The chase was on, as it had been for years. After the tale of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” was put to music and sold in a frenzy in 1949, each yuletide brought a bumper crop of sonic delights (or ...

Producer Ross Bagdasarian Jr., the son of the creator of the 1958 "Alvin and the Chipmunks," poses with his wife, Janice Karman, at their home office in Montecito, Calif. Bagdasarian Jr. is the ...

Ross? Bagdasarian's quirky 1958 single "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)," became a singular sensation, as six decades later, his under-the-radar collaborators are revealed. By Stephen Cox ...