Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The song was inspired by a book that was sitting on Bagdasarian’s shelf, called Duel with a Witch Doctor. Bagdasarian created the ...

“Ooh, eeh, ooh aah aah/Ting tang, wallawalla bing bang!” They just don’t write lyrics like those anymore. Perhaps for good reason but, that snippet is from a No. 1 hit in 1958. More on that later but ...

Ross Bagdasarian, who used the stage name David Seville, is most famous for creating the cartoon band, Alvin and the Chipmunks. He also performed on Broadway and appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's Rear ...