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Bobby Pickett

American songwriter and Korean war veteran.

Bobby Pickett is mostly known as the bandleader of "Boris Pickett and the cryptkickers" which scored a hit with the song "The monster mash" which was a hit in the U.S charts in 1962, 1970 and 1973.

In 1967 Pickett co-wrote the musical "I'm Sorry the Bridge Is Out, You'll Have to Spend the Night" which was later made in the movie "Monster Mash the Movie" In 2005 Pickett released his memoirs called "Monster Mash: Half Dead in Hollywood"


“I was working in the lab late one nightWhen my eyes beheld an eerie sight. For my monster from his slab began to riseAnd suddenly to my surprise.He did the mash.He did the monster mash.”
Bobby Pickett
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