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 * Ross Bagdasarian

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Armenian-American

spoke Armenian

father grape grower

mother passed away in 1941

married wife Armen in 1946

Come on a my house......

1956 adopted David Seville "he wanted the public to know him by a more American-sounding name and because he wanted to be known by a surname which was shorter and easier to remember."

Dean Martin pour the wine 1954

Hitchkock movie name song

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 * Come On-a My House

He wrote song lyrics. His most spectacular sortie into that genre was his collaboration in 1936 with his cousin, Ross Bagdasarian, on "Come On-a My House," which became a smash hit when Rosemary Clooney made a record of it in 1951.