Bagdasarian & Saroyan - Come on-a My House

"Come on-a My House" is a popular song. It was written by Ross Bagdasarian (stage name David Seville) and William Saroyan in summer of 1939 but did not become a hit until 1951. It was probably Saroyan's only effort at popular songwriting, and it was one of Bagdasarian's few well-known works that was not connected to his most famous creation, Alvin and the Chipmunks.
The song (written by two Fresno Armenians) touches upon traditional Armenian customs of inviting over relatives and friends and providing them with a generously overflowing table of fruits, nuts, seeds, and other foods.
The song was a major hit for Rosemary Clooney in 1951; it was the first of a number of dialect songs that Clooney did. She recorded the song with Mitch Miller and his orchestra and harpsichordist Stan Freeman in the early part of 1951, and the song reached #1 on the Billboard magazine charts, staying in the top position for eight weeks.
The composers even performed the song themselves (Bagdasarian singing, Saroyan offering occasional narration) for Coral Records.

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Music

Tags:

• Ross
• Bagdasarian
• William
• Saroyan
• David
• Dave
• Seville
• Fresno
• Armenian
• Come
• on
• My
• House
• Rosemary
• Clooney
• Alvin
• Chipmunks

[doceigen]

Candy is dandy... but liquor, is quicker. ; )

[basstime54]

Wonderful, thanks for this! I remember seeing William Saroyan riding his bicycle in Fresno.

[blessed7588]

Thank hyedrum for posting this beautifully romantic song. I enjoyed it very much. :)

[GroverKent]

@143AC I remember thinking recently that I've never heard Ross Bagdasarian Jr. sing anything: in the old days when Sr. was alive, David Seville often sang with The Chipmunks, but whenever Jr's Dave was involved, it was more like bantering with them during the song breaks.

[mizadorian]

Typical old school Armenian love story and courting, great job!

[Madskillz434]

Holy shit Ross Bagdasarian looks like George Lopez.

[medusa114]

Love this! 2 very talented Armenians!

[baglama7]

I love this and don't know if i would have ever heard this if you had not posted this. Thanks! In what year was this record released?

[Furienna]

It's not dorky, it's typically Armenian.

[hnksnw]

Saroyan was just so great!

[MikeBlitzMag]

Pure genius! Ross Bagdasarian is greatly missed.