Surely everyone remembers that timeless refrain from the 1958 hit song “Witch Doctor” — “Oo ee oo ah ah, ting tang, walla walla bing bang.” Just as surely everyone has been wondering lo these 28 years ...

When Ross Bagdasarian (a.k.a. Alvin and the Chipmunks) penned those less-than-immortal words, he probably wasn’t thinking of the valley where I grew up. He may have been drinking, but it wasn’t Walla ...

I first heard the phrase Walla walla bing bang in Lord Christos famous 1962 hit The Dumb Boy and the Parrot. In his case, it was a dumb boy and a parrot who opened his eyes to his wifes infidelity and ...

WALLA WALLA — Boomers grew up with rock ‘n’ roll, the best music ever, eclipsing Viking horn solos. Occasionally, however, bizarre lyrics intruded. We would buy albums by the dozens and grab lyric ...