B.H.S. Senior ♪Musicologist♫ Ms. Heather Knox on Bobby Pickett and "THE Halloween Song."


Here Ms. Knox shows us that Mr. Pickett's'genius was allied to stubborn perseverance.

And the result was a song that REALLY rocked!

Just ask any former entering Donna H.S. Freshman from Fall 1962!


From The Brackett News. Thursday, October 22, 2009.


"What kind of scary music do you think of around Halloween?

"Some think of the Monster Mash written by Bobby Pickett as THE Halloween Song.

"As a child Bobby Pickett grew up hanging out in movie theaters.

"He wanted to be a movie actor following his hero, Boris Karloff.

"After serving in the Army he moved to Hollywood where he started a band, the Cordials.

"One of his fellow band members talked him into writing a song about monsters.

"Using the genre of the day, dance songs like [the legendary Little Eva's] the mashed potato, he came up with The Monster Mash.

"In August of 1962, the song was recorded in one take, but no record label would pick it up.

"Not to be discouraged, Bobby pressed 100 records of the song and drove them around to radio stations.

"The song was an instant success.

"It shot to number 1 in just 8 weeks..

"It was [one] of only a few songs to hit the top 100 three different times.

"It has stood the test of time as a Halloween classic..."

You bet!

'Way to go, Ms. Knox!