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Dancing with those musical skeletons from the closet

Kids used to have their own holiday. It was called Halloween. But now 50% of adults are celebrating Halloween, too. Giving up Halloween means admitting you're getting old, and no one wants to do that.

Here are some Halloween-ie tunes to help you get your spook on…

A gospel song meant to teach anatomy, The Delta Rhythm Boys and “Dry Bones”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVoPG9HtYF8

The scariest thing about this is the lip-synching. Warren Zevon “Werewolves of London”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhSc8qVMjKM

“I Put a Spell on You” will always be a Halloween classic — seeing Screamin’ Jay Hawkins perform it LIVE is truly scary!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kGPhpvqtOc

Every week on “Record bin Roulette,” KPLU’s John Kessler and John Maynard put an insightful and fun spin on a century's worth of discarded vinyl. The feature is published here and airs on KPLU 88.5 every Thursday during Morning Edition, All Things Considered and on Weekend Saturday Edition.

A professional bassist for over 20 years, John has been at KNKX since 1999 where he hosts All Blues on Saturday and Sunday nights. He was previously a senior producer of BirdNote for 19 years, and the primary recording engineer for hundreds of KNKX Studio Sessions.
John Maynard started working in radio in the seventies as a DJ at Seattle’s KJR AM which at the time was the dominant AM station in the Seattle market. After a brief stint as a restaurateur and night club owner, Maynard returned to radio with Robin Erickson, creating the hugely popular “Robin and Maynard Show.” In the more than 20 years under that marquee, Maynard flew with the Blue Angels, piloted the Goodyear Blimp, sang with Donny Osmond and hung out in a Universal Studios bar with Kojak (Telly Savalas).