Monster movies inspired a dance craze in 1962. Universal Studios had repackaged its classic monster films of the 1930s and 1940s for television and Mashed Potato Time by Dee Dee Sharp topped the charts. Hitting the scene is Bobby Pickett an aspiring Hollywood actor. He was singing in clubs and doing impressions of movie actors while waiting for his break. Bobby Boris Pickett comes up with the Halloween anthem The Monster Mash. Watch him perform the tune on Dick Clarks American Bandstand.

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