Surely everyone remembers that timeless refrain from the 1958 hit song “Witch Doctor” — “Oo ee oo ah ah, ting tang, walla walla bing bang.” Just as surely everyone has been wondering lo these 28 years ...

When Ross Bagdasarian (a.k.a. Alvin and the Chipmunks) penned those less-than-immortal words, he probably wasn’t thinking of the valley where I grew up. He may have been drinking, but it wasn’t Walla ...

I first heard the phrase Walla walla bing bang in Lord Christos famous 1962 hit The Dumb Boy and the Parrot. In his case, it was a dumb boy and a parrot who opened his eyes to his wifes infidelity and ...