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"Witch Doctor" is a 1958 American novelty song written and recorded by Ross Bagdasarian (under the stage name of David Seville). Bagdasarian sang the song, varying the tape speeds to produce a high-pitched voice for the titular witch doctor; [1] [2] this technique was later used in his next song, "The Bird on My Head", [3] [4] [5] and for the creation of the voices of his virtual band Alvin ...
Cartoons, also known as Cartoons DK, are a Danish Eurodance band, best known for their song "DooDah" and their cover of the 1958 novelty song "Witch Doctor", both hits released in 1998. The group wears outlandish plastic costumes and wigs in live performances as caricatures of 1950s American rock and roll stars.
Bagdasarian's rise to prominence came with the song "Witch Doctor" in 1958, [30] which was created after he experimented with the speed control on a tape recorder bought with $200 (equivalent to $2,100 in 2023) from the family savings. [31] Liberty Records released this novelty record under the David Seville name.
David "Dave" Seville is a fictional character, the adoptive father and producer and manager of the fictional singing group Alvin and the Chipmunks.The character was created by Ross Bagdasarian, who had used the name "David Seville" as his stage name prior to the creation of the Chipmunks, while writing and recording novelty records in the 1950s. [1]
Toonage is the first album by the Danish band Cartoons, released on 24 September 1998.The album includes the group's biggest hit, "Witch Doctor", a cover version of Ross Bagdasarian's novelty song from 1958, which reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart.
Lang was born in Halifax, England, on 19 January 1925. [2] He and his band appeared on Six-Five Special, the first BBC Television show for teenagers, from 1957. [2] In 1958, his cover version of "Witch Doctor" reached the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart. [3]
This technique was pioneered on his successful 1958 novelty song “Witch Doctor”. In the song, the narrator asks a witch doctor for romantic advice because he has fallen in love with a girl; the witch doctor responds in a high-pitched squeaky voice with a nonsense incantation which creates an earworm. He used this technique on another pre ...
The song peaked at number 21 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, ... "Witch Doctor" was released as the album's third single on November 1, 2017. [19]