Bobby Pickett

Known for ActingBorn 1938-02-11Died 2007-04-25Somerville, Massachusetts, USA

Bobby "Boris" Pickett (born Robert George Pickett, February 11, 1938 – April 25, 2007) was a Somerville, Massachusetts-born musician and actor, best known for singing and co-writing the 1962 hit novelty song "Monster Mash". Pickett performed the track in an impersonation of veteran horror film stars Boris Karloff, and Bela Lugosi (as in the line "Whatever happened to my Transylvania Twist?"). Bobby Pickett co-wrote the song along with Leonard Capizzi. It became a million seller, as well as reaching Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song was styled as being by Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kicker 5. In Britain it took until October 1973 for the tune to become popular, but it then pinnacled at Number 3 in the UK singles chart. A Christmas themed follow-up, "Monster's Holiday", was also released in 1962, and it became a minor hit. After releasing a variety of other Halloween-based songs as well as trying his hand at script-writing, Bobby died of leukemia on April 25, 2007, at age 69.Read more

Movies & web series

Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills

Three's a Crowd

T. J. Hooker

Spooky World

The Baby Maker

Petticoat Junction

The Boneyard Collection

Chrome and Hot Leather

Lobster Man from Mars

Monster Mash: The Movie

Deathmaster

Strange Invaders

Sister, Sister

Splitz

Frankenstein General Hospital

Hot Money

It's a Bikini World

Halloween Monster Bash

Monster Mash