- The Chipmunks Sing The Beatles Hits
Infobox Album |
Name =The Chipmunks Sing the Beatles Hits
Type = tribute
Artist = Alvin, Simon & Theodore with David Seville
Background = plum
Released = 1964
Recorded = 1964
Genre =Children's music
Length =
Label =Sunset Records Liberty Records
Producer =Ross Bagdasarian, Sr.
Reviews =
Last album = "Christmas with the Chipmunks, Volume 2" (1963)
This album = "The Chipmunks Sing the Beatles Hits" (1964)
Next album = "The Chipmunks à Go-Go " (1965)The Chipmunks sing the Beatles Hits is a tribute album of
Alvin and the Chipmunks singing the hits ofThe Beatles . It was originally released in1964 byLiberty Records on a vinyl record. The reorganized Liberty Records reissued the album in 1982 (minus the songs "Twist And Shout" and "I Saw Her Standing There"). The first compact disc version (which used the 1982 reissue cover art, but included all twelve tracks) was issued in 1987 by EMI-Manhattan Records, and was re-released in1995 on cassette andcompact disc by Capitol Special Products (with the original front cover layout restored). The album is scheduled to be reissued on compact disc again by Capitol Records on April 29, 2008.One single was released from the album ("All My Loving" b/w "Do You Want To Know A Secret") and a six-song stereo jukebox EP was also issued. On later pressings on the Sunset label and all reissues on vinyl, cassette and compact disc, the opening guitar chord on the song "Do You Want To Know A Secret" is partially cut off.
The stereo mix of the album mimics the stereo mixing of the early Beatles albums, with vocals predominantly in one channel and the instrumental backing in the other.
The album is comprised of Chipmunk renditions of early Beatles hits. In a December 1982 "Goldmine" magazine interview, Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. remembered that his father "thought it would be a cute idea for a Chipmunk record and he spoke with the Beatles. When he was in London, he even met the Beatles, who were very supportive of the idea."
Track listing
All songs written by Lennon-McCartney apart from "Twist and Shout" which was written by Phil Medley and
Bert Russell .ide One
# "
All My Loving "
# "Do You Want to Know a Secret "
# "She Loves You "
# "From Me to You "
# "Love Me Do "
# "Twist and Shout"ide Two
# "A Hard Day's Night"
# "P.S. I Love You"
# "I Saw Her Standing There "
# "Can't Buy Me Love "
# "Please Please Me"
# "I Want to Hold Your Hand "ee also
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List of artists who have covered the Beatles
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