You can do the mash There is no official dance for the “Monster Mash,” but the song’s music is a spoof of the song “Mashed Potato Time” by Dee Sharp that was released in 1962.

You can do the mash There is no official dance for the “Monster Mash,” but the song’s music is a spoof of the song “Mashed Potato Time” by Dee Sharp that was released in 1962.

“Monster Mash” by Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers is one of those songs that has grown into something much larger than just a single released in 1962—with enduring popularity ...

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 ...

Every year around Halloween, you can’t turn on the radio without hearing the novelty song “Monster Mash.” Released by Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers in August 1962, it was ...

The "Monster Mash" was more than just a graveyard smash — it was also banned in the U.K. for many years! Learn about the Halloween track's unexpected origins ...

These are the best Halloween songs of all time. Discover a mix of classics, spooky favorites and songs from scary movies that kids and adults are sure to love.

“Monster Mash” was originally written as a parody of several pop fads that have faded away, but the song is an American novelty song that lives on like a vampire. In the early 1960s two ...