| Rockin' Through the Decades | |
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| Created by | Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. (characters) |
| Directed by | Steve Karman |
| Starring | Will Smith Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. Janice Karman Ben Vereen Richard Moll Kenny Loggins Raven-Symoné Shelley Duvall Markie Post Little Richard |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
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| Running time | 23 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Bagdasarian Productions |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Original airing | 1990 1992 (as Rockin' with the Chipmunks) |
Rockin' Through the Decades is a live-action and animated television special based on characters from Alvin and the Chipmunks. It was directed by Steve Karman, produced by Bagdasarian Productions, premiered on NBC in 1990, and released on VHS by Buena Vista Home Video in 1992 as Rockin' with the Chipmunks. Most recently, the special has been released September 8, 2009 by Paramount Pictures on the DVD The Very First Alvin Show along with A Chipmunk Reunion.
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Rockin' With The Chipmunks made significant changes to the featured songs.
Segments from two episodes of The Alvin Show, A Chipmunk Christmas, and an episode of The Ed Sullivan Show are also featured. "Alvin's Harmonica" can be heard in the background while Will Smith is on the fifties set.
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| Soundtrack album by The Chipmunks | ||||
| Released | December 21, 1990 | |||
| Recorded | November 1988 (track 1), July–September 1989 (tracks 2-11), December 1990 (track 12) |
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| Genre | Children's music | |||
| Label | EMI America | |||
| Producer | Tom Chase, Steve Rucker (track 1), Ross Bagdasarian, Janice Karman (tracks 2-11), Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis (track 12) |
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Rockin' Through the Decades is also the name of a soundtrack music album by Alvin and the Chipmunks, released by Chipmunk Records in 1990, and contained all of the songs from the documentary, along with three added tracks.[2]