Alvin and the Chipmunks is an animated music group created by Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. in 1958. The group consists of three singing animated chipmunks: Alvin, the mischievous troublemaker, who quickly became the star of the group; Simon, the tall, bespectacled intellectual; and Theodore, the chubby, impressionable sweetheart. The trio is managed by their human father and confidant, David Seville.

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  • Alvin and the Chipmunks is an animated music group created by Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. in 1958. The group consists of three singing animated chipmunks: Alvin, the mischievous troublemaker, who quickly became the star of the group; Simon, the tall, bespectacled intellectual; and Theodore, the chubby, impressionable sweetheart. The trio is managed by their human father and confidant, David Seville. In reality, David Seville was Bagdasarian's stage name, and the Chipmunks themselves are named after the executives of their original record label, Liberty Records: Alvin Bennett (the president), Simon Waronker (the founder and owner), and Theodore Keep (the chief engineer). The Chipmunks act began with recordings first brought to life in Bagdasarian's 1950s novelty recordings under the name David Seville and the Chipmunks. For stage purposes, such as during an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, Bagdasarian lip-synched the words of "David Seville" in front of a small puppet theater, with puppets of the three Chipmunks also lip-synching. The puppets looked similar to the Chipmunk illustrations on the covers of some of the group's 45 RPM records. The characters were an unprecedented success, and the singing Chipmunks and their manager were given life in several animated cartoon shows, using redrawn, anthropomorphic chipmunks, and eventually motion pictures. The voices of the group were all performed by Bagdasarian, who sped up the playback to create higher pitched voices. This oft-used process was also not entirely new to Bagdasarian, who had also used it for two previous novelty song projects, including "The Witch Doctor," but it was so unusual and well executed it earned the trio two Grammy Awards for engineering. Although the characters were fictional, they did release a long line of actual albums and singles, with "The Chipmunk Song" becoming a number-one hit single in the United States. After Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. 's death in 1972, their voices were performed by Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. and Janice Karman in all subsequent incarnations except for the 2007 CGI/live-action film adaptation, when they were voiced by Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler and Jesse McCartney respectively.
  • Alvin und die Chipmunks (engl. Alvin and the Chipmunks) ist eine von Ross Bagdasarian erfundene fiktionale Musikgruppe. Die Gruppe besteht aus drei singenden Streifenhörnchen (engl. Chipmunks) mit den Namen Alvin, Simon und Theodore. Gemanagt werden die drei von ihrem menschlichen Ziehvater David „Dave“ Seville. In Wirklichkeit war David Seville Ross Bagdasarians Künstlername.
  • Alvin et les Chipmunks est un groupe de musique imaginaire, créé aux États-Unis dans les années 50. Il est composé de trois tamias (petits écureuils, chipmunk en anglais) Alvin, Simon, Théodore, aidés de leur père adoptif David Seville. Le groupe a sorti plus d'une trentaine d'albums depuis 1959. Les Chipmunks possèdent une voix très aiguë, résultat d'une accélération des enregistrements des comédiens les doublant (ce qui a fait leur célébrité).
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks è un gruppo musicale animato creato da Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. nel 1958. Il gruppo è formato da tre scoiattoli striati cantanti: Alvin, il ribelle, che diventò rapidamente la stella del gruppo; Simon, alto ed intellettuale; e Theodore, dolce e cicciottello. Il trio aveva come manager il proprio "padre" umano, David Seville. In realtà, David Seville era il nome d'arte di Bagdasarian, e gli stessi Chipmunks prendevano il proprio nome da quelli dei dirigenti della loro casa discografica, la Liberty Records: Alvin Bennett (il presidente), Simon Waronker (fondatore e proprietario), e Theodore Keep (l'ingegnere capo). La carriera dei Chipmunks cominciò negli anni '50, quando Bagdasarian incise un disco sotto il nome David Seville and the Chipmunks. Sul palco Bagdasarian cantava in playback le parti di "David Seville", mentre un "teatrino" con marionette dalle sembianze dei Chipmunks facevano altrettanto. I personaggi ebbero un inaspettato successo, ed ai Chipmunks ed al loro manager venne data nuovamente vita in numerosi dischi e in un cartone animato statunitense negli anni '60 di 26 episodi. Con la morte del loro creatore, Ross Bagdasarian, avvenuta nel 1972 per infarto, anche la vita dei Chipmunks sembrava segnata. Dopo qualche anno di oblio però, l'eredità di Bagdasarian fu rilevata da suo figlio Ross Jr. che rispolverò il mito di Alvin, dando il via libera ad una nuova serie animata dedicata ai personaggi creati da suo padre. Alvin and the Chipmunks, questo il nome scelto per il restyling della serie, fece il suo debutto sulla rete NBC nel settembre del 1983 e durò, con ottimi risultati in termini d'ascolto, per otto stagioni fino al 1990. Tra i nuovi personaggi introdotti in questa nuova serie, va segnalata la controparte femminile dei Chipmunks, le Chipettes, una band di scoiattoline rocker formata da Brittany, Jeanette ed Eleanor, determinate a battagliare per il successo con i rivali fratelli Chipmunks. Nel 1996 i diritti di sfruttamento dei personaggi sono stati aquistati dagli Universal Studios sotto la promessa di realizzare nuove produzioni animate, merchandising e un parco a tema. Ma arrivati al 2000 erano stati realizzati solo due lungometraggi per l'home video(Alvin Superstar incontra Frankenstein e Alvin Superstar incontra l'Uomo Lupo), quindi la Bagdasarian Productions fece causa alla Universal per riottenere tutti i diritti sui loro personaggi. La causa fu vinta nel 2002 dalla Bagdasarian, ma nel frattempo tutte le produzioni sui chipmunks si erano fermate. Nel 2005 la Bagdasarian ha fatto un accordo con la Paramount per la distribuzione in dvd di diverse raccolte di episodi e speciali oltre il film "Le avventure di Chipmunk". Nessuno di questi dvd è arrivato in Italia. Dall'accordo sono esclusi i due film animati della Universal e il film live "Alvin Superstar" distribuito dalla 20th Century Fox. Quando il mito di Alvin e dei Chipmunks sembrava essere giunto al termine, nel 2007 arriva nelle sale cinematografiche il film Alvin Superstar, che ottiene un enorme successo sia in patria che all'estero (560 milioni di $ di incasso), rilanciando il merchandise legato ai personaggi di Bagdasarian.
  • アルビンとチップマンクス(Alvin & the Chipmunks)は、1958年にロス・バグダサリアンによって作られたアニメの音楽グループです。このグループは3匹の歌うアニメのシマリスで構成されている。(アルビン:すぐにグループの主役になったいたずら好きのトラブルメーカー、サイモン:背が高くメガネをかけた知性派、セオドア:ぽっちゃりした体系で感化されやすく優しい心の持ち主)この三人組は人間の父親であり、相談相手でもあるデイビット・セビルによって面倒を見られている。実は、デイビット・セビルはロス・バグダサリアンのステージネームでした。また、彼らの名前は最初のレコード会社の重役の名前を取って名づけられました。(リバティ・レコード:社長のアルビン・ベネット、創設オーナーのSimon Waronker、技術主任のTheodore Keep) チップマンクスの活動は当初、バグダサリアンの1950年代の斬新な作品で、"デイビット・セビルとシマリス達"と言う名で始まりまった。"エド・サリヴァン・ショー"の舞台の間で登場し、バグダサリアンは小さな人形劇の舞台の正面で、口パクしているチップマンクと共にデイビット・セビルの台詞に口パクをした。このパペットはいくつかの45RPMレコードのカーバーのチップマンクスのイラストを元に作られていた。このキャラクター達は空前の大成功を収め、チップマンクスとデイビット・セビルは擬人化されたシマリスとして、いくつかのアニメになり、幾度かリニューアルされ、ついには映画にもなった。 このグループの声は全て、ピッチの高いを声を作る為に速い速度で再生したバグダサリアンの声によって演じられていた。この手法はバグダサリアン自身にとっては全く新しいものではなく、それ以前の"Witch Doctor"を含む2つの斬新な歌のプロジェクトでも使われていた。しかし、この手法はとても奇抜で、またうまく演じられていたため、3人組は2つのグラミー賞技術部門を獲得した。彼らのキャラクターはフィクションにもかかわらず、アメリカでNo1ヒットシングルとなっている"The Chipmunks Song"を含め、実にたくさんのアルバムやシングルをリリースした。1972年のロス・バグダサリアンの死後、彼らの声は"(映画)アルビン 歌うシマリス3兄弟"を除き全ての作品で、ロス・バグダサリアン Jr. とジャニス・カルマンによって演じられた。尚"アルビンと歌うシマリス3兄弟"で彼らの声はそれぞれ"ジャスティン・ロング","マシュー・グレイ・ギュブラー","ジェシー・マッカートニー"によって演じられた。 この音楽グループは過去6回、グラミー賞を獲得している。
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  • Alvin and the Chipmunks is an animated music group created by Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. in 1958. The group consists of three singing animated chipmunks: Alvin, the mischievous troublemaker, who quickly became the star of the group; Simon, the tall, bespectacled intellectual; and Theodore, the chubby, impressionable sweetheart. The trio is managed by their human father and confidant, David Seville.
  • Alvin und die Chipmunks (engl. Alvin and the Chipmunks) ist eine von Ross Bagdasarian erfundene fiktionale Musikgruppe. Die Gruppe besteht aus drei singenden Streifenhörnchen (engl. Chipmunks) mit den Namen Alvin, Simon und Theodore. Gemanagt werden die drei von ihrem menschlichen Ziehvater David „Dave“ Seville. In Wirklichkeit war David Seville Ross Bagdasarians Künstlername.
  • Alvin et les Chipmunks est un groupe de musique imaginaire, créé aux États-Unis dans les années 50. Il est composé de trois tamias (petits écureuils, chipmunk en anglais) Alvin, Simon, Théodore, aidés de leur père adoptif David Seville. Le groupe a sorti plus d'une trentaine d'albums depuis 1959. Les Chipmunks possèdent une voix très aiguë, résultat d'une accélération des enregistrements des comédiens les doublant (ce qui a fait leur célébrité).
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks è un gruppo musicale animato creato da Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. nel 1958. Il gruppo è formato da tre scoiattoli striati cantanti: Alvin, il ribelle, che diventò rapidamente la stella del gruppo; Simon, alto ed intellettuale; e Theodore, dolce e cicciottello. Il trio aveva come manager il proprio "padre" umano, David Seville.
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