Here’s how the song ‘Monster Mash’ came to be

A monster hit
“Monster Mash” was originally written as a parody of several pop fads that have faded away, but the song is an American novelty song that lives on like a vampire.
In the early 1960s two cultural trends set the stage for the making of “Monster Mash.” One was that the broadcasting of 1930s and 1940s monster films by TV stations had reintroduced Count Dracula and others to a new generation.
One of the most popular toys for Christmas in 1962 was a plastic Franke