Skip and Flip - death of Gary S. Paxton [[Monster Mash)

[woodward]

An excellent article from today's Washington Post regarding Gary S. Paxton.
Worth your reading if you recall It Was I, Alley-Oop, and Monster Mash.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/gary-s-paxton-music-maverick-who-produced-monster-mash-dies-at-77/2016/07/26/39ce80ec-526e-11e6-b7de-dfe509430c39_story.html

[marv2]

Oh how we loved the record "Monster Mash" as kids. Rest in peace Gary and thanks man!

Marv

[Philles/Motown Gary]

Oh how we loved the record "Monsterh Mash" as kids. Rest in peace Gary and thanks man!

Marv

Same here, Marv! "Monster Mash" had a girl-group vibe with a melody reminiscent of The Marvelettes' "Please Mr. Postman" and Dee Dee Sharp's "Mashed Potato Time". Combined with the Halloween theme and constant radio airplay, it shot to #1 effortlessly! I remember I bought my "Monster Mash" 45 on the same day that I bought The Crystals' "He's A Rebel" 45 back in October 1962 when I was 11. What great memories!

Sorry to hear that Gary Paxton has passed away. R.I.P, Gary.

[honest man]

HA i Bought it at our Old market with my lovely missed mum 1972-73 it was top 10 in UK then,lovely memories,thanks for them Gary.

[milven]

Never really cared for Monster Mash [[to me it became tedious after a few plays[[

But I loved Skip and Flip and as a kid, I bought both their hit 45's and played them constantly. Just listened to them and they still sound good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8EhC6rGO54

[milven]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJBYs9AFgiM

[milven]

Of course, when I was a kid, I was not exposed to any soul music and did not even know that Cherry Pie was a remake of Marvin and Johnny''s hit. After I grew up and was in the real world, I discovered that there were different and often better versions of songs that I loved. For the most part, I considered the white cover and the original versions as different songs and enjoyed them both. But I could never listen to a Pat Boone cover version again after hearing the original versions. His covers were just so bad.

Here us the original version of Cherry Pie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tPjZOXNEXo

[marv2]

Same here, Marv! "Monster Mash" had a girl-group vibe with a melody reminiscent of The Marvelettes' "Please Mr. Postman" and Dee Dee Sharp's "Mashed Potato Time". Combined with the Halloween theme and constant radio airplay, it shot to #1 effortlessly! I remember I bought my "Monster Mash" 45 on the same day that I bought The Crystals' "He's A Rebel" 45 back in October 1962 when I was 11. What great memories!

Sorry to hear that Gary Paxton has passed away. R.I.P, Gary.

I remember it was re-released here in America in 1973-74 and it became a hit all over again.

[Philles/Motown Gary]

I remember it was re-released here in America in 1973-74 and it became a hit all over again.

Yeah, Marv, and, as far as I know, Bobby "Boris" Pickett's "Monster Mash" is still available on most [[if not all) of the Various-Artists Halloween-themed CD's. Cool, Ghoul!