Hanging in there at #5 this year is one of the best-selling Christmas songs of all time…"The Chipmunk Song" (aka "Christmas, Don't Be Late") written and performed by Ross Bagdasarian (aka David Seville). It was released on December 1, 1958 and shot to #1 in — no pun intended — record time. Here's Mr. Seville-Bagdasrian lip-syncing to the record on The Ed Sullivan Show and after you watch this, stay tuned for a two-for-one…
And here's a more modern representation of the song by a group called VoicePlay…