Dave ‘Baby’ Cortez, Hitmaker With ‘The Happy Organ’ Who Seemed to Vanish #obitpix #davecortez #babycortez #thehappyorgan #keyboardist #singer #songwriter #artofinstagram #brushdrawing #illustration #portraitdrawing

Cover of sheet music 'The Happy Organ, printed in blue; with a photo portrait of doo-wop artist Dave "Baby" Cortez in the foreground. He sports a typical pompadour haircut of the era and wears a thin bow tie. To the left, in the background he can be seen again in slightly a more casual outfit. He appears to be dancing to the beat.

Yesterday the New York Times ran an official obituary of #Dave"Baby"Cortez (who died 3 yrs ago). He was the creator of the first non-vocal hit to make the U.S. #Top100 songs - reaching #1 in 1959. I have the #sheetmusic. #music #bookselling #AbeBooks #TheHappyOrgan