The Chipmunk Songbook
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The Chipmunk Songbook is an album by Alvin and the Chipmunks with David Seville. It was released in January 1, 1962 by Liberty Records.
In 1986, a two-record compilation album was released by Capitol-EMI America, also titled The Chipmunk Songbook, and featuring an entirely different track listing, consisting of songs taken from various albums from the 1960s.
Track listing (1962 release)
Side one
- "The Band Played On" (John F. Palmer, Charles B. Ward) – 2:33
- "Buffalo Gals" [featuring June Foray] (John Hodges, arr. Ross Bagdasarian, Sr.) – 3:28
- "The Alvin Twist" (Ross Bagdasarian, Sr.) – 2:40
- "Funiculì, Funiculà" (Luigi Denza, Edward Oxenford) – 2:23
- "My Wild Irish Rose" (Chauncey Olcott) – 2:43
- "Down in the Valley" (Traditional, arr. Ross Bagdasarian, Sr.) – 3:08
- "Git Along Little Dogies" (Traditional, arr. Ross Bagdasarian, Sr.) – 3:09
Side two
- "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" (Jane Taylor, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) – 3:34
- "On Top of Old Smoky" [featuring June Foray] (Traditional, arr. Ross Bagdasarian, Sr.) – 3:29
- "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" (George Leybourne, Gaston Lyle, Alfred Lee) – 3:05
- "Strolling Through The Park One Day" (Ed Haley) – 2:08
- "Polly Wolly Doodle" (Dan Emmett) – 3:21
- "Bicycle Built for Two" [featuring June Foray] (Harry Dacre) – 3:05
- "America the Beautiful" (Katharine Lee Bates, Samuel A. Ward) – 2:07
All songs except "Git Along Little Dogies" were featured on The Alvin Show.
