Monster Mash by Bobby Boris Pickett (New CGI Version)

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The All-Time Halloween Classic, THE MONSTER MASH by Bobby Boris Pickett.

"Monster Mash" is a 1962 novelty song and the best-known song by Bobby "Boris" Pickett. The song was released as a single on Gary S. Paxton's Garpax Recordslabel in August 1962 along with a full-length LP called The Original Monster Mash, which contained several other monster-themed tunes. The "Monster Mash" single reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on October 20 of that year, just in time for Halloween. It has been a perennial holiday favorite ever since.

Pickett was an aspiring actor who sang with a band called The Cordials at night while going to auditions during the day. One night, while performing with his band, Pickett did a monologue in imitation of horror movie actor Boris Karloff while performing The Diamonds' "Little Darlin'". The audience loved it and fellow band member Lenny Capizzi encouraged Pickett to do more with the Karloff imitation.

The song is narrated by a mad scientist whose monster, late one evening, rises from a slab to perform a new dance. The dance becomes "the hit of the land" when the scientist throws a party for other monsters. The producers came up with several low-budget but effective sound effects for the recording. For example, the sound of a coffin opening was imitated by a rusty nail being pulled out of a board. The sound of a cauldron bubbling was actually water being bubbled through a straw, and the chains rattling were simply chains being dropped on a tile floor. Pickett also impersonated horror film actor Bela Lugosi as Dracula with the lyric "Whatever happened to my Transylvania Twist?

Single by Bobby (Boris) Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers from the album The Original Monster Mash
A-side: Monster Mash" B-side: Monster Mash Party" Released: August 25, 1962[1]
Format: 7" vinyl
Recorded: May 1962
Genre: Novelty, pop
Length: 2:57
Label: Garpax (US); Decca (UK)
Writer(s): Bobby Pickett, Leonard L. Capizzi
Producer: Gary S. Paxton

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