Hits From September 1973 Tracks Include Monster Mash by Bobby Picket And The Crypt Kickers Pickett was born in Somerville, Massachusetts on February 11, 1938. His family lived in the Winter Hill neighborhood and he attended Somerville High School.[His father was a theater manager and as a nine-year-old, he watched many horror films. He would later incorporate impressions of them in his Hollywood nightclub act in 1959. An aspiring actor, Pickett began his musical career as a vocalist for a local swing band, Darren Bailes and the Wolf Eaters. Pickett served in the United States Army from March 9, 1956 to March 13, 1959 and was stationed in Korea for an unknown period of time. Rock On by David Essex Ballroom Blitz by Sweet Angel Fingers by Wizzard