Goth Nation Mourns Its Leader: RIP Bobby "Boris" Pickett

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Bobby "Boris" Pickett who scored a number one hit with The Monster Mash passed away yesterday at the age of 69. The one hit wonder, dubbed "the Guy Lombardo of Halloween," actually hit the charts twice more with the ode to monsters and novelty dances after it hit number one in 1962.

The novelty hit's fans included Bob Dylan, who played the single on his XM Satellite Radio program last October. "Our next artist is considered a one-hit wonder, but his one hit comes back year after year,'' Dylan noted.

The hit single ensured Pickett's place in the pantheon of pop music obscurities, said syndicated radio host Dr. Demento, whose long-running program celebrates offbeat tunes.

"It's certainly the biggest Halloween song of all time,'' said Demento. The DJ, who interviewed Pickett last year, said he maintained a sense of humor about his singular success: "As he loved to say at oldies shows, `And now I'm going to do a medley of my hit.'''
Boris Pickett is dead. Undead, undead, undead.

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