Let's All Sing with The Chipmunks

Let's All Sing with The Chipmunks

Infobox Album |
Name = Let's All Sing with the Chipmunks
Type = Album
Artist = David Seville and The Chipmunks


Released = 1958 1959
Recorded = December 1958
Genre = Children's
Length = 23:32
Label = Liberty Records
Producer = Ross Bagdasarian
Reviews =
Last album =
This album = "Let’s All Sing With..." (1958)
Next album = "Sing Again With..." (1959)

"Let’s All Sing With the Chipmunks" is the debut album of Alvin and the Chipmunks. It is an interactive children's novelty album. The songs on the record are a mixture between cover versions of children's songs in the public domain and customized original musical material. It contains the A-sides of Chipmunks' first three singles: "The Chipmunk Song", "Alvin's Harmonica" and "Ragtime Cowboy Joe". The artist credit on the original release was listed as David Seville and the Chipmunks (changed to "Alvin, Simon and Theodore with David Seville" on the revised 1961 cover). First pressings of the album were on red vinyl. Despite the album's success, it was one of four original Chipmunks albums not included in a 1987-1990 CD reissue program (the others were "The Chipmunk Songbook", "The Chipmunks See Doctor Dolittle", and "The Chipmunks Go To The Movies"). (However, every track from the album has been available at one time or another on various compilation CDs.) On April 8, 2008, "Let's All Sing With The Chipmunks" finally was reissued on compact disc (Capitol 509992 08853 28).

Success

In its original release, the album was very successful on the charts peaking at #4 on the Billboard Pop Albums Chart, making it the highest peaking album for the Chipmunks in their "singing careers". The album would eventually earn a Grammy for Best Recording for Children in 1960.

Album cover variations

The original issue of the album depicted three realistic looking chipmunks on the cover, with Alvin making a pose like Al Jolson. When the album was reissued two years later, a new cover was substituted, that of an "Alvin Show" animation cel setup reenacting the poses the original chipmunks made, with the exception of Alvin, who was now shown as making a pose like Elvis Presley. The 2008 compact disc reissue uses the 1961 front cover design along with the original 1959 back cover.

Track listing

Side one

#Yankee Doodle (Trad., arr. Ross Bagdasarian Sr.) – 1:57
#Chipmunk Fun (Ross Bagdasarian Sr.) – 1:58
#The Little Dog (Trad., arr. Ross Bagdasarian Sr.) – 1:59
#Old McDonald Had a Farm Cha Cha Cha (Trad., arr. Ross Bagdasarian Sr.) – 1:54
#Three Blind-(folded) Mice (Trad., arr. Ross Bagdasarian Sr.) – 1:54
#Alvin's Harmonica (Ross Bagdasarian Sr.) – 2:43

Side two

#Good Morning Song (Irving Berlin/Elsie Gleave, arr. Ross Bagdasarian Sr.) – 1:03
#Whistle While You Work (Ned Washington/Leigh Harline, arr. Ross Bagdasarian Sr.) – 1:49
#If You Love Me (Alouette) (Trad., arr. Ross Bagdasarian Sr.) – 2:12
#Ragtime Cowboy Joe (Maud Adams/Lester Abramson) – 2:08
#Pop Goes the Weasel (Trad., arr. Ross Bagdasarian Sr.) – 1:19
#The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late) (Ross Bagdasarian Sr.) – 2:20

Production Credits

Ross Bagdasarian - Producer

Ted Keep - Engineer
Pate/Francis & Assoc. - cover design and actual artwork - [original pressing]
Studio Five - animation artwork - [reissue pressing]

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