The Happy Chipmunks sing Michael Jackson's greatest hits

[mjprince1976]

Does anybody remember this album, it came out some time in 1984 and contained 8 or 9 songs, one of my friends had a copy of it years ago, I remember looking at the cover ofsome badly drawn cartoon chipmunks wearing knock off capes and jeans.

I can not remember the track listing, but I heard him play Beat It, Billie Jean and part of Thriller, until I said enough, it was truly terrible and whoever made it was looking for some kiddie kash in on Michael Jackson and Alvin and the Chipmunks. I mean this album ripped off Michael Jackson and Alvin and the Chipmunks (Whose animated series had a good run between 1983 and 1991, so they were popular again).

What did Michael think of it, he may have even tolerated it, as it appears in Adrian Grant's chronology, that the album was released in March or May of 1984 (I don't have the book in front of me) by Startel entertainment. I only saw and heard the album around 1990/1991 when I was 14, so I can barely remember it, only just how bad it was.

 

[mjprince1976]

Sorry it was released by audio fidelity enterprises and included 9 songs.

Billie Jean, Say say say, Beat it, Thriller, Human Nature, Pretty Young Thing PYT, Rockin Robin!!!, Don't stop til you get enough and Rock with you.

The group had to change its name to The Happy Hamsters in July 1984 after David Seville enterprises tried to sue them for using the Alvin and Chipmunks copyright. Seems that "Chipmunks" was the word help in copyright. On the back of the album it mentions the group are available for hire and the cover shows one chipmunk in a Michael Jackson red epaulette jacket, while other members are merely standing behind him and a female chipmunk is doing aerobics.

They released another album as the Happy Hamsters later in 1984 or early 1985 called "Ghostbustin", which featured versions of Ghostbusters, the Rockwell song Somebody's watching me and Lets go crazy by Prince.