Alvin and the Chipmunks are a fictional musical group,
created by Ross Bagdasarian in 1958. The group consists
of three singing chipmunks — Alvin, Simon, and Theodore
— who are "managed" by their human "dad"
and leader, David "Dave" Seville. In reality,
"David Seville" was Ross Bagdasarian's stage
name. After first being brought to life in Bagdasarian's
1950s novelty recordings under the name David Seville
and the Chipmunks, the characters were an unprecedented
success, and the singing Chipmunks and their manager were
given life in several animated cartoon series and motion
pictures. It is notable that the characters are now perceived
as cartoon characters that also released some accompanying
music, while in reality they are quite the opposite.
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