attribution"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003eCopyright Association for Recorded Sound Collections\u003c/p\u003e"]}},"provider":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/aboutus","type":"Agent","label":{"en":["Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]},"homepage":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/","type":"Text","label":{"en":["Association for Recorded Sound Collections"]},"format":"text/html"}],"logo":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/organizations/logo_images/000/000/019/original/ARSC_Full_Logo_RGB_K.jpg?1605438091","type":"Image"}]}],"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/collection_resource_files/thumbnails/000/097/665/small/open-uri20200922-6764-6l2a3t_1600818224.jpg?1600803848","type":"Image","format":"image/jpeg"}],"items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1143/collection_resources/29763/file/97665","type":"Canvas","label":{"en":["Media File 1 of 2 - open-uri20200922-6764-6l2a3t.mp4"]},"duration":2078.12267,"width":640,"height":360,"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/collection_resource_files/thumbnails/000/097/665/small/open-uri20200922-6764-6l2a3t_1600818224.jpg?1600803848","type":"Image","format":"image/jpeg"}],"items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1143/collection_resources/29763/file/97665/content/1","type":"AnnotationPage","items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1143/collection_resources/29763/file/97665/content/1/annotation/1","type":"Annotation","motivation":"painting","body":{"id":"https://aviary-p-arsc.s3.wasabisys.com/collection_resource_files/resource_files/000/097/665/original/open-uri20200922-6764-6l2a3t.mp4?1600803802","type":"Video","format":"video/mp4","duration":2078.12267,"width":640,"height":360},"target":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1143/collection_resources/29763/file/97665","metadata":[]}]}],"annotations":[]},{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1143/collection_resources/29763/file/256124","type":"Canvas","label":{"en":["Media File 2 of 2 - ARSC_conf_2018_Ginell_audio.mp3"]},"duration":2068.71894,"width":640,"height":360,"thumbnail":[{"id":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/public/images/audio-default.png","type":"Image","format":"image/png"}],"items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1143/collection_resources/29763/file/256124/content/1","type":"AnnotationPage","items":[{"id":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1143/collection_resources/29763/file/256124/content/2/annotation/1","type":"Annotation","motivation":"painting","body":{"id":"https://aviary-p-arsc.s3.wasabisys.com/collection_resource_files/resource_files/000/256/124/original/ARSC_conf_2018_Ginell_audio.mp3?1730831105","type":"Audio","format":"audio/mpeg","duration":2068.71894,"width":640,"height":360},"target":"https://arsc.aviaryplatform.com/collections/1143/collection_resources/29763/file/256124","metadata":[]}]}],"annotations":[]}]}