Bobby Pickett
Actor
- Born
- February 11, 1938 · Somerville, Massachusetts, USA
- Died
- April 25, 2007 (age 69)
Bobby "Boris" Pickett (born Robert George Pickett, February 11, 1938 – April 25, 2007) was a Somerville, Massachusetts-born musician and actor, best known for singing and co-writing the 1962 hit novelty song "Monster Mash". Pickett performed the track in an impersonation of veteran horror film stars Boris Karloff, and Bela Lugosi (as in the line "Whatever happened to my Transylvania Twist?").
Bobby Pickett co-wrote the song along with Leonard Capizzi. It became a million seller, as well as reaching Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song was styled as being by Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kicker 5. In Britain it took until October 1973 for the tune to become popular, but it then pinnacled at Number 3 in the UK singles chart.
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A Christmas themed follow-up, "Monster's Holiday", was also released in 1962, and it became a minor hit. After releasing a variety of other Halloween-based songs as well as trying his hand at script-writing, Bobby died of leukemia on April 25, 2007, at age 69.
Known for
Strange Invaders
September 16, 1983
Sister, Sister
September 13, 1987
Lobster Man from Mars
February 9, 1990
Frankenstein General Hospital
March 18, 1988
Monster Mash: The Movie
November 10, 1995
It's a Bikini World
April 14, 1967
The Baby Maker
October 1, 1970
The Boneyard Collection
January 1, 2008
Deathmaster
August 15, 1972
Chrome and Hot Leather
September 29, 1971
Splitz
May 31, 1984
Hot Money
January 1, 1983
Acting17
- 2008The Boneyard Collection as The Manager (segment "Boogie with the Undead")
- 2006Witch's Dungeon: 40 Years of Chills as Self
- 2003Boogie with the Undead as The Manager
- 1995Monster Mash: The Movie as Dr. Victor Frankenstein
- 1994Spooky World as Self
- 1991Halloween Monster Bash as Performer
- 1990Lobster Man from Mars as The Astrologer / The King of Mars
- 1988Frankenstein General Hospital as Man in Elevator
- 1987Sister, Sister as Roger
- 1984