The Chipmunks Go to the Movies is a 1969 music album by David Seville and Alvin and the Chipmunks, released by Sunset Records, the budget-line subsidiary of Liberty Records.[1]
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| Released | 1969 | |||
| Recorded | 1969 | |||
| Genre | Pop, children's | |||
| Length | 24:46 | |||
| Label | Sunset Records/Liberty Records | |||
| Producer | Ross Bagdasarian | |||
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It was the final studio album by Alvin, Simon & Theodore with David Seville, having been released three years before the death of Ross Bagdasarian. There would be an 11-year gap until the next Chipmunk album Chipmunk Punk was released by Bagdasarian's son, Ross Bagdasarian Jr.[1]
The Chipmunks Go to the Movies was released on cassette in 1987 and compact disc in 2008 by Capitol Records.
Track listing
editAll songs written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman except where noted.[1]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Featured film | Length |
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| 1. | "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) | 2:42 | |
| 2. | "Hushabye Mountain" | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | 2:10 | |
| 3. | "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" | Mary Poppins (1964) | 2:08 | |
| 4. | "We're Off to See the Wizard" | Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg | The Wizard of Oz (1939) | 2:32 |
| 5. | "The Bare Necessities" | Terry Gilkyson | The Jungle Book (1967) | 2:34 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Featured film | Length |
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| 6. | "Chim Chim Cher-ee" | Mary Poppins | 2:20 | |
| 7. | "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" | Jay Livingston, Ray Evans | The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) | 1:50 |
| 8. | "Consider Yourself" | Lionel Bart | Oliver! (1968) | 3:02 |
| 9. | "You Two" | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | 2:39 | |
| 10. | "The Roses of Success" | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | 2:53 | |
| Total length: | 24:46 | |||
Tracks 3 and 7 were originally released on The Chipmunks Sing with Children (1965)
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Featured film | Length |
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| 1. | "We're off to See the Wizard" | Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg | The Wizard of Oz | |
| 2. | "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" | Mary Poppins | ||
| 3. | "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" | Jay Livingston, Ray Evans | The Man Who Knew Too Much | |
| 4. | "Whistle While You Work" | Frank Churchill, Larry Morey | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) | |
| 5. | "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | ||
| 6. | "What's New Pussycat?" | Burt Bacharach, Hal David | What's New Pussycat? (1965) | |
| 7. | "Hello, Dolly!" | Jerry Herman | Hello, Dolly! 1964 | |
| 8. | "Talk to the Animals" | Leslie Bricusse | Doctor Dolittle (1967) | |
| 9. | "A Hard Day's Night" | Lennon–McCartney | A Hard Day's Night (1964) |
Track 4 was originally released on Let's All Sing with The Chipmunks, Track 6 Chipmunks à Go-Go, Track 7 The Chipmunks Sing with Children, Track 8 The Chipmunks See Doctor Dolittle, and Track 9 The Chipmunks Sing the Beatles Hits.
References
edit- ^ a b c Ehrbar, Greg (June 21, 2016). "The Final Two Albums of The Original Chipmunks". Cartoon Research.com. Retrieved January 6, 2020.