Alvin and the Chipmunk Knock offs: The Singing Reindeer
Just when this series of posts had died it was brought back to life with a new discovery. It's time to look at the fate of the next Alvin and the Chipmunks knock off. You all know Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, and Vixen, Comet and Cupid, Donder and Blitzen. But do you recall, the most NERVOUS Reindeer of all???? With the success of Liberty Records scoring David Seville and the Three Chipmunks, you bet your boots the huge record company, Capitol Records, was paying attention. During the holiday season of 1959, Capitol signed with Russ Regan to create singing reindeer. The Singing Reindeer would be 3 of Santa's reindeer: Dancer, Prancer, and a new member of the Reindeer Games, Nervous. Nervous would be the easiest to identify because of his stutter. Interestingly enough, Nervous would make reference to Don Knotts before he was Barney Fife when he was best known as The Nervous Man. This made Nervous the main character of the gang just like Alvin ...