"Monster Mash" singer Bobby "Boris" Pickett dead at 69

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Let’s hope this rumor doesn’t catch on in a flash.

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Ironically, the google search that found Paxton also brought up this (I Paid Her Cash, to the tune of Monster Mash and called “The Jim Bakker Song”).

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Semi-hijack…as far as other Halloween songs go, I have “Monster Mash” on a compilation CD called Monster Mash Rock & Roll Party, sold in those Halloween stores that crop up across the country starting in late September. The track list is

  1. The Monster Mash - Bobby “Boris” Pickett
  2. It’s My Party - Lesley Gore (!)
  3. Doin’ the Zombie - Chubby Checker
  4. Witch Doctor - Sha Na Na
  5. The Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley
  6. In the Midnight Hour - Martha Reeves
  7. Haunted House - Jumpin’ Gene Simmons
  8. Daed Man’s Curve - Jan n’ Dean
  9. Lil Red Ridin’ Hood - Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
  10. Spooky - The Classics IV
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Rest in Peace.

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I shall have to honour Boris with a karaoke rendition of “Monster Mash” at the earliest opportunity. (I’ve done it before, it’s fun!)

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Let’s not forget It’s Halloween by the Shaggs. Truly a…unique performance.

“Why even Dracula will be there! :CRASH!:”

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I wonder if people like this make enough money off of playings of that song and the initial sales to live (I don’t mean lavishly, but with some comfort).

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I was surprised to just find out that John Zacherle’s (“Zacherley/Roland the Cool Ghoul”) Dinner With Drac song predated Monster Mash by four years.

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Years ago I read an article about the guy that sang the gimmick song “The Martian Hop.” While it didn’t set him for him for life, he did say that he got a few checks for ten thousand bucks back in the day when two thousand could buy you quite a nifty Cadillac.

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I have to admit that I’m probably the only person in America who cannot hum this song to himself right now. I’m sure I’d recognize it if I heard it. However, I warrant that I’m the only person in this thread who lives in Bobby Pickett’s hometown.

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Surprised that no one yet has mentioned “Halloween Shindig”, “Monster Disco Ball”, “The Werewolf’s Wedding Reception” (two squeaks!), and best of all,
“Dracula’s Pajama Party”.

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This is one of my 5-year old’s favorite songs. We downloaded it just for him (on his CD, it immediately follows the Chipmunks version of “Witch Doctor”).

I sent an email to my husband this morning about this and he wrote back, “Don’t worry. I hear he has a big following among the dead.” :slight_smile: