Several iterations of TV shows and films followed, including an "Alvin and the Chipmunks" movie in and three sequels. Bagdasarian Jr. They engaged financial firms to sell the company about four years ago, according to a person familiar with the matter, but ultimately scrapped those discussions. David Seville : [heads off toward the kitchen] Alvin! Simon : [quickly spits it out and looks sternly at Theodore] You owe me big-time!
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It often indicates a user profile. Log out. US Markets Loading H M S In the news. Anjelica Oswald. It reached No. He named the three chipmunks Simon, Theodore, and Alvin, after three record executives, and gave them a human caretaker named David Seville, Bagdasarian's stage name.
Bagdasarian voiced all three chipmunks and the human David for much of his career. It lasted just one season before being relegated to reruns on Saturday mornings. Bagdasarian was soon in the Chipmunk business full-time, recording a string of albums, sometimes with supporting vocalists.
One of them, Ron Hicklin, told The Hollywood Reporter in that the team was recording in Hollywood when the Watts riots between police and residents broke out in Fearing some kind of violent encounter, Hicklin said Bagdasarian carried a pistol while walking from the studio to his car. They were reportedly big fans of the Chipmunks and of the technical challenges involved in creating their distinctive warble.
Bagdasarian was a man of many interests. After Alvin and the Chipmunks had given him a measure of financial security, he focused less on the records and more on his winery, Sierra Wine Corporation.
After Bagdasarian died in , his three children inherited both the winemaking operation and the Chipmunks. After spending most of the s keeping the group on ice, Ross Bagdasarian Jr. When that took off, Bagdasarian Jr.
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