 |  | From Chad Bowar, your About Music Editor | | With Halloween coming up later this week, our music experts have put together lists of creepy and scary Halloween music to create the perfect atmosphere for trick or treaters, a Halloween party, or any other Halloween-related activities. | |  | Sign up for more free newsletters: | | | | Every Halloween party needs great music.Spooky songs and songs that talk about the delightful creepiness of the occasion all help make your Halloween memorable. Check out the best choices to start your playlist, including songs from Michael Jackson, Ray Parker, Jr. and more. READ NOW | |  | | Greetings, ghouls and goblins. Halloween is upon us and we must celebrate the mayhem and mischief with the appropriate music. Ready to venture into the night and get your freak on with zombies and werewolves? Good. Here are 15 scary rap songs to get this party started. READ NOW | |  | | Looking for a great Halloween CD to play at your child's classroom party or to greet trick-or-treaters at your door? Here's a short list of some of the best Halloween music for kids. READ NOW | |  | | Here's a list of the best Halloween oldies ever. It's subjective, of course, but it covers the early days of rock and roll (and some other genres of music) in search of what your expert considers the weirdest and creepiest Halloween hits. Songs about spooky subjects but which don't sound all that creepy (i.e., Sheb Wooley's "Purple People Eater") are not included. Those who do not agree are invited to soap my windows. Happy Halloween! READ NOW | |  | | | | An every-morning rundown of the day in history, with headlines and trends produced by your pals at About.com. Click here to sign up! It's free (of course) and we think you'll like it! | | |  | Want More From About.com? | | | | Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Music newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 Privacy Policy © 2014 About.com | |  |  | |