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(the dash on my black &#8217;58 Impala) to the beat of Mel Taylor&#8217;s drums on Bobby &#8220;Boris&#8221; Pickett&#8217;s Monster Mash playing on the A.M. car radio.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily the song has withstood the test of time and I&#8217;ve been loving it over the years.<\/p>\n<p>I made a Halloween video in 2008 with a few bars of the song as background music and have been sharing it on this popular holiday. <\/p>\n<p><em>Uploaded on Oct 29, 2008<\/em><br \/>\nHave a spooky Halloween: Screaming ghosts with Bobby &#8220;Boris&#8221; Pickett&#8217;s Monster Mash recording in background.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is the LasVegasBuffetClub&#8217;s video<\/em><br \/>\n<code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IS97IpmTzxA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Although this video is five years old, it holds up as well as Bobby &#8220;Boris&#8221; Pickett&#8217;s <strong>Monster Mash<\/strong> which has been around since the 60s.  One of the best set of drum riffs EVER. <\/p>\n<p>Mel Taylor was the longtime drummer for The Ventures from 1962 to 1996. He was the older brother of Canned Heat bassist Larry Taylor.  Taylor&#8217;s obit in the NY Times said that before joining the Ventures, he was a studio drummer in L.A., and that he was the drummer on Bobby Pickett&#8217;s &#8220;Monster Mash.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Monster Mash&#8221; single reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on October 20 of 1962. <\/p>\n<p>The piano player on &#8220;Monster Mash&#8221; reportedly was Leon Russell, however, others report: &#8220;while pianist Leon Russell, who arrived late for the session, appears on the single&#8217;s instrumental B-side&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Musicians: <\/strong><br \/>\nBobby &#8220;Boris&#8221; Pickett: vocals, bass<br \/>\nGary Paxton: guitar<br \/>\nLeon Russell: piano<br \/>\nMel Taylor: drums<br \/>\nJohnny MacRae: vocals<br \/>\nRickie Page: vocals<\/p>\n<p><em>This is the entire song &#8211; added to video clips &#8211; from soulrocket&#8217;s channel.<\/em><br \/>\n<code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0thH3qnHTbI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p><em>And here&#8217;s a clip of Bobby &#8220;Boris&#8221; Pickett&#8217;s performing the song on Dick Clark&#8217;s American Bandstand, October 13, 1964.  <\/em><br \/>\n<code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vNuVifA7DSU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themonstermash.com\/\">And here&#8217;s TheMonsterMash.Com\/Bobby &#8220;Boris&#8221; Pickett memorial site<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><code><a href='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IS97IpmTzxA' >Las Vegas Buffet Club\\&#039;s Halloween Greeting<\/a><\/code><\/p>\n<p><code><a href=\"\/\/tracking.groupon.com\/r?tsToken=US_AFF_0_200382_201157_0&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.groupon.com%2F%3Fz%3Ddealpage%26utm_source%3DGPN%26utm_medium%3Dafl%26utm_campaign%3D200382\"><br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/partner-ts.groupon.com\/track\/impression\/image?tsToken=US_AFF_0_200382_201157_0\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" alt=\"728x90\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/code><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lasvegasbuffetclub.com\">Visit the main pages of LasVegasBuffetClub.Com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Las Vegas Buffet Club&#8217;s Halloween Greeting: Bobby &#8220;Boris&#8221; Pickett&#8217;s Monster Mash <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[1267,647,1373,1368,648,1371,1367,1369,1370,646,1372],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8938"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8938"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8982,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8938\/revisions\/8982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}