Monster Mash
"Monster Mash" is a 1962 novelty single by Bobby Pickett and a backing band known as "The Cryptkeepers." The song tells the story of a mad scientist whose evil creation begins a new dance craze. Monsters of all kinds join in to "do the Mash."
Fast Facts
- Recorded in July 1962
- The Cryptkeepers band included musicians Gary Paxton and Leon Russell1
- Song charted in the U.S. in 1962, 1970 and 19732
- Song was originally rejected by four record labels1
- Pickett said he never tired of performing his favorite song2
- Pickett said each time he heard "Monster Mash" he "heard a cash register ringing"2
- Bobby Pickett died of leukemia in April 20071
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