billboard charts(@billboardcharts):62 years ago (chart dated Oct. 20, 1962) Bobby “Boris” Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers’ Halloween classic “Monster Mash” hit No. 1 on the #Hot100. #BBChartRewind 📈🎃 The song, which Pickett sung in a Boris Karloff impression, spent two weeks at No. 1 and has re-entered the chart in each of the past three years, thanks to annual holiday gains. Pickett earned one other Hot 100 hit in his career. His Christmas-themed follow-up, “Monsters’ Holiday,” peaked at No. 30 a year later. Take a look at the top 10 of the Hot 100 when “Monster Mash” hit No. 1, and swipe to see the full chart.

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62 years ago (chart dated Oct. 20, 1962) Bobby “Boris” Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers’ Halloween classic “Monster Mash” hit No. 1 on the #Hot100#. #BBChartRewind# 📈🎃 The song, which Pickett sung in a Boris Karloff impression, spent two weeks at No. 1 and has re-entered the chart in each of the past three years, thanks to annual holiday gains. Pickett earned one other Hot 100 hit in his career. His Christmas-themed follow-up, “Monsters’ Holiday,” peaked at No. 30 a year later. Take a look at the top 10 of the Hot 100 when “Monster Mash” hit No. 1, and swipe to see the full chart.