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50+ Music<p>"Witch Doctor" is a 1958 American <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/noveltySong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>noveltySong</span></a> written and recorded by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RossBagdasarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RossBagdasarian</span></a> (under the stage name of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DavidSeville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DavidSeville</span></a>). Bagdasarian sang the song, varying the tape speeds to produce a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/highpitched" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>highpitched</span></a> voice for the titular <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/witchDoctor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>witchDoctor</span></a>; this technique was later used in his next song, "<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TheBirdOnMyHead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheBirdOnMyHead</span></a>", and for the creation of the voices of his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/virtualBand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>virtualBand</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AlvinAndTheChipmunks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlvinAndTheChipmunks</span></a>. The song became a number one hit and rescued <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LibertyRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibertyRecords</span></a> from near-bankruptcy. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmjrTcYMqBM" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=cmjrTcYMqBM</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Witch Doctor" is a 1958 American <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/noveltySong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>noveltySong</span></a> written and performed by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RossBagdasarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RossBagdasarian</span></a>, under his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/stageName" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stageName</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DavidSeville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DavidSeville</span></a>. It became a number one hit and rescued <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LibertyRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibertyRecords</span></a> from near-bankruptcy. In the song, the singer asks a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/witchDoctor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>witchDoctor</span></a> for romantic advice; the witch doctor responds in a high-pitched squeaky voice with a nonsense <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/incantation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>incantation</span></a> which creates an <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/earworm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>earworm</span></a>. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwGwl-ktuNA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=xwGwl-ktuN</span><span class="invisible">A</span></a></p>
50+ Music<p>"Witch Doctor" is a 1958 American <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/noveltySong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>noveltySong</span></a> written and performed by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RossBagdasarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RossBagdasarian</span></a>, under his <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/stageName" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stageName</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DavidSeville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DavidSeville</span></a>. It became a number one hit and rescued <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LibertyRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibertyRecords</span></a> from near-bankruptcy. In the song, the singer asks a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/witchDoctor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>witchDoctor</span></a> for romantic advice; the witch doctor responds in a high-pitched squeaky voice with a nonsense <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/incantation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>incantation</span></a> which creates an <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/earworm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>earworm</span></a>. <br><a href="https://youtu.be/BD9QqlrjSgU" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/BD9QqlrjSgU</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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