The Nutty Squirrels

The Nutty Squirrels
GenresJazz
Years active1959–1964
LabelsHanover, RCA Victor
Past membersDon Elliott
Alexander "Sascha" Burland

The Nutty Squirrels were a jazz virtual band formed in imitation of Alvin and the Chipmunks. The Nutty Squirrels' music was characterized by their use of scat singing. They received a Top 40 hit in late-1959 as the song "Uh! Oh!".[1] They also preceded The Alvin Show in which they appeared on television in 1960 as The Nutty Squirrels Present, but the show's success was rather decreased.[2]

The group's first two albums, The Nutty Squirrels and Bird Watching, were released in 1959. The Nutty Squirrels' final album, The Nutty Squirrels Sing A Hard Day's Night and Other Smashes, marked a stylistic change from their first two albums, featuring covers of the Beatles songs.

  1. ^ Erickson, Hal (2001). Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years, 1947-1987. McFarland & Co. p. 127. ISBN 9780786411986. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  2. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 433. ISBN 978-1538103739.