Historical clue formulations

• 1962 #1 hit that the BBC once deemed "too morbid" to play — 2022-12-02
• 1962 #1 hit that's a Halloween favorite — 2022-11-18
• Classic song that starts "I was working in the lab late one night" [2003, 1970] — 2021-08-04
• #1 song at the end of October in 1962 — 2019-01-26
• Classic song with the lyric "Whatever happened to my Transylvania twist?" — 2017-04-19
• *Popular tune around Halloween — 2008-04-15
• Novelty dance spawned by a 1962 #1 hit — 2006-01-09