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Monster Mash singer now a graveyard smash 
April 27, 2007 - 12:29PM Bobby Pickett, whose Monster Mash hit in 1962 made him one of the biggest one-hit wonders in the history of pop music, has died in Los Angeles at age 69. Picket died on Wednesday after a long battle with leukaemia. The novelty song, which featured an impression of horror-movie actor Boris Karloff, was an instant hit when it was released before Halloween 1962, with the chorus: "He did the monster mash ... It was a graveyard smash". It charted again in August 1970 and May 1973. Pickett never recreated the success of Monster Mash but remained in demand for Halloween performances, continuing to perform until his final gig in November 2006. http://www.smh.com.au/new...44163.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Quotes about Bobby: "This mother is the Grandaddy of rap records, baby" - Frank Sinatra "...dumbest thing I ever heard" - Elvis Presley "Bobby Pickett looks and sounds so lifelike. It's amazing!" - Vincent Price 
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theAudience said: "This mother is the Grandaddy of rap records, baby" - Frank Sinatra "...dumbest thing I ever heard" - Elvis Presley 
"Bobby Pickett looks and sounds so lifelike. It's amazing!" - Vincent Price what does this even mean?
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Dayspring said: i love the thread title
Credit the article writer (the name wasn't listed). 
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jacktheimprovident said: "Bobby Pickett looks and sounds so lifelike. It's amazing!" - Vincent Price what does this even mean?Remember we're talking about... 
...Vincent Price 
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sounds like a Fark.com tag! The Most Important Thing In Life Is Sincerity....Once You Can Fake That, You Can Fake Anything. |
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theAudience said: It charted again in August 1970 and May 1973. What made it popular again those times? I see it didn't chart again in October. | |
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Anyone remember the Christmas counterpart "Monster's Holiday"? I think the real Lon Chaney Jr. sang that one | |
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jacktheimprovident said: Anyone remember the Christmas counterpart "Monster's Holiday"? I think the real Lon Chaney Jr. sang that one
Probably Bobby doing an impersonation. Bobby Pickett Trivia: ~ Bob Dylan is a fan of "Monster Mash" and has played it on his XM radio show. ~ Leon Russell played piano on "Monster Mash". ~ In the alternate history superhero anthology series Wild Cards, Pickett was portrayed as a superpowered zombie known as the "Crypt-Kicker". ~ Pickett also recorded a novelty spoof on Star Trek called "Star Drek", again performing the various voices, which has been played on Dr. Demento's radio show. ~ The song, "Monster Mash" was later covered by The Misfits and The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. ~ The line 'whatever happened to my Transylvania Twist?', and several other vocal segments of "Monster Mash", are sampled by Rush on the song "Limbo", on their 1996 Test for Echo album, released by Atlantic Records. ~ Pickett was a United States Army veteran, who served in Korea. tA Tribal Disorder
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Halloween is never complete without hearing "Monster Mash" and "Thriller." I have never heard of "Monster Holliday." "Funkyslsistah… you ain't funky at all, you just a little ol' prude"!
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