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HALLOWEEN MUSIC STORIES - Bobby 'Boris' Pickett - "Monster Mash"
Welcome back to Hitmaker Chronicles! I'm your host, Garrett Fisher. Today, the Halloween novelty song that refuses to die - a graveyard smash written in half an hour that's been charting for over 60 years. We'll trace how an aspiring actor's Boris Karloff impression during a doo-wop song became the most enduring Halloween anthem ever recorded, complete with DIY sound effects and a BBC ban for being "too morbid." It's a story about failed actors, dance crazes, and how a joke song recorded in an hour is still generating a million dollars a year. Let's do the Mash.
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