While working on college radio, we had a discussion about stations that play endless Christmas music all through December. That would never fly at the college, but taking the entire day of Halloween and playing themed music?

The idea grew, and suddenly I had pulled song after song for a playlist. It was about an eight hour loop, with about an extra hour to make sure Thriller play enough times to satisfy everyone. I did always choose the most well-known version of a song. Some times, I chose an interesting cover version.

My personal project was to hunt down as many versions as possible of the Donovan song Season of the Witch. That's the first part of my list.

Here, then, is the A to Z portion of my Halloween Playlist, sans the Donovan song:
(A * after the song indicates a later addition)


A to Z
30 Rock - Werewolf Bar Mitzvah
Al WIlson - The Snake
Alex Cooper - Welcome to My Nightmare
Alison Krauss - Ghost In This House
All American Rejects - Jack's Lament
Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra - Polly
Angelo Badalamenti - Falling (Twin Peaks)
Angelo Badalamenti - Laura Palmer's Theme
Apocolyptica - Hall of the Mountain King
Arthur Sullivan and W.S. Gilbert- My Name is John Wellington Wells
The Atomic Fireballs - Man with the Hex
Aurelio Voltaire - When You're Evil
Austin Lounge Lizards - Hillbillies in a Haunted House
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
Bar-Kays, The - Holy Ghost
Barenaked Ladies - Grim Grinning Ghosts
B.B. King - Jack, You're Dead
Beat Circus - The Ghost of Emma Jean
Beck, Bogart, Appice - Superstition
Ben E. King - Supernatural Thing
Bernard Herrman - The Murder
Big Bopper, The - Purple People Eaters Meets the Witch Doctor
Bing Crosby - Headless Horseman
the bird and the bee - Witch
The Birthday Party - Release the Bats
Black Sabbath - Electric Funeral
Black Widow - Come to the Sabbat
BLOB - Dumb Ways to Die
Blue Öyster Cult - Astronomy
Blue Öyster Cult - Joan Crawford
Blue Öyster Cult - The Old Gods Return
Bobby Bare - Marie Laveau
Bobby "Boris" Pickett -- Monster Rap
Bobby Pickett and the Crypt Kickers -- Monster Mash
Brian Sezter Orchestra - Hoodoo Voodoo Doll
Bright Eyes & Neva Dinova - Poison
Buck Owens - It's a Monster's Holiday
Captain Clegg and the Night Creatures - Honky Tonk Halloween
Charlie Daniels Band - The Legend of Wooley Swamp
Cherry Poppin' Daddies - God is a Spider
Chordettes, The - Mr. Sandman
Chubby Checker - Doin the Zombie
Cliff Richard - Devil Woman
Coasters, The - Love Potion No. 9
Coasters, The - Poison Ivy
Coil - Hellraiser
Creech Holler - Pretty Polly
Diamond Rio - Bubba Hyde
Dr. Hook - Marie Laveau
Dr. John - Loup Garoo
Dusty Springfield - Spooky
Edgar Winter Group, The - Frankenstein
Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan - Stone Cold Dead in the Market
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Karn Evil 9 (First Impression, Part 2)
Erika Flaskamp - Headless Horseman*
Frank Zappa - Conehead
Frantics, The - Werewolf
Fuzztones - She's Wicked
Gil Scott Heron - Me and the Devil
Grieg - Peer Gynt - In The Hall of the Mountain King (I Dovregubbens hall)
Harry Belafonte - Zombie Jamboree
Hasil Adkins - No More Hot Dogs
Howard Greenfield and Jack Keller - Bewitched
Jam, The - Ghosts
Jan Davis - Watusi Zombie
Joe Jackson - Jack, You're Dead
Johnny Cash - Ghost Riders in the Sky
Joy Division - Atmosphere
Kate Bush - Hammer Horror
Kate Nash - Skeleton Song
Kay Starr - Headless Horseman*
Kid Kasino - Headless Horseman*
Kinks, The - Celluloid Heroes
Kinks, The - Wicked Anabella
Kip Tyler - Voodoo Woman
Kords, The - Boris the Spider
LaVern Baker - Voodoo Vodoo
Legendary Shack Shakers, The - Agony Wagon
Little Richard - Casper the Friendly Ghost
Lotte Lenya und The Three Admirals - Alabama Song
Lou Reed - Halloween Parade
MC Lars - (Rock) The Bells
MC Lars - Anabel Lee R.I.P.
MC Lars ft. The Dead Milkmen - Mr. Raven
Mark Snow - The X Files
Marson Ramos - Halloween Theme
Marson Ramos - Romance of the Skulls
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Ministry - Everyday is Halloween
Misfits, The - Monster Mash
Monkees, The - Daily Nightly
Monotones - The Legend of Sleepy Hallow
Monotones - Zombi
Morrissey - Jack the Ripper
Motorhead - Jack the Ripper
Muly & The Lee Lewis Harlots - Amen Corner
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - A Daisy Chain 4 Satan
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - Ride the Mindway
Nelson Eddy - My Name is John Wellington Wells
New Riders of the Purple Sage - Long Black Veil
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party
R. Dean Taylor - There's a Ghost in My House
Ramones - Pet Sematary
Ran Dells - The Martian Hop
Ray Parker, Jr. - Ghostbusters
Ray Stevens - Sitting Up With the Dead
Red Sovine - Phantom 308
Redbone - Witch Queen of New Orleans
Richard Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra
Richard Wagner - Ride of the Valkyries
Robert Johnson - Me and the Devil Blues
Robert Plant and Allison Krauss - Fortune Teller
Rockapella - Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego
Ron Grainier and Delia Derbyshire - Dr. Who Theme Tune
Scott H. Biram - Blood Sweat and Murder
Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages - She's Fallen in Love with the Monster Man
Shaggs, The - It's Halloween
Shorty Long - Devil with the Blue Dress On
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Spellbound
Skinny Puppy - Worlock
Sonics, The - The Witch
Specials, The - Ghost Town
Squirrel Nut Zippers - The Ghost of Stephen Foster
Strangeloves, The - I Want Candy
Streetlight Manifesto - Hell
Sweeny Toddy: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Prelude/Opening Ballad
Talking Heads, The - Psycho Killer
Tangerine Kitty - Dumb Ways to Die
Tarantula's - Black Widow
Tarantulas - Like Spellbound
The Birthday Party - Release the Bats
The Young Gods - Alabama Song
Timothy - The Buoys
Tom Waits - Whistling Past the Graveyard
Tubes, The - Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman
Univers Zero - Jack the Ripper
Uriah Heep - Gypsy
Von Hoffman Orchestra - Monster University
Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy
Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London
Who, The - Boris the Spider
Who, The - Fortune Teller
Wilson Pickett - In the Midnight Hour
Wolfmother - Wuthering Heights
Vocal Spectrum - Headless Horseman*