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"Monster Mash" is a 1962 novelty song by Bobby "Boris" Pickett. The song was released as a single on Gary S. Paxton's Garpax Records label in August 1962 along with a full-length LP called The Original Monster Mash, which contained several other monster-themed tunes.
He co-wrote his signature song, "Monster Mash", with Leonard Capizzi in May 1962 as a spoof of popular contemporary dance crazes. Pickett's performances include impersonations of Boris Karloff ( The Mummy (1932)) and Bela Lugosi ( Dracula (1931)), and although many major labels declined to distribute the song, Gary S. Paxton agreed to release ...
“Very troubling that the song ‘Monster Mash’ isn’t the Monster Mash,” the user wrote. “It’s a song about the Monster Mash, which is not itself heard on the track, and is ...
‘Monster Mash’ by Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett Released in 1962, “Monster Mash” is the “hit of the land,” which means that no Halloween party playlist is complete without it. ‘This is ...
The "Monster Mash" was more than just a graveyard smash — it was also banned in the U.K. for many years! Learn about the Halloween track's unexpected origins
Monster Mash (also known as Monster Mash: The Movie and Frankenstein Sings) is a 1995 musical comedy horror film written and directed by Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow, based on Bobby Pickett's 1962 novelty song "Monster Mash" and the 1967 stage musical, I'm Sorry the Bridge is Out, You'll Have to Spend the Night, also by Pickett and Sheldon Allman.
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The song refers to the Mashed Potato dance move, which was a fad. It was one of several songs that at that time that referenced the dance, another being James Brown 's " Mashed Potatoes U.S.A. " [ 1 ] The Marvelettes song " Please Mr. Postman " is mentioned in the lyrics and is copied in the arrangement.