Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 15:46:59 -0700 From: Alan Schackner Subject: Alvin and the Chipmonks
In answer to the questions pertaining to Alvin and the Chipmonks...Alvins real name was Ross Bagdasarian...He was an actor who appeared with me in the William Saroyan Pulitzer Prize Play "THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE" For which I wrote the original music..The original Chipmonk record was produced by using a group singing normally, and then the tape was speeded up to get the effect we all know! To the best of my recollection, Alvin (Ross) never played Harmonica) All the best, Blackie