This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Murray State chapter.
Halloween is such a fun time of year, but sometimes the music selection is a little limited. With the help of my dad, I’ve compiled some jazzy Halloween songs for all of your spooky listening sessions. These songs are perfect for a fancy Halloween party. This playlist features so many classic singers like Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, and Ella Fitzgerald performing Halloween songs you’ve probably never heard before.
- “I Want to Be Evil” by Eartha Kitt
- “The Yodeling Ghost” by Bing Crosby, The Andrews Sisters
- “Rattlin’ Bones” by Preservation Hall Jazz Band
- “Sing Sing Sing” by Alan Silvestri
- “Chasing Shadows” by Django Reinhardt
- “Spooks” by Louis Armstrong
- “Remains of the Day” by Bojengles and His Bone Boys
- “‘Tain’t No Sin” by Lee More and her Blue Grass Boys
- “Halloween Spooks” by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
- “Evil Gal Blues” by Dinah Washington
- “Nightmare” by Artie Shaw
- “Headless Horsemen” by Kay Starr with Orchestra
- “That Old Black Magic” by Frank Sinatra
- “The Gypsy” by The Ink Spots
- “Dooji wooji” by Dick Hyman
- “Witchcraft” by Frank Sinatra
- “The Great Pumpkin Waltz” by Vince Guaraldi
- “Trick or Treat” by Vince Guaraldi
- “Jeepers Creepers” by Louis Armstrong
- “Between The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea” by Ella Fitzgerald
- “The Gloomy Sunday” by Billie Holiday
- “The Ghost of Smokey Joe” by Cab Calloway
- “It Must Be Swell” by Alex Bartha and His Hotel Traymore Orchestra
- “The Skeleton In The Closet” by Putney Dandridge
- “Ding-Dong! The Witch is Dead” by Ella Fitzgerald
- “I Put A Spell On You” by Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
- “Batman, Wolfman, Frankenstein, Or Dracula” by The Diamonds
- “Haunted House Blues” by Bessie Smith
- “Castin’ My Spell” by Johnny Otis and Marci Lee
- “Satan Takes A Holiday” by Tony Guttuso and John Cali