Bobby 'Boris' Pickett

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Bobby "Boris" Pickett (born Robert George Pickett, February 11, 1938 – April 25, 2007) was a Somerville, Massachusetts-born musician and actor, best known for singing and co-writing the 1962 hit novelty song "Monster Mash". Pickett performed the track in an impersonation of veteran horror film stars Boris Karloff, and Bela Lugosi (as in the line "Whatever happened to my Transylvania Twist?"). Bobby Pickett co-wrote the song along with Leonard Capizzi. It became a million seller, as well as reaching Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song was styled as being by Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kicker 5. In Britain it took until October 1973 for the tune to become popular, but it then pinnacled at Number 3 in the UK singles chart. A Christmas themed follow-up, "Monster's Holiday", was also released in 1962, and it became a minor hit. After releasing a variety of other Halloween-based songs as well as trying his hand at script-writing, Bobby died on April 25, 2007 of leukemia. He's deeply missed by a cult audience of fans. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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The Original Monster Mash

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Best Singles of All Time (disc 2: The Sixties)

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Lulz: A corruption of LOL - Disk 1 - Pure Memetics

Monster Mash

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Billboard Top 100 of 1973

Monster Mash (Single)

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The Number 1 Rock 'n' Roll Collection

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K-tel Presents the Number 1 Rock 'n' Roll Collection

Monster Mash - Single

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WCBS Top 500 Oldies (disc 19)

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Dr. Demento Presents The Greatest Novelty CD of All Time

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Billboard Top 100 - 1973

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