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bobby 'boris' pickett & the crypt-kickers- monster mash - stereo remix
Edit for headphones, June 2021. I LOVE the rhythm of the drums. This song was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, October 20–27 of 1962. In Canada a nr.1 hit too, in Australia and the UK it reached nr.3.
One night, Bobby Pickett sang with a band called "The Cordials" and did a monologue in imitation of horror movie actor Boris Karloff while performing the Diamonds' "Little Darlin'". The audience loved it and fellow band member Lenny Capizzi encouraged Pickett to do more with the Boris Karloff imitation.
Pickett and Capizzi composed "Monster Mash" and recorded it with Gary Paxton, pianist Leon Russell, Johnny MacRae, Rickie Page, Mel Taylor and Terry Berg, credited as "The Crypt-Kickers". The song was partially inspired by Gary Paxton's earlier novelty hit "Alley Oop", as well as by the Mashed Potato dance craze of the era. A variation on the Mashed Potato was danced to "Monster Mash", in which the footwork was the same but Frankenstein-style monster gestures were made with the arms and hands. This "Frankenstein dance" may have been the inspiration for today's electric break dancers, who knows?
The source of this edit is the song on cd three of the box set "Amazing Early 60s Box: 88 Hard-To-Find Hits" (Complete 60s – 12201).
MONSTER MASH
(Bobby Pickett and Lenny Capizzi)
I was working in the lab late one night
when my eyes beheld an eerie sight
for my monster from his slab began to rise
and suddenly to my surprise
(he did the mash) he did the monster mash
(the monster mash) it was a graveyard smash
(he did the mash) it caught on in a flash
(he did the mash) he did the monster mash
(wahooo) from my laboratory in the castle east
(wahooo) to the master bedroom where the vampires feast
(wa wahooo) the ghouls all came from their humble abodes
(wahoo) to get a jolt from my electrodes
(they did the mash) they did the monster mash
(the monster mash) it was a graveyard smash
(they did the mash) it caught on in a flash
(they did the mash) they did the monster mash
(wahooo) the zombies were having fun (tennis shoe)
(wahooo) the party had just begun (tennis shoe)
(wahooo) the guests included wolfman (tennis shoe)
(wahoo) Dracula and his son
(wahooo) the scene was rockin', all were digging the sounds
(wahooo) Igor on chains backed by his baying hounds
(wa wahooo) the coffin-bangers were about to arrive
(wahoo) with their vocal group, 'the crypt-kicker five'
(they played the mash) they played the monster mash
(the monster mash) it was a graveyard smash
(they played the mash) it caught on in a flash
(they played the mash) they played the monster mash
(wahooo) out from his coffin Drac's voice did ring
(whaooo) seems he was troubled by just one thing
(wa wahooo) he opened the lid and shook his fist and said
(wahoo) "whatever happened to my Transylvania twist?"
(it's now the mash) it's now the monster mash
(the monster mash) and it's a graveyard smash
(it's now the mash) it's
et cetera...
Category | Music |
Sensitivity | Normal - Content that is suitable for ages 16 and over |
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