This Day in Halloween: Novelty pop movie theme song “Beware of the Blob” peaks at number 33 on the Billboard charts in 1958. / Illustration by Sarah Ryan
“Beware of the Blob” peaks at number 33 on the Billboard charts in 1958. The novelty pop theme song to the movie “The Blob” is written by Burt Bacharach and Mack David, the brother of Bacharach’s longtime songwriting partner, Hal David.
