Bobby "Boris" Pickett
Bobby “Boris” Pickett may not have compiled an extensive recording career, but
he did manage to co-write and sing one of the most enduring novelty hits in
popular music. Born February 11, 1938 in Sommerville, Massachusetts, Pickett
longed for a career in show business putting together a nightclub act in the
late 50s that featured his impressions of movie stars. He incorporated his
mimicry of Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff into a novelty song called “The Monster
Mash”, and got the song recorded on the little-known Garpax Records label.
Jokingly credited to Bobby “Boris” Pickett and...
