The Happy Organ - Dave "Baby" Cortez

[bigtex1948]

I was 11 yrs. old this song came out. I love this song.

[blade2nj]

A great tune from the past, I just loved it when it came on the radio in the morning to get me going.

[DetailBearOn]

This was #1 9 months before my birthday.

This explains much.

[TheNorthernSoulKing]

Im getting the xk3 organ and will learn this song :)

[mac5707]

May 11 1959 this was the #1 song in the country. crazy

[oldermusiclover]

would have loved Cortez and Bokker T togethere on a song. OOPOH MY

[violet2048]

love it, can't sit still. Reminds me of driving down Whittier boulevard in my Dads 55 Olds. Too cool

[CL137626]

@ 1:10 Jam time!

[27jengirl]

I really want a time machine

[glorybra]

I remember having this record in high school! It was one of my dad's favorites!

[geohoul]

when I was 6 years old this instrumental covered a radio programme about household in Greece. I still love it

[strandwolf]

Session man Wild Jimmy Spruill on guitar.

[sweettcupcakes]

I'm 11, but I really like this songs!,

[4Primi]

@sweettcupcakes Who CARES!!!!!

[sweettcupcakes]

@4Primi gonna fuck you

[4Primi]

@sweettcupcakes feels better when its smaller

[6garbageman9]

@4Primi yeah you must feel really cool belittling an 11 year old by saying "who cares"...lame bastard

[4Primi]

@6garbageman9 if you really want to quote me, i wrote: "Who CARES!!!!!". It's just important to get it right.. otherwise it's not a citation

[GregDad100]

From 1959. There was a time, dear friends, when instrumentals had a huge impact on the music charts. From Cortez, to Santo and Johnny, to the Ventures, Tornadoes, Mr. Aker Bilk, Al Hirt, Chantays, Martin Denny, David Rose, the Village Stompers, Bob Moore, Johnny & the Hurricanes, B. Bumble & the Stingers, Duane Eddy, Kenny Ball, Roger Miller, Percy Faith, Bill Justis, Horst Jankowski, Lawrence Welk, Booker T. & the MGs, Al Hirt and many others. Even Ray Charles recorded an instrumental!

[HeartOverdose]

Awesome, i am 47  awesome.....

[mizzy496]

a classic

[gremashlo]

This was the song I would play before my oldies radio show Saturday nights on KWPN, AM-84 in the early 1990's...just set up the mood perfectly...

[Westtoledoguy]

This is strange I have this same LP but it is RCA Living Stereo put out for Clock Records

[stuwrightfrom53]

Was the theme for "Dans Dusty discs" an oldie show 4-4:30 Mon-Fri on WAPE, the MIghty 690, Jacksonville, Fla in the mid-late 60's. Good tune.

[ringo244]

Nice to hear again,rOCK ON

[nomiclas]

i have this LP also and it really is listenable from start to finish.tks

[StinkFingerr]

This was the first record I ever bought.

[07cnic]

This is music, can listen to it over and over.

[jadageneve]

Is Dave Cortez still living? He played Macon ,Augustaand other cities in the south

[lookhear49]

I was born at the time this great song hit no.1

[nubs1946]

Thank you. The Shadows also rank up with the great ones!

[tallyshark]

This, and "Patricia" by Perez Prado, are the two greatest organ solos of the rock era.



[TheNorthernSoulKing]

Why cant we burn all the music today and go back in time sadly I am 18 during this time period wish I was back than

[Kungfufrogz]

Man these are fantastic! Can anyone recommend me some other great instrumentals?!

Much appreciated and awesome upload!

[theCtype]

@Kungfufrogz

Try the Ventures, Lonnie Mack "Memphis" and "Wham", Booker T and the MG's " Green Onions".

[fordude60]

Another great old instrumental!

[RDK860]

This song takes me back to a time when instramentals were constantly on the air waves! Things were sure simpler then. What happened?

[davycrockett111]

This was some top notch Roller Skating music in the day

[nomiclas]

@davycrockett111 aman!

[BLONDEBOOMER]

was only 6

[kirkconway]

this is when all the cool tune;s started coming on the radio,

1959.

listening to this put's you in a cherry mood,

[paulj0557]

Are you ready to become a real electronic organ fan?

'Organ Tunes even Organ Haters will love!'

is a you tube play list I've created with 100 amazingly entertaining organ videos. I thank everyone who posted these videos. The organ is the greatest instrument that gets misunderstood, hands down! Watch even 10 of these videos and you will rush to your craigslist and start looking. Be sure you have 50 bucks for the organ and another 50 for your help. Then it's Wurly time!

[wannawatchu66]

There are a few videos of this song here on YouTube, but few are original recordings, but are instead remakes.

As a former Oldies disc jockey, take it from me: this isn't a remake; this is the recording everyone was listening to on the radio and dancing to in the Spring of 1959.

[TL250Rider]

THis is great Rock N Roll Music.

Thank you for this listing

[TheNorthernSoulKing]

Is this a Hammond organ?

[wannawatchu66]

@TheNorthernSoulKing Sounds like it.

[TheNorthernSoulKing]

@wannawatchu66 I might be getting one and wanted to learn this song

[TheHyde55]

I must learn how to play this!

[RoninAvenger]

@TheHyde55 i got the beginning on the piano down, thats about it,

[BubbaBouy]

Great to listen into yesteryear's at Belmont High School, home to the Sentinels. in Los Angeles.

[cheechchongfan97]

Love this song!

[mik123mik1]

mama's little baby likes shortnin shortnin, mama's little baby likes shortnin bread!

[DaveWollenberg]

Billboard's 52nd #1 hit of the rock era. The Billboard review was right. It DOES sound like 'Shortnin' bread', right, gang? God bless!

[THX1205]

Great Balls of Fire Soundtrack Baby!!!

[lou4t4]

''59... sophomore days!!!

[cinderconk]

manzanita roller rink, sedona az 1960. warm summer nights, skatin'  w/ my sugarplum.

[Farm1486]

1968 WWL "The Blue Room, Roosevelt Hotel" about 2:00 A.M.  Love it on the way to UTK

[TimelordR]

Happy little tune, ain't it? Thanks!

[MaceMn]

Can't help but to love it.

[jlb8294]

What a Happy tune!!!..max kinlke used to play this every night on cbs around 2am...Made that long commute a little better!!!!!

[BIGCHILL3993]

Pittsburgh Penguins warmups @ the Civic Arena circa 1971-78

[BLONDEBOOMER]

I Love this tune!! Dave was a Hottie!!!

[hhrtwo]

Dance skating to that tune....Totally awesome, I can see it now!!

[ptownfreddy]

One more adoring comment from the deepest recess of my dirty mind. Note that the credit is for "Dave "Baby" Cortez and His Happy Organ." I'm gonna get obnoxious and say if you don't think this is very, very dirty (as was the term "Rock and Roll,") you need schoolin'!) "The Happy Organ ... BWAHAHA!!!

[kirkconway]

yea its the low reed note that cortez hits in the middle of the song,

totallly cool,

Really Bitchen Guitar Too,

[kirkconway]

totally HOTTTTTTT, I wish there were songs like this now days,

the part where cortez hits that low raspy note is really cool,

ohhh man sooo radddd,

[MissSamanthaBean]

Oh god...MJ was right, it IS like very cheerfully going insane...

[MaddieLamberg]

Sent here by Maureen Johnson. She is awesome, and so is this song!

[steeldragon0085]

@MaddieLamberg I saw this via Maureen Johnson as well haha. I did enjoy this song a lot

[jiggerblossom]

This is one of the 45 RPM records I had as a kid (I'm 53). So GREAT to see it posted here. MORE, PLEASE! Looked for Skeeter Davis' "Your Birthday Present's Birthday" but not posted...yet.

Thanks for the memories!

[verbusen]

I wonder if that Clock record is worth much? I bet it's worth at least a little, but then again the song was such a big hit maybe there are thousands around. Thanks for posting!

[supremes1964]

love it ! 

[Gerry50ify]

Great song, along with "Rinky Dink"! I had no idea Mercury picked up Clock for distribution.

[Happyrein]

hello thank so verry much for this song i heard this song on the radio when i was a kid i am 43 and in 1998 found on a jukebox in a bar other similar stuff i would go there just to hear .