Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
From '' Graveyard Rockers ''
Released: September 10, 2020
Tracklist
01. Monster Mash
02. Munsters Theme
03. Graveyard Rock
04. Save it for the Vampires
05. Do The Zombie
06. Midnight Monsters Hop
07. Wolly Bully
08. Assignment Terror
09. Casting My Spell
10. Lon Chaney
11. Go Gorilla
12. Voodoo Man
13. Frankenstein Party Time
14. Is This the Place?
15. Peek A Boo
16. The Bat Came Back
17. Ala Carte
18. Haunted House
19. Teenage Head
20. Graveyard Cha Cha
21. Rondo
22. Vladimir Twist
23. Haunted House Polka
24. Teenage Head
25. Medicine Man
26. The Werewolf Wiggle
27. The Mummy
28. Monster Appeal
29. Goo Goo Muck
30. Frankenstein Junkpile
31. Voodoo Voodoo
32. Old Red Devil
33. The Godziller Stomp
34. Psycho
35. Castle Blood
36. Monster Trash
Zombo Skeeter,
Ghoulishous Kogar,
Sputnik Bodini Gonga,
Sherman Pepper.
We played Cedar Point Halloweekends for 14 years!
Lots of Haunted Attractions, Clubs, and Parties..Total Halloween FUN!
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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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.
The "Monster Mash" single was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on October 20–27 of that year, just before Halloween.
"Monster Mash" has sustained a lasting impact in various recordings, film inclusions, and re-releases since its initial release.
In 2021, nearly 60 years after its release, "Monster Mash" re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart at number 37. As of 2023, the song was generating $1 million annually in royalties.
Background
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.
Pickett and Capizzi composed "Monster Mash" and recorded it with producer Gary S. Paxton.
The band with which Pickett recorded the song is not known with certainty, except for some session backing singers including Paxton himself: Fred "Johnny" MacRae, Rickie Page and Terry Berg, credited as "The Crypt-Kickers" (in the song is mentioned a fictional vocal group, "The Crypt-Kicker Five"). Mel Taylor, drummer for the Ventures, is sometimes credited playing on the record as well with his traditional percussion technique.
Pickett sings his song as a humorous horror story that never repeats the lines, except the term "Monster Mash". It was partially inspired by Paxton's earlier novelty hit "Alley Oop," as well as by the Mashed Potato dance craze of the era. A variation on the Mashed Potato was danced to "Monster Mash," in which the footwork was the same, but Frankenstein-style monster gestures were made with the arms and hands.
The producers made extensive use of sound effects in the recording; 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 simulated by water being bubbled through a straw (The Beatles would later do the same on their hit "Yellow Submarine") and the chains rattling were simply chains being dropped on a tile floor.
Chart history
On the Digital Song Sales chart, the song peaked at number 27 from 2005, from 2007 to 2011, and from 2013 to 2017.
It is played annually on Sirius XM Satellite Radio.
In 2012, the song ranked at number 25 on Billboard.
Weekly charts
Chart (1962) / Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100 / 1
US Billboard Hot R&B Sides / 9
Canada CHUM Chart (2 weeks) / 1
New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade) / 1
Chart (1970) / Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100 / 91
Chart (1973) / Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report) / 3
Canada (CHUM)(4 weeks) / 1
Canada (RPM)(3 weeks)(no.4 Yr End) / 1
UK / 3
US Billboard Hot 100 / 10
Chart (2021–2024) / Peak position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) / 24
Global 200 (Billboard) / 52
UK Indie (OCC) / 1
US Billboard Hot 100 / 30
~more info here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_Mash
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Available on bandcamp:
graveyardrockers.bandcamp.com/album/gravest-hits
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From '' Graveyard Rockers ''
Released: September 10, 2020
Tracklist
01. Monster Mash
02. Munsters Theme
03. Graveyard Rock
04. Save it for the Vampires
05. Do The Zombie
06. Midnight Monsters Hop
07. Wolly Bully
08. Assignment Terror
09. Casting My Spell
10. Lon Chaney
11. Go Gorilla
12. Voodoo Man
13. Frankenstein Party Time
14. Is This the Place?
15. Peek A Boo
16. The Bat Came Back
17. Ala Carte
18. Haunted House
19. Teenage Head
20. Graveyard Cha Cha
21. Rondo
22. Vladimir Twist
23. Haunted House Polka
24. Teenage Head
25. Medicine Man
26. The Werewolf Wiggle
27. The Mummy
28. Monster Appeal
29. Goo Goo Muck
30. Frankenstein Junkpile
31. Voodoo Voodoo
32. Old Red Devil
33. The Godziller Stomp
34. Psycho
35. Castle Blood
36. Monster Trash
Zombo Skeeter,
Ghoulishous Kogar,
Sputnik Bodini Gonga,
Sherman Pepper.
We played Cedar Point Halloweekends for 14 years!
Lots of Haunted Attractions, Clubs, and Parties..Total Halloween FUN!
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
------------------------
"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.
The "Monster Mash" single was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on October 20–27 of that year, just before Halloween.
"Monster Mash" has sustained a lasting impact in various recordings, film inclusions, and re-releases since its initial release.
In 2021, nearly 60 years after its release, "Monster Mash" re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart at number 37. As of 2023, the song was generating $1 million annually in royalties.
Background
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.
Pickett and Capizzi composed "Monster Mash" and recorded it with producer Gary S. Paxton.
The band with which Pickett recorded the song is not known with certainty, except for some session backing singers including Paxton himself: Fred "Johnny" MacRae, Rickie Page and Terry Berg, credited as "The Crypt-Kickers" (in the song is mentioned a fictional vocal group, "The Crypt-Kicker Five"). Mel Taylor, drummer for the Ventures, is sometimes credited playing on the record as well with his traditional percussion technique.
Pickett sings his song as a humorous horror story that never repeats the lines, except the term "Monster Mash". It was partially inspired by Paxton's earlier novelty hit "Alley Oop," as well as by the Mashed Potato dance craze of the era. A variation on the Mashed Potato was danced to "Monster Mash," in which the footwork was the same, but Frankenstein-style monster gestures were made with the arms and hands.
The producers made extensive use of sound effects in the recording; 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 simulated by water being bubbled through a straw (The Beatles would later do the same on their hit "Yellow Submarine") and the chains rattling were simply chains being dropped on a tile floor.
Chart history
On the Digital Song Sales chart, the song peaked at number 27 from 2005, from 2007 to 2011, and from 2013 to 2017.
It is played annually on Sirius XM Satellite Radio.
In 2012, the song ranked at number 25 on Billboard.
Weekly charts
Chart (1962) / Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100 / 1
US Billboard Hot R&B Sides / 9
Canada CHUM Chart (2 weeks) / 1
New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade) / 1
Chart (1970) / Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100 / 91
Chart (1973) / Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report) / 3
Canada (CHUM)(4 weeks) / 1
Canada (RPM)(3 weeks)(no.4 Yr End) / 1
UK / 3
US Billboard Hot 100 / 10
Chart (2021–2024) / Peak position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) / 24
Global 200 (Billboard) / 52
UK Indie (OCC) / 1
US Billboard Hot 100 / 30
~more info here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_Mash
------------------------
Available on bandcamp:
graveyardrockers.bandcamp.com/album/gravest-hits
#halloweenrock
#halloweenmusic
#halloweensong
#halloweensongs
#halloween
