A Pop Stand Playlist: Halloween

Get up and dance, my pumpkins, the witching hour nears

A whole lot of great pop music from last century — and even early this century — is slipping into obscurity. Our popular culture gets more disposable by the day.

I have this vision of a themed oldies podcast or weekly hour on public radio that would introduce vintage hits and oddities to a new audience.

I have the vision, just not the know how.

Anybody want to volunteer to help me make this a reality?

Here’s a sample playlist for one installment — I have scores — that includes more than a dozen recording ideal for listening on this particular night: Halloween.

Feel free to add to the playlist in your comments. There are more, for sure. These are mostly off the top of my head.

And speaking of topping heads:

The Headless Horseman (from Walt Disney’s 1949 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow) — Bing Crosby

Ghostbusters — Ray Parker Jr.

Monster Mash — Bobby “Boris” Pickett

Frankenstein — The New York Dolls

Vampire Rock — The Fabulous Poodles

Haunted House — Johnny Fuller

Superstition — Stevie Wonder

Season of the Witch — Donovan

The Purple People Eater — Sheb Wooley

Werewolves of London — Warren Zevon

The Addams Family Theme — Vic Mizzy

Thriller — Michael Jackson

21st Century Schizoid Man — King Crimson

I Scare Myself — Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks