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Dave Baby Cortez Songs

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David Cortez Clowney, known by the stage name Dave "Baby" Cortez (born August 13, 1938), is an American pop and R&B organist and pianist, best known for his 1959 hit, "The Happy Organ". Cortez had another Top Ten hit in 1962 with "Rinky Dink" on Chess Records. This record became well known in the UK as the signature tune of the Saturday afternoon programme Professional Wrestling, introduced by Kent Walton, although few knew the name of the tune or the artist. The song has a strong resemblance to 1957's "Love Is Strange" by Mickey & Sylvia, since it used the same guitar riff. After changing his focus to vocals and recording the minor hit, "Unaddressed Letter", he had his final pop hit in 1973, with "Someone Has Taken Your Place", on the All Platinum label.

Below is a list of Dave Baby Cortez songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Clock 1009
chart position: RandB #5, US #1
written by: Dave Baby Cortez and Kurt Wood
comments: [instrumental]
Dave Baby Cortez The Happy Organ
1959 Clock
2 record label: Chess 124
chart position: RandB #9, US #10
written by: David Clowney
album: Rinky Dink
comments: [instrumental]
Dave Baby Cortez Rinky Dink
1962 Chess
3 record label: Roulette 4679
chart position: Cashbox R&B #16, US #91
written by: Dave Baby Cortez, Morris Levy and Henry Glover
Dave Baby Cortez Count Down
1966 Roulette
4 record label: Clock 1012
chart position: US #61
written by: Ken Wood, Dave Baby Cortez (as Dave Clowney) and Kreigsmann
comments: [instrumental]
Dave Baby Cortez The Whistling Organ
1959 Clock
5 record label: Chess 1861
chart position: US #76
written by: Dave Baby Cortez and Julia Clowney
Dave Baby Cortez Organ Shout
1963 Chess
6 record label: Chess 1850
chart position: US #91
written by: David Clowney and Reggie Hall
Dave Baby Cortez Hot Cakes (1st Serving)
1963 Chess
7 record label: Chess 1834
chart position: Cashbox RandB #32
written by: D. Clowney
comments: [instrumental]
Dave Baby Cortez Happy Weekend
1962 Chess
8 record label: Emit 301
chart position: US #96
written by: Ken Wood and David Clowney
comments: [instrumental]
Dave Baby Cortez Fiesta
1962 Emit
9 record label: Okeh 7208
chart position: US #132
written by: Teddy Vann and Dave Baby Cortez (as David Clowney)
Dave Baby Cortez Popping Popcorn
1965 Okeh
10 record label: Sound Pak 1001
chart position: Cashbox RandB #45
written by: D. Clowney, J. J. Kriegsmann
Dave Baby Cortez & We The People (Do It) The Funky Dance
1971 Sound Pak
11 record label: All Platinum 2343
chart position: RandB #45
written by: All Platinum 2343
Dave Baby Cortez Someone Has Taken Your Place
1973 All Platinum
12 record label: Roulette 4628
chart position: US #135
written by: David Clowney, Julia Clowney
comments: [instrumental]
Dave Baby Cortez Tweetie Pie
1965 Roulette
13 record label: All Platinum 2342
chart position: Cashbox R&B #57
written by: D. Clowney
album: Soul Vibration
comments: [ballad]
Dave Baby Cortez Unaddressed Letter
1973 All Platinum




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