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...Chipmunk Song (The Chipmunks; Liberty). No escape from this one. Songwriter Ross (Witch Doctor) Bagdasarian's clamorous fable about a trio of quarreling, caroling chipmunks sold more records (an estimated 3,500,000) in a shorter time (five weeks) than any other disk in the past year and probably in recording history. The "chipmunks" are actually Bagdasarian's own voice recorded at varying speeds. Having screeched their way through Christmas at the top of the pop charts, the little beasts seem destined to meet the Easter bunny...
...lyrics are from a jukebox hit called Witch Doctor, by Ross (Come on-a My House) Bagdasarian, and in the pop industry, which apes itself with witless intensity, they have contributed to a recent style in novelty numbers: the use of speeded-up or doctored tape to achieve nonsensical vocal effects. The Little Blue Man climbed the charts briefly because it had a whiningly metallic voice whispering "I wuv you" at periodic intervals; a new record called What'd He Say? consists of a series of bewildered questioners trying to ungarble answers that invariably degenerate into taped gobbledygook just...
...John Bagdasarian led the Leverett attacked with some shifty broken field running, while Roger Vagila, Buzz Smyth and Dan Tyler strengthened the line...
Three solid reasons for the Business' confident hopes of a repeat performance this year are backfield stars Lee Siegal, John Coolidge, and John Bagdasarian. Experienced ends Dan Tyler and Bus Smyth give Leverett additional strength in the line...
Leverett, handicapped by the loss of star fullback John Bagdasarian, could muster no sustained drive until the final period surge. Guard Pete Pratt intercepted a Yale pass on the Bunny 13, and ran back to the 20 to open the threat...