Los Dandies “Dracula Cha-Cha-Cha”

(27 votes, average: 3.48 out of 5)

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Bob McFadden with Jack Hansen and the Transylvanians. “Dracula Cha-Cha” B/W “The Transylvania Polka”. Words and Music by Rod McKuen. Coral Records.

(54 votes, average: 4.22 out of 5)

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How frickin’ cool is this one!   “Spookhuis” by Het Cocktail Trio on Omega.

(26 votes, average: 3.85 out of 5)

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What a stellar line-up of talent Mike Curb and MGM Records was able to pull together for this early “just say no” type PSA record. Both Arte Johnson and Alan Sues! (Those guys were always wasted!)

(38 votes, average: 3.74 out of 5)

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Dickie Goodman 1964   DCP (United Artists release)   From the liner notes:   “A musical tribute to the current monster craze…replete with the teenage beat and just right for dancing”   “So settle down in your electric chair, refresh yourself with a cooling glass of blood and enjoy the Monster Album.”

(17 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)

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Edgar Allan Poe keeps you up at night.

(19 votes, average: 3.58 out of 5)

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German composers Manfred Hubler and Siegfried Schwab (recording as Vampires’ Sound Incorporation) created this groovy soundtrack to accompany Director Franco’s freaked-out vision. “Their crazy sounds are a speed-hopped swinger’s bash of blaring trumpet, booming trombone, slinky organ, and spacy sitar, with a beefy foundation of mod guitar, bass, and drums.” This was included in a 1995 reissue by Crippled Dick records called “Vampiros Lesbos” and became an underground hit.

(43 votes, average: 4.05 out of 5)

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This one came with a “magic witches wand” that glows in the dark. I like the simple, childlike illustration on the cover. Kind of an unusual one for collectors of all things “monster,” “horror,” “witchcraft,” etc.

(18 votes, average: 3.17 out of 5)

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Two cover variations for the 1964 release of “Music for Monsters, Munsters, Mummies & Other TV Fiends” The Exciting Sound of Milton Delugg and his Orchestra. Cover illustration by Jack Davis top and the cast of “The Munters” bottom. Both on Epic.

Milton DeLugg is the composer of “Hooray for Santy Claus,” the catchy theme song for the low-budget motion picture Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. In 1958 he produced Buddy Holly’s famous record, “Rave On.” DeLugg enjoyed a long association with Chuck Barris, beginning as arranger of the original theme to The Newlywed Game in 1966. From 1976 to 1980 he was musical director of The Gong Show. DeLugg often appeared on the show as a comic foil, in the characters of bad joke teller Naso Literatus and philosopher Old Drool. DeLugg’s venerable “Hoop Dee Doo” became a fixture on The Gong Show and was used whenever the contest winner was chosen.

(27 votes, average: 3.74 out of 5)

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