The first-ever Halloween pop hit: “People have used it as their wedding song”

You definitely know the song that's now celebrated as the sort of unofficial anthem of the Halloween season, but do you know ...
Variety

Bobby Pickett, 69, singer

Bobby “Boris” Pickett, whose dead-on Boris Karloff impression propelled the Halloween anthem “Monster Mash” to the top of the charts while cementing his place as one of pop music’s most enduring ...
American Songwriter

Behind The Song: “Monster Mash,” Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers

For millions of folks, as soon as they hear the bubbling, boiling cauldron and that iconic opening line, I was working in the lab late one night, it’s Halloween. “Monster Mash” by Bobby “Boris” ...
The San Bernardino Sun

Here’s how the song ‘Monster Mash’ came to be

“Monster Mash” was originally written as a parody of several pop fads that have faded away, but the song is an American novelty song that lives on like a vampire. In the early 1960s two cultural ...
New York Sun

Bobby Pickett, 69, One-Hit Wonder

He does the “Monster Mash” no more. Bobby “Boris” Pickett, whose dead-on Boris Karloff impression propelled the Halloween anthem to the top of the charts in 1962, making him one of pop music’s most ...