More than six decades after its initial release, the perennial smash still brings in about $1 million every year. By Steve Knopper Just like the zombies, vampires and ghouls that inspired him, Bobby ...

"Monster Mash" by Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers has just been crowned the biggest Halloween song of all time by Billboard! The iconic hit was first released in August 1962, and spent two ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Over the years, there's been a fair bit of "paranormal" activity on the charts, with numerous creepy crawly tracks climbing their ...

“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 cultural ...

Plus, "This Is Halloween" debuts. By Xander Zellner Halloween hits are back on the latest Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated Nov. 11) thanks to annual gains for spooky songs around the Oct. 31 holiday.

The "Monster Mash" was more than just a graveyard smash — it was also banned in the U.K. for many years! Learn about the Halloween track's unexpected origins Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Every October, ...

EXCLUSIVE: The 1962 song “Monster Mash,” which has become an annual Halloween +hit, is becoming an animated movie at Miramax. Miramax CEO Jonathan Glickman, who has been behind such haunted hits as ...

Hozier conceived a bizarre yet endearing piece of fan lore earlier this year when he inexplicably claimed to have written the classic Halloween song “The Monster Mash” during an interview with Sirius ...