Thread: Help? "Ghosts Come Out on Halloween" song?

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So, with all the Halloween music collectors here, someone must know this song, which I have only heard once--this was last year at a haunted attraction...it sounded like it must have been recorded in the mid-40's to mid-50's...jazzy combo sounding thing...and the chorus was, "Halloween, Halloween/The Ghosts come out on Halloween!" Real simple and straightforward with a deep pizzicato plucking carrying the thing along.

Every time I try to search for this based on the above lyric, I keep getting the "Haunted Mansion" song, and the song I'm looking for is not that; it's similar, but distinctly different.

Anyone know this one?

Disney does have many versions of those songs from the haunted mansion attraction. I owned a cd with a few of them long ago but I forget most of the stuff about it. I remember the name Mannheim Steamroller, I think thats a group or a a symphony of some sort. Disney may have a remixed version out, or another company contracted by Disney. Other then that I don't really have any idea. Hope it helps though.

Are you 100% on the lyrics being those exact words? Running through some oldies in my head... Do you know "Halloween Spooks" by Lambert, Hendricks and Ross?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSJsBHZsrds

Yes, I have the Lambert, Hendricks and Ross track--I love that track, by the way. And it's not any version of the Disney Haunted Mansion theme "Grim Grinning Ghosts"...and yes, the lyric is exactly as mentioned above. "Halloween, Halloween/The Ghosts come out on Halloween!" I actually know someone who has heard this song, but he doesn't recall who did it.

If you have seen Disney's "Ichabod and Mr. Toad" feature, there is a Bing Crosby song about the Headless Horseman, which is very similar in general sound and tempo to this track I am searching for.

I think the trouble is, the lyrics are so simple and so generic that any search invariably brings up many similar things--so far close but no cigar! Thanks for your help, if anyone else knows even the exact title or the group that recorded it, I would love to know.

I think I might be on to something. Check this link.
http://www.myspace.com/alansanbornan...blog/443673856
Hopefully it's heading in the right direction.

I found some lyrics but it was a childrens song or something.

Ghosts come out on Halloween,
Halloween, Halloween.
Ghosts come out on Halloween,
And float all around.

Repeat verses, substituting:
Cats prowl….
Bats swoop….
Monsters stomp….

Does that sound about right?