It's not all that tough.  "We did the mash.  We did the monster mash."

But where did Monster Mash come from anyway? It seems like it's always just "been there." And for almost a half-century, it has. It just shows up every Fall -- we push back the coffin lid, listen to it and then moth ball the thing for 11 more months, before unleashing it again and start Mashing-away.

LISTEN to Scott Wynn discuss the history and fun of Monster Mash

Strangely there really was no band called the Crypt-Kickers, it's just what these five guys called themselves for the sake of the recording. And even though the recording sounds so crude that it's almost embarrassing, somehow no one seems to mind. And that's just the first bit of fun trivia about this song.

WATCH Mannheim Steamroller's rendition of Monster Mash.

And what about Bobby Boris Pickett? He grew up outside of Boston. His father was a theater manager and Bobby would watch the B-rated monster movies and work the material into his stage show later in the 1950s. He was a United States Veteran, who served in Korea, and eventually died in 2007 well into his 60s.

But he will always be known as the one that gave us the Halloween anthem for the ages, Monster Mash! 

Just one question, "Whatever happened to my Transylvania Twist???"

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