Bagdasarian Prods, owner of the Alvin and the Chipmunks franchise, is suing EMI Music for allegedly failing to pay appropriate royalties on a boxed set of Chipmunks music featuring 24 songs. By Eriq ...

Residents and visitors of the English coastal town of Bournemouth may encounter a shocking and disturbing sound if they find themselves at the Bournemouth Coach Station late at night. In order to ...

After hearing testimony from the son of the creator of the singing Chipmunks characters, a judge weighing pretrial motions in a lawsuit concerning use of their music asked lawyers on both sides ...

Ross? Bagdasarian's quirky 1958 single "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)," became a singular sensation, as six decades later, his under-the-radar collaborators are revealed. By Stephen Cox ...

Nearly six decades after the release of musician-producer Ross Bagdasarian Sr.’s novelty record “The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late),” 2015 might well be considered the year of the Chipmunks, ...

Which Alvin and the Chipmunks gift is best? Novelty act Alvin and the Chipmunks have been rocking out since they began recording their squeaky-voiced songs in 1958. Generations continue to enjoy the ...

Is there a music genre less respected than novelty music? Well, disco, but we weep not for the dead. The novelty song, which for our purposes here is defined as "a comical or nonsensical song," is ...

The house that Chipmunks built sits atop a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean. By Billboard Staff The house that Chipmunks built sits atop a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Ross Bagdasarian Jr.

'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star' at high pitches equals new multi-million dollar lawsuit for EMI. By Eriq Gardner Those adorable, annoying, uber-litigious Chipmunks are at it again. The Chipmunks were ...