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The Tenacious, Occasionally Monster-Filled Mash of Bobby 'Boris' Pickett

Bobby "Boris" Pickett was one-half of the minds behind "Monster Mash," but that's barely half his life story Every Halloween, Robert George Pickett rises from the grave. (Figuratively.) The song that ...
Yahoo

The Number Ones: Bobby “Boris” Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers’ “Monster Mash”

There was an actual monster mash. It was a real dance. From what I understand, you’d do the mashed potato, except you’d leave your arms dangling out in front of you, like you were a zombie. If time ...
KCRW

‘Monster Mash’: Bobby Pickett combined cultural crazes to make the hit Halloween song

No song sums up Halloween more than “Monster Mash.” Bobby “Boris” Pickett was an aspiring actor in LA when he recorded it in 1962. It was just a novelty tune, but it spent the week before Halloween ...
American Songwriter

Behind The Song: “Monster Mash,” Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers

For millions of folks, as soon as they hear the bubbling, boiling cauldron and that iconic opening line, I was working in the lab late one night, it’s Halloween. “Monster Mash” by Bobby “Boris” ...
Slate

Have a Spooktacular Halloween With Bobby “Boris” Pickett’s Increasingly Desperate Follow-Ups to “Monster Mash”

Halloween is the best season for novelty holiday songs, and “Monster Mash,” Bobby “Boris” Pickett’s 1962 smash hit, has long been the gold standard. Not only did Pickett book an all-star lineup of ...
Yahoo

‘Monster Mash’ Receives Major Accolade 63 Years After Its Release

“Monster Mash” by Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers has just been crowned the biggest Halloween song of all time by Billboard! The iconic hit was first released in August 1962, and spent two ...
Los Angeles Times

Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett, 69; co-wrote and performed novelty hit ‘Monster Mash’

Bobby “Boris” Pickett, whose Boris Karloff impersonation was immortalized in the novelty hit “Monster Mash,” which has become a Halloween perennial, has died. He was 69. Pickett, a longtime resident ...
Los Angeles Times

From the Archives: ‘Monster Mash’ was a monster hit

On the 25th anniversary of the release of the classic Halloween song “Monster Mash,” creator Bobby Pickett posed for photographer Robert Gabriel. Times staff writer John Voland reported on the ...
Today

‘Monster Mash’ singer Pickett dies at 69

He does the “Monster Mash” no more. Bobby “Boris” Pickett, whose dead-on Boris Karloff impression propelled the Halloween anthem to the top of the charts in 1962, making him one of pop music’s most ...
Paste

Beyond the Mash: Bobby “Boris” Pickett’s Lesser-Known Monster Novelty Songs

If you watch the Billboard charts closely, there’s a good chance you’ll see a 50-year-old single sneak into the Hot 100 as we get nearer and nearer to October 31st. With the new rules in place ...
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

"Monster Mash" creator Bobby "Boris" Pickett dies at age 69

NEW YORK (AP) - He does the "Monster Mash" no more. Bobby "Boris" Pickett, whose dead-on Boris Karloff impression propelled the Halloween anthem to the top of the charts in 1962, making him one of pop ...
Stereogum

The Number Ones: Bobby “Boris” Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers’ “Monster Mash”

There was an actual monster mash. It was a real dance. From what I understand, you'd do the mashed potato, except you'd leave your arms dangling out in front of you, like you were a zombie. If time ...