In 1958, Ross Bagdasarian Sr. used the last $200 he had to purchase a state-of-the-art tape recorder and crafted the blend of sped-up vocals/standard-paced music for his novelty hit “Witch Doctor.” ...

Cartoon characters are like vampires: They have the unique ability to live forever and never age. In reality, Alvin, Simon and Theodore would in their 60s by now, but the forever-young trio has just ...