Your Halloween 60’s Girl Group Playlist

It’s hard to believe that it has been 16 years since I put this Halloween show together for 60 Degrees wi Brian Ferrari, my weekly radio show focusing on “60’s chicks and girl groups – the hidden gems, cult favorites and unreleased obscurities of the decade.” The show ran for five years (2008-2013) on East Village Radio and has been back on the air since July, 2024. This Halloween episode was originally broadcast on October 27, 2008 and aired every Halloween for the duration of the run. 

In this very special episode, we’ve got soul witches, rockabilly rabble-rousers, death discs, horror movie theme songs, science fiction sirens, girls driven to madness by love and more dead boyfriends than you can shake a broomstick at. Plus a whole lot more! As with every episode, the songs were interspersed with vintage commercials, sound effects and movie clips.

The show is available to stream HERE.

It is also available (with visuals and some minor alterations) in three segments on Youtube:

Part 1:  

1. Reparata & the Delrons – Panic
2. Babs Tino – Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde
3. Sparkle Moore – Skull & Crossbones
4. Wanda Jackson – Riot In Cellblock 9
5. Southern Culture On The Skids – Torture
6. France Gall – Frankenstein
7. The Crystals – Frankenstein Twist
8. Hayley Mills – Jimmy Bean
9. Claudine Clark – Walking Through A Cemetery
10. The Sham-ettes – Hey There Big Bad Wolf

    Part 2:

1. Hayley Mills – Cranberry Bog
2. The Shangri-La’s – Give Us Your Blessing
3. The Satisfactions – Daddy You Just Gotta Let Him In
4. The Goodees – Condition Red
5. The Nu-Luvs – So Soft, So Warm (Dressed In Black)
6. The Whyte Boots (Lori Burton) – Nightmare
7. Glenda Collins – It’s Hard To Believe It
8. Judy Garland – Purple People Eater
9. The Kane Triplets – Theme From Mission Impossible
10. Tracy – Strange Love
11. Mikki Young – Who Killed Teddy Bear?
12. Patti Seymour – The Silencer
13. Josie Cotton – Maneaters (Get Off The Road)

Part 3:

1. Janie Jones – Witches Brew
2. Martha & The Vandellas – Mobile Lil The Dancing Witch
3. Bettye Lavette – Witchcraft In The Air
4. Erma Franklin – Abracadabra
5. Dusty Springfield – Spooky
6. Marie Applebee – The Boy Who Took My Heart (took my mind)
7. The Love Chain – The Love Chain
8. Peggy Lee – The Case of M.J.
9. Janie Jones – Psycho
10. The Martin Sisters – Mother Mother (I Feel Sick)
11. Julie Budd – All’s Quiet On West 23^rd St.
12. Gayle Haness – Johnny Ander
13. The Indigos – He’s Coming Home
14. Cass Elliott – The Costume Ball
15. Teacho & The Students – Chills & Fever
16. Dusty Springfield – Haunted
    

    

See also:
Zombie Divas
Back To The Girl Zone: 60 Degrees Returns
EVR in the NYT
60’s Girl Group Survivors
Girl Group Heaven: Ronnie, Rosa & Wanda
The Playground Swing
60 Degrees Girl Group Christmas
Dusty Springfield Sings Kate Bush
Tina Turner: 12+ Cover Songs You May Have Missed
Etta James: Advertising Zombie