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His first musical success was Rosemary Clooney's "Come On-a My House", which he wrote with his cousin, novelist William Saroyan. As David Seville, he had another number-one record in his song, "The Witch Doctor", which was also his first experiment with the technique of speeding up the playback of an audio track to get the most-distinctive higher pitched squeaky comedy sound. This success led to his recording of "The Christmas Song" with the Chipmunks.
Bagdasarian also appeared in minor film parts, including Alfred Hitchcock's Rear WindowRear Window ( 1954) is a motion picture directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Thelma Ritter, and Raymond Burr. It is considered by critics, scholars, and film historians to be one of Hitchcock's most thrilling pictures. It is, in which he plays an obsessed piano-playing songwriter. He also had bit parts in The Deep Six (1957), The Devil's Hairpin (1957), The Proud and Profane (1956), Three Violent People (1956), Hot Blood (1956), Alaska Seas (1954), Destination Gobi (1953), Stalag 17World War II films Stalag 17 is a 1953 film which tells the story of a group of Allied soldiers held in a German World War II prisoner of war camp, who come to believe that one of their number is a traitor. It starred William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Prem (1953), Viva Zapata!Viva Zapata is a 1952 biographical film which tells the story of Emiliano Zapata. It stars Marlon Brando, Jean Peters and Anthony Quinn. The movie was written by John Steinbeck and Edgecumb Pinchon (uncredited). It was directed by Elia Kazan. It won the A (1952), and The Greatest Show on Earth (1952).
He also provided the voice for the David Seville character in the Chipmunks' 19611961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first "upside-down" year i. one that looked the same upside down since 1881, and the last until 6009. Events January January 1 The farthing coin, used since the 13th century, cease animated television series, The Alvin Show.
After Bagdasarian's death in 1972, his son, Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. , continued to release Chipmunks recordings and has taken over the voices for the Chipmunk characters in subsequent iterations of the cartoon.