Rostom Sipan Bagdasarian (January 27, 1919 – January 16, 1972), American pianist, songwriter, actor, and record producer was born in Fresno, California, and was of Armenian ethnic descent. During his professional life he was better known by the stage name David Seville, which he used on his recordings featuring The Chipmunks. His first musical success was Rosemary Clooney's "Come On-a My House", which he based the lyrics on dialogue from his famous cousin William Saroyan's novel The Human Comedy.

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