“The Happy Organ” may be one of the most accurately descriptive titles ever on a pop hit. From its opening notes, Dave “Baby” Cortez’s rollicking recording is a happy, exuberant, organ-based ...

Pop music is an art form driven by happy accidents, and one of those happy accidents is what brought "The Happy Organ" into the world. Dave "Baby" Cortez, a Detroit musician and doo-wop singer, was ...

Dave “Baby” Cortez, a piano player and songwriter best known for his rollicking 1959 Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit “The Happy Organ” has died at 83. According to The New York Times, Cortez actually ...

In 1959, the year after Billboard launched their Hot 100 chart, Dave “Baby” Cortez scored his only #1 hit with a silly two-minute tune he wrote called "The Happy Organ." He released a handful of ...