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EARLY LIFE Pickett's father was a theater manager, and as a 9-year-old he watched many Horror Film s. He would later incorporate impressions of them in his Hollywood Nightclub act in 1959. Pickett was a United States Army Veteran , who served in Korea . MUSIC CAREER Bobby Pickett co-wrote "Monster Mash" with Leonard Capizzi, featuring Impersonation s of Veteran horror stars Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi (the latter with the line "Whatever happened to my Transylvania Twist ?"). It was passed on by every major label, but after hearing the song Gary S. Paxton agreed to produce and engineer it; among the musicians who played on it was Pianist Leon Russell . The Single became a million seller, reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for two weeks before Halloween in 1962. It was styled as being by "Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers". The track re-entered the U.S. charts twice, in August 1970, and again in May 1973, when it reached the #10 spot. In Britain it took until October 1973 for the tune to become popular, peaking at #3 in the UK Singles Chart . A Christmas -themed follow-up, "Monster's Holiday," was also released in 1962 and reached #30 in December that year. Another of his songs, "Graduation Day", made #80 in June 1963. Pickett also recorded a novelty Spoof on '' Star Trek '' called "Star Drek", again performing the various Voice s, which was played on Dr. Demento 's Radio show. In October 2005, Pickett protested inaction on Global Warming by releasing "Climate Mash," a new version of his hit single. In addition to his music, Pickett also performed as a Magician as "Dellesandro The Great." DEATH Pickett died at the age of 69 on 2007 , episode of the ''Dr. Demento'' show featured a documentary retrospective of Pickett's work. APPEARANCES IN POPULAR CULTURE
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