The Original Monster Mash

The Monster Mash / Rabian - The Feindage Idol / Blood Bank Blues / Graveyard Shift / Skully Gully / Wolfbane / Monster Minuet / Transylvania Twist / Sinister Stomp / Me and My Mummy / Monster Motion / Monster Mash Party / Irresistible Igor / Bella's Bash / Let's Fly Away

Bobby (Boris) Pickett & the Crypt-Kickers

// 1962 on Garpax Records (GPX-57001)

2.5

Album Review:

When 'Monster Mash' hit the airwaves in August 1962, it made an immediate impression, peaking at number one on the Billboard Top 100. The novelty song's release signaled the direction of practically all popular Halloween music for the next few decades and is still a staple 60+ years later. Produced by frequent surf music producer Gary Paxton (Dick Dale's Checkered Flag, The Road Runners' The New Mustang, G.S.P. Records' Beach Party album, Ragamuffins' 'Fun We Had', Surf Bunnies' 'Summertime Is Surfin Time'), the song did not have much to do with surfing. It is included here for its ties to the later Capitol Records Monster Dance Party,which also had involvement from Paxton.

I'm certain the same charts were used and likely many of the same players.