Monster Mash Man Mourned
Apr 27, 2007 Music, News
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B.J.
Yesterday was the last day for “Monster Mash” singer Bobby “Boris” Pickett. The song was at the top of the charts in 1962, largely due to Bobby’s dead-on impression of Boris Karloff. Bobby passed away Wednesday, succumbing to leukemia at the age of 69. When the song debuted in 1962 it shot to the top of the charts the week before Halloween, and then twice again in subsequent years. It has since then been one of those songs that is eternal, never getting old. Bob Dylan explained it on his XM Radio show last year, “Our next artist is considered a one-hit wonder, but his one hit comes back year after year.” Known as the “Guy Lombardo” of Halloween, Bobby Pickett wrote the song in about half an hour.
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