How to explain the appeal of Alvin and the Chipmunks — the old ones, the ones who hit it big in 1958 with “Witch Doctor” and, more indelibly, “The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don’t Be Late)”? Very simple ...

chipmunkson16speed Alvin and the Chipmunks have assaulted our eardrums with squeaky helium voices since 1958, when David Seville (the stage name for Ross Bagdasarian, Sr.) released ”Witch Doctor,” ...

THE helium-voiced chipmunks are all at sea and so too is the script for this zany third instalment in the inoffensive series. The film is packed with musical sequences set to some of the biggest dance ...

At an Alvin and the Chipmunks concert, every seat is a bad seat. “Alvin and the Chipmunks” turns its titular rodents into the hottest helium-voice boy band since the Backstreet Boys. But the ...

A global shortage of helium is threatening the business, scientific and high-tech sectors that rely on the gas. Although most commonly known for inflating party balloons and making one's voice sound ...