Ross Bagdasarian
Birthday: 27 January 1919, Fresno, California, USA
Birth Name: Ross Sipan Bagdasarian
Composer, prolific songwriter ("Come On-a My House", "Witch Doctor", "Chipmunk Song"), author, actor, producer, impressionist, educated at Coll. Writer, and has made many ...Show More
On how his breakthrough hit, "Witch Doctor," came to be recorded, 1958: "When the tape was moving at Show more
On how his breakthrough hit, "Witch Doctor," came to be recorded, 1958: "When the tape was moving at half-speed, I said 'ting tang' and then I remembered an uncle who had moved to the state of Washington and I sputtered 'walla walla' topped off with a resounding 'bing bang.'" Hide
Every time I write a song I keep a mental picture of a housewife with her hands in soapy weather, li Show more
Every time I write a song I keep a mental picture of a housewife with her hands in soapy weather, listening to the radio. I try to figure out how to get her hands out of the dishwater to turn up the volume, to hear my song. Hide
On his initial success with the Chipmunks, 1958: "It was a wonderful sight to see stacks of my recor Show more
On his initial success with the Chipmunks, 1958: "It was a wonderful sight to see stacks of my records piled high on a cigar store counter and selling as fast as the clerk could take the money." Hide
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