The Original Monster Mash, eventually outsold his. Not everyone was a fan of the song: Pickett recalled Dick Clark being reticent to have him perform the song on American Bandstand, and Elvis ...

It spent two weeks at No. 1 during its original run in 1962. It’s the sixth time that “Monster Mash” has ranked on the Hot 100 overall; it debuted in September 1962 and, zombielike ...

“Monster Mash” was originally written as a parody of several pop fads that have faded away, but the song is an American novelty song that lives on like a vampire. In the early 1960s two ...