details for Monster Mash - Bobby (Boris) Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers

Verified listings:
• Monster Mash - Bobby (Boris) Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers
• Monster Mash - Bobby (Boris) Pickett
• Monster Mash - Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers
• Monster Mash - Bobby "Boris" Pickett

Assumed/incorrect titles:
• The Monster Mash

Recorded:
• 1962

Released:
• 1962

Available on (*):
• 1962 45 rpm single (Garpax 44167)
• 1970? 45 rpm single (Parrot 348)
• 1985 LP Dr. Demento Presents The Greatest Novelty Records Of All Time Volume IV: The 1970s (Rhino RNLP 823, plus RNBC 490 box set)
• 1988 CD Dr. Demento Presents the Greatest Novelty CD of All Time (Rhino R2 75768)
• 1991 CD set Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection (Rhino R2 70743, May 21, 1991)

Topics (not including words that are part of the title):
• dance crazes
• Halloween
• mad scientist

Lyrics:
• /lyrics/monster.mash.html

Web sites:
• http://www.themonstermash.com/

Alternate versions:
• Dr. Demento plays the original recording.
• There are at least two re-recordings. One, possibly from 1973, was on a 1983 Rhino bat-shaped disc called Horror Rock Classics Vol. II. Another, possibly from 1991, is on more recent K-Tel CDs such as It's Party Time!: 18 Fun Tracks For All The Family. (Earlier K-Tel LPs, such as Dumb Ditties, featuring the original recording.)

interesting facts (click to see playlist of show on which fact was mentioned, if applicable):
• written in May, 1962
• produced by Gary Paxton of The Hollywood Argyles
• evolved from Bobby's performance of "Little Darlin'" with The Chordials, in which he imitated Boris Karloff during the spoken middle section
• recorded the same day as Herb Alpert's first recording session, at the same studio
• has been credited with parentheses surrounding Boris on some releases and quotation marks on others; some releases don't credit The Crypt-Kickers; the original release used parentheses and credited The Crypt-Kickers

Chart information:
• #1 1962 (single)
• #91 1970 (single)
• #10 1973 (single)
• #19 1962 (as part of album The Original Monster Mash)
• #173 1973 (as part of album The Original Monster Mash)

general information about Bobby (Boris) Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers

Also credited as:
• Bobby Pickett
• Bobby Pickett & The Rolling Bones
• Bobby Pickett & Peter Ferrara

Common misspellings:
• Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt Kickers
• Bobby Pickett & Peter Ferrera

Born:
• February 11, 1938

Died:
• April 25, 2007

Group members:
• Leon Russell
• Gary Paxton
• two others

Based in:
• Hollywood, CA

Also recorded with:
• Peter Ferrara
• Bob Hudson
• Bobby Paine

* Note that it may be available on other releases or formats than are listed, and some releases listed may not be currently available. Generally the first release is listed, along with a commonly available release (for items that aren't out of print), and any Dr. Demento compilations on which it has appeared. Albums may be out of print in their original format but still available in another format. We suggest checking various online stores or the artist's web site (if applicable) to determine current availability.