"Monster Mash" singer dies

"Bobby "Boris" Pickett, whose spot-on Boris Karloff impression made the record a Halloween favourite, died of leukaemia aged 69 in Los Angeles.

While famous as a one-hit wonder, the song charted three times in the US - in 1962, 1970 and in 1973 when it also reached number three in the UK.

• The record's fans included Bob Dylan, who sang Pickett's praises before playing 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," he (Dylan) said."

Story from BBC, 4/27/07

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