This collection of Halloween songs is very kid friendly. Enjoy these with your little ones.

1. Monster Mash by Bobby 'Borris' Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers

This is arguably the most successful novelty song of all time. Bobby Pickett accomplished the rare feat of reaching the top 100 music chart three times with the same song. On October 20, 1962, the original release hit #1 in the US. The song re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 on August 29, 1970, peaking at #91, and then again on May 5, 1972, when it went all the way to #10. The song has sold over four million copies and continues to be a Halloween favorite

2. Thriller by Michael Jackson

This is a rare pop song with a horror theme. Halloween novelty songs like "The Monster Mash" had been around for a while, but this was the first hit song with year-round appeal containing lyrics about creatures of the night who terrify their victim. At the time, Michael Jackson was one of the least frightening people on Earth, so the video had to sell it. John Landis, who worked on the 1981 movie An American Werewolf In London, was brought in to direct. Landis had Jackson turn into a Werewolf in the video.

3. Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr.

This was the theme song for the movie starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson and Sigourney Weaver. Parker's song was chosen after 60 others were rejected.

4. Purple People Eater by Sheb Wooley

"The Purple People Eater" is a song written and performed by Sheb Wooley, which is the novelty song to end all novelty songs. It's one of the few rare cases where a pure novelty made it to #1 on the charts, for one thing. It's also unusually long-lived, popping up again and again in cartoons, TV commercials, YouTube videos, and film soundtracks.

5. Witch Doctor by David Seville

David Seville's real name is Ross Bagdasarian, and he is the creator of Alvin And The Chipmunks. The group is made up of three animated chipmunks, who are human voices pitched up to make them sound like small furry creatures. This was Seville's first single, and it featured the high pitched vocal as the sound of the witch doctor, but it was not considered a Chipmunks song.

[information from Songfacts.com]

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