“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 cultural ...

“Monster Mash” by Bobby “Boris” Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers has just been crowned the biggest Halloween song of all time by Billboard! The iconic hit was first released in August 1962, and spent two ...

See what Billboard wrote about "Monster Mash," "Thriller" and more when they first dropped. By Joe Lynch Executive Digital Director Christmas music decks the halls of the Billboard Holiday 100 at the ...

(NEXSTAR) – The lyrics of “Monster Mash” are a bit fantastical, to say the least. The song clearly isn’t based on factual events, so any logical fallacies or gaps in continuity are easily forgiven.

EXCLUSIVE: The 1962 song “Monster Mash,” which has become an annual Halloween +hit, is becoming an animated movie at Miramax. Miramax CEO Jonathan Glickman, who has been behind such haunted hits as ...