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David Seville wrote the song, inspired by a book titled Duel with the Witch Doctor on his bookshelf. In the song, the narrator asks a witch doctor for advice on what to do because he has fallen in love with a girl, and the witch doctor replies with a gibberish line: "Oo-ee, oo-ah-ah, ting-tang, walla-walla bing-bang, oo-ee, oo-ah-ah, ting-tang, walla-walla bang-bang".
Ross S. Bagdasarian[ a] ( / bæɡdəˈsɛriən /; January 27, 1919 – January 16, 1972), known professionally by his stage name David "Dave" Seville, [ 3] was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor, best known for creating the cartoon band Alvin and the Chipmunks. Initially a stage and film actor, he rose to prominence in ...
Toonage is the debut studio album by Danish band Cartoons, released on 24 September 1998. [1] The album includes the group's biggest hit "Witch Doctor", a cover version of Ross Bagdasarian 's novelty song from 1958. The single reached #2 on the UK Singles Chart. The album's first single, "DooDah!", adapted from the American folk song "Camptown ...
John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers singles chronology. "Crocodile Walk". (1965) " I'm Your Witchdoctor ". (1965) "Lonely Years". (1965) "I'm Your Witchdoctor" is a 1965 single by John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers composed by Mayall, produced by Jimmy Page, and issued on the Immediate label. The exact date or London studio for the recording session ...
Length. 3:32 (original version); 2:44 (edited version) Label. Parlophone Records (UK), United Artists (USA) Songwriter (s) Max Diamond and Charlie Drake. Producer (s) George Martin. " My Boomerang Won't Come Back " was a novelty record by British comedian Charlie Drake which became a hit on both sides of the Atlantic in 1961.
Make Room for Lisa. Firemen are using the couch as a net but Homer misses and hits the floor. " Make Room for Lisa " is the sixteenth episode of the tenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It first aired on Fox in the United States on February 28, 1999. The main plot has Homer and Lisa embark on a spiritual journey ...
First awarded. 1959. Currently held by. Alphabet Rockers, The Movement ( 2023) Website. grammy.com. The Grammy Award for Best Children's Album (from 2020: Grammy Award for Best Children's Music Album) is an honor presented since 2012 at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. [1]
Background. "The Bird on My Head" was the second charted novelty song to be recorded under the stage name "David Seville" (after six consecutive uncharted singles, starting with "Armen's Theme"), as well as the last song to be recorded before the creation of Alvin and the Chipmunks. Like Seville's first novelty song, "Witch Doctor", the song ...