This day in music history.

September 8, 1962, The "Monster Mash" by Bobby "Boris" Pickett enters the Hot 100 at #85. It's a tongue in cheek take-off on the late night monster movies. He recorded the song using improvised sound effects, the creaky door opening is a nail being pulled from a piece of wood, the boiling cauldron is Pickett blowing bubbles into a cup of water with a straw and the chains are him rattling chains up and down. He also did all the voices. It reached No.1 on October 20, 1962. It re-entered the Hot 100 eight years later, on August 29, 1970, and peaked at 91. Almost three years after that, on May 5, 1973, it made a third re-entry, and this time went all the way to number 10. The song was later copied by the punk rock band The Misfits.
Monster Mash by Bobby Boris Pickett
I was working in the lab late one night When my eyes beheld an eerie sight
For my monster from his slab began to rise And suddenly to my surprise
He did the mash He did the monster mash The monster mash It was a graveyard smash
He did the mash It caught on in a flash He did the mash He did the monster mash
From my laboratory in the castle east To the master bedroom where the vampires feast
The ghouls all came from their humble abodes To get a jolt from my electrodes, they did the Mash...
The zombies were having fun The party had just begun The guests included Wolf Man Dracula and his son
The scene was rockin', all were digging the sounds Igor on chains, backed by his baying hounds
The coffin-bangers were about to arrive With their vocal group, "The Crypt-Kicker Five" They played the mash ...
Out from his coffin, Drac's voice did ring Seems he was troubled by just one thing
He opened the lid and shook his fist And said, "Whatever happened to my Transylvania twist?"
It's now the mash ...
Now everything's cool, Drac's a part of the band And my monster mash is the hit of the land
For you, the living, this mash was meant too When you get to my door, tell them Boris sent you
Then you can mash ...