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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".
In 1958, Ross Bagdasarian Sr. released a novelty song (as David Seville) about being unsuccessful at love until he found a witch doctor who told him how to woo his woman. Seville had bought a tape recorder and he experimented recording himself at different speeds to create a duet between him and the witch doctor. The voice of the witch doctor ...
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 ...
The soundtrack was released November 20, 2007, three weeks before the film's opening, and contains new versions of old songs such as "Witch Doctor" and "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas, Don't Be Late)" (as made famous by David Seville and the Chipmunks), cover versions of songs such as "Bad Day" (as made famous by Daniel Powter) and "Funkytown ...
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 ...
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]
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 ...
The songs "La Bamba" (from their album, The Invasion of the Spacepeckers), "Tico Tac" (from their album, On Satellite) and "Witch Doctor" were the only cover versions they did, originally by Ritchie Valens, synth-pop group Polysix (also produced by Cat Music) and Ross Bagdasarian, respectively.