![]() Seville, born Rostom Sipan Bagdasarian, passed away on January 16th, 1972 at the young age of 52 (heart attack). He had five other charted records under the name David Seville "Armen's Theme" (#42 in 1957), "Gotta Get To Your House" (#77 in 1957), "The Bird On My Head" (#34 in 1958), "Little Brass Band" (#78 in 1958), and "Judy" (#86 in 1959). One month earlier on April 8th, 1958 it entered Billboard's Top 100 chart and April 22nd, 1958 it peaked at #1 (for 2 weeks) on Billboard's Best Sellers chart and spent 19 weeks on the Top 100.Īs already stated it reached #1 on Billboard's R&B Singles chart, that was on May 20th, 1958 for one week. Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn May 4th 1958, David Seville performed "Witch Doctor" on the CBS-TV program 'The Ed Sullivan Show'.And that song became a kind of theme song among neighborhood kids, as we sang part of it whenever we got together. They certainly stayed in my mind after I saw them on the TV. The Alvin Show was my absolute favorite TV show at the time, and I remember the song and it might have been my first memory of seeing alphabet letters on TV. Kev from Rogers, ArI remember this song as a real little kid, no more than 4 years old.But later, for some reason Bagdasarian Productions made YouTube remove those videos, and now, maybe they're lost forever. When I played those videos, I was overwhelmed with a sense of nostalgia, and came to realize just how much of an influence The Alvin Show had been in my very early years. Many years later, I discovered the episodes of The Alvin Show that featured those respective songs on YouTube, as well as many other songs and episodes that until then had been way back in the farthest reaches of my memory. Kev from Rogers, ArI had a 45 rpm record of two of David Seville/The Chipmunk's other songs, "Sing a Goofy Song" and "She'll Be Coming 'Round The Mountain".Seville/Bagdasarian and novelist William Saroyan were cousins and share credit for composing COME ON-A MY HOUSE, the melody of which was adapted from an Armenian folk song. Mad Tom from Turnersville NjAnyone know who the actress/model was who appeared (as the girlfriend, wearing the pith helmet) with Seville in the WITCH DOCTOR video on THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW? She looks familiar.Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind Ooo eee ooo ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang.Ĭome on, oo eee ooo ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang Ooo eee ooo ah ah ting tang walla walla, bing bang I know that you'll be mine when I say this to you ![]() My friend the witch doctor he taught me what to do My friend the witch doctor he taught me what to say So I went out and found myself a guy that's so much wiserĪnd he taught me the way to win your heart You've been keeping love from me just like you were a miser ![]() I told the witch doctor you didn't love me niceĪnd then the witch doctor he game me this advice I told the witch doctor you didn't love me true ![]() Ooo eee ooo ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang I told the witch doctor I was in love with youĪnd then the witch doctor he told me what to do ![]()
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