One of the brightest events in the history of the Chiller Theatre Expo took place that stormy October 2006 weekend when Bobby 'Boris' Pickett took the concert stage with The Dead Elvi and Chiller's favorite son Zacherle, the Cool Ghoul. None of in The Elvi knew at the time that Bobby was very ill. But, like the trouper he was, he proceeded to blast out one of his best performances ever ... if not his best... of his Halloween classic The Monster Mash! Zach, who had covered this tune some 40-plus years earlier, let Bobby do his thing and take center stage. None of us on stage knew that this great performance would be Bobby's last live concert in front of a live ( mmmm...that's questionable ) audience! It was a night to remember not only for the Dead Elvi but for all who attended this now legendary performance! - Kevin Clement ("Mr. Chiller") ---------------- (This video is being reposted because the first upload has vanished. Thanks to everyone for their comments and remembrances.). + Informações

Pickett co-wrote "Monster Mash" with Leonard Capizzi in May 1962. The song was a spoof on the dance crazes popular at the time, including the Twist and the Mashed Potato, which inspired the title. The song featured Pickett's impersonations of veteran horror stars Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi (the latter with the line "Whatever happened to my Transylvania Twist?"). It was passed on by every major record label, but after hearing the song, Gary S. Paxton agreed to produce and engineer it; among the musicians who played on it was pianist Leon Russell. Issued on Paxton's Garpax Records, the single became a million seller, reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for two weeks before Halloween in 1962.[3] It was styled as being by "Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers". The track re-entered the US charts twice, in August 1970, and again in May 1973, when it reached the #10 spot. In Britain it took until October 1973 for the tune to become popular, peaking at #3 in the UK Singles Chart.[4] For the second time, the record sold over one million copies.[5] The tune remains a Halloween perennial on radio and on iTunes. A Christmas-themed follow-up, "Monster's Holiday," was also released in 1962 and reached #30 in December that year. Another of his songs, "Graduation Day", made #80 in June 1963. Pickett also recorded a novelty spoof on Star Trek called "Star Drek" with Peter Ferrara, again performing some of the various voices, which was played on Dr. Demento's radio show .... + Informações

1973. diy clip.. + Informações

Bobby Boris Pickett -Monster's Holiday. + Informações

Bobby reprises his 1962 hit on a popular US show in the mid sixties. Thanks to sixtiesalltheway.. + Informações

www.oldiesradionet.com Find this stereo version here www.amazon.com Many other novelty hits in true stereo as well! from Wikipedia: "Monster Mash" is a 1962 novelty song and the best-known song by Bobby "Boris" Pickett. Pickett was an aspiring actor who sang with a band called The Cordials at night while going to auditions during the day. One night, while performing with his band, Pickett did a monologue in imitation of horror movie actor Boris Karloff while covering The Diamonds' "Little Darlin'". The audience loved it and co band member, Lenny Capizzi encouraged Pickett to do more with the Karloff imitation. Pickett and Capizzi composed "Monster Mash" and recorded it with Gary Paxton, Leon Russell, Johnny McCrae and Rickie Page, credited as "The Cryptkickers". This song was partially inspired by Paxton's earlier novelty hit "Alley Oop", as well as by the Mashed Potato dance craze of the era. The song is narrated by a mad scientist whose monster, late one evening, rises from a slab to perform a new dance. The dance becomes a hit when the scientist throws a party for other monsters. The producers came up with several low-budget, but effective sound effects for the recording. For example, the sound of a coffin opening was imitated by a rusty nail being pulled out of a board. The sound of a cauldron bubbling was actually water being bubbled through a straw and the chains rattling were simply chains being dropped on a tile floor. Pickett also impersonated the horror actor .... + Informações

BOO DAT!. + Informações

Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & The Crypt Kickers - Monster Mash. + Informações

The great novelty dance-craze song that no label wanted to touch. The short-lived Garpax Records took the risk, and it became a Billboard #1 and a million seller....just in time for Halloween of '62!. + Informações

Another Monster Mash video. Its not that great, but Happy Halloween anyway! Happy Samhain to the rest of you.. + Informações

A music video for Monster Mash, by Bobby "Boris" Pickett. Enjoy.. + Informações

Heres a treat - Richard and the Young Lions performing with super nice guy Bobby "Boris" Pickett at Little Steve's Halloween a Go-Go 2005.. + Informações

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One for Halloween Weekend. Bobby (Boris) Pickett and "Me & My Mummy". 1962.. + Informações

**i won the contest for October with this video! yay!! (I really didnt' expect this video to win crap, lol)** I made this to enter into the Disney Song/Movie of the Month group contest. If you don't know, that group has a contest every month with different themes to follow (they're all disney, though, of course!). This months was a Dance theme, and I figured, why not a Halloween dance? So yea, this video was made for 3 purposes. Not only to enter into that contest, but it was made as this years first Halloween video, and it also was to premier The Horned King, lol. Yes, I only used him once, but that's all I needed!!! hehe All clips belong to Disney. The song is Monstr Mash by Bobby "Boris" Picket. The ending song is A Gorey Demise by one of my favoritest bands ever, Creature Feature!!!. + Informações

Bobby (Boris) Pickett And The Crypt-Kickers (aka a multi-tracked, multi-talented Gary Paxton) perform "Transylvania Twist". 1962.. + Informações

All I did was putting the old '62 Monstermash original from Bobby "boris" Pickett together with a section of a movie which had a much newer version of the same Mash. I was amazed about how sink it turned out!. + Informações

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!. + Informações

Animation of "Monster Mash" by Bobby "Boris" Picket -- released by Ktel. Survive the zombie apocalypse by going to Walking Dead Supplies walkingdead.isalesmart.com Animation -- Gary Ramey Software -- Curious Labs Poser, DAZ Productions Mimic Pro, Sony Vegas, Pinnacle Studio, Sony Sound Forge Audio Studio, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Eovia Carrara, Sony DVD Architect, Canopus ProCoder Express Models -- www.daz3d.com, www.renderosity.com Motion -- www.credo-interactive.com, www.es3d.com, www.Nerd3D.com. + Informações

Bobby Wrote this song in 1962 due to his love of horror movies. This Was His Very Last Performance in 2006. Bobby died six months after this live performance of this global classic. Elvis Presley once said it is the dumbest song he has ever heard. Two weeks later it became a global hit in every country. It became the halloween anthem all over the planet, earning bobby millions every year from royalties. Bigger than any Elvis single. RIP Bobby. + Informações

THE MONSTER MASH ~ Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt Kickers ~ 1962 ~ Garpax Records.. + Informações

Bobby "Boris ' Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers - Monster Mash I was working in the lab late one night When my eyes beheld an eerie sight For my monster from his slab began to rise And suddenly to my surprise He did the mash He did the monster mash The monster mash It was a graveyard smash He did the mash It caught on in a flash He did the mash He did the monster mash From my laboratory in the castle east To the master bedroom where the vampires feast The ghouls all came from their humble abodes To get a jolt from my electrodes They did the mash They did the monster mash The monster mash It was a graveyard smash They did the mash It caught on in a flash They did the mash They did the monster mash The zombies were having fun The party had just begun The guests included Wolf Man Dracula and his son The scene was rockin', all were digging the sounds Igor on chains, backed by his baying hounds The Coffin-Bangers were about to arrive With their vocal group, "The Crypt-Kicker Five" They played the mash They played the monster mash The monster mash It was a graveyard smash They played the mash It caught on in a flash They played the mash They played the monster mash Out from his coffin, Drac's voice did ring Seems he was troubled by just one thing He opened the lid and shook his fist And said, "Whatever happened to my Transylvania twist?" It's now the mash It's now the monster mash The monster mash And it's a graveyard smash It's now the mash It's caught on in a flash It's now the .... + Informações

Rare clips like this and text about the clips can be found at the blog for the cult NYC cable-access show Media Funhouse, located at: mediafunhouse.blogspot.com About this vid, from the former Funhouse blog: Probably the nicest event I have experienced on Halloween since the days of kidhood was seeing Bobby Pickett sing his one and only big hit song, the gorgeously dumb "Monster Mash," with another horror-comedy legend, Zacherle, at the Chiller Theatre con in New Jersey, back in October of 2005. The two gents had both sung the song in the early Sixties ? Bobby originated it, and Zach covered it on one of his wonderful horror-themed novelty-tune LPs ? but the two had never sung it together, and yes, it was a fanboy moment par excellence. The wonderful instant of having hundreds of people, all gathered in a college graduation style tent-on-the-lawn, all cheering simultaneously when two senior gentlemen launched into cheesy impressions of the immortal Karloff was oddly touching, as Zach was 87 and Bobby was a mere 67, but both of them could rock out with the best of them (taking a page from their role model, the immortal Boris). Both men had a ball pleasing the assembled fandom with this once and future anthem for the holiday, that Pickett's obit-writers took care to point out is one of the only records in the history of records (!) that ever hit the Billboard Top 100 in three separate years (once in '62, twice in the Seventies). Major thanks to Funhouse viewer and friend .... + Informações

A post for Halloween Weekend - Bobby (Boris) Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers. 1962.. + Informações

THE MONSTER MASH PARTY ~ Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt Kickers ~ 1962~ Garpax Records.. + Informações