How old is monster mash

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Leave a comment. The song is narrated by a mad scientist, whose monster creation rises from his slab to perform a new dance routine, inspired by the Mashed Potato. The dance soon becomes "the hit of the land", and the scientist throws a party for other monsters, including invitees the Wolfman, Igor, Count Dracula and his son.

It was re-released in America in and , and finally reached number three in the UK in upon re-release. You've probably never heard it, but 'Monsters' Holiday', a Christmas-themed follow up, was recorded by Pickett and released in December In , Pickett released 'Monster Rap', describing the mad scientist's annoyance at being unable to teach the dancing monster from 'Monster Mash' how to talk.

He solves the problem when he teaches the monster to rap instead. A movie musical based on the song starring Pickett himself was also released in It wasn't until , from a suggestion of his longtime manager Stuart Hersh, that Pickett finally licensed the song for film and TV use.

Pickett carried on performing until November , five months before he died of leukemia, aged Follow Billboard. All rights reserved. Bobby "Boris" Pickett, whose dead-on Boris Karloff impression propelled the Halloween anthem "Monster Mash" to the top of the charts in , making him one of pop music's most enduring one-hit wonders, has died of leukemia.

He was His daughter, Nancy, and his sister, Lynda, were at Pickett's bedside. The resurrections were appropriate for a song where Pickett gravely intoned the forever-stuck-in-your-head chorus: "He did the monster mash. It was a graveyard smash. The hit single ensured Pickett's place in the pantheon of pop music obscurities, said syndicated radio host Dr. Demento, whose long-running program celebrates offbeat tunes. The DJ, who interviewed Pickett last year, said he maintained a sense of humor about his singular success: "As he loved to say at oldies shows, 'And now I'm going to do a medley of my hit.

Pickett used the impersonation in a nightclub act and when performing with his band the Cordials. A bandmate convinced Pickett they needed to do a song to showcase the Karloff voice, and "Monster Mash" was born -- "written in about a half-hour," said Dr.