There was an actual monster mash ... one that the song somehow manages to sustain for three whole minutes. Bobby Pickett, a Korean War veteran and aspiring actor, was spending his evenings ...

Bobby “Boris” Pickett went from the gangster capital ... Love recalls not being too enthusiastic about the idea of singing a song called “Monster Mash.” As she later told Billboard ...

Bobby Pickett was an aspiring actor looking ... Karloff from “Bride of Frankenstein.” Karloff liked the “Monster Mash” song so much that he performed it himself on a 1965 episode of ...

Bobby Pickett was an aspiring actor looking for work in Hollywood ... Above, is a promotional photo of Boris Karloff from “Bride of Frankenstein.” Karloff liked the “Monster Mash” song so much that he ...

The "Monster Mash ... Bobby “Boris” Pickett, whose spirited impressions of monster movie mainstays like Boris Karloff and ...