Dave "Baby" Cortes died in 2022, although even his own daughter didn't know until three years later. He hit #1 in 1959 with the classic, "The Happy Organ," the title causing at least a couple generations of boys to guffaw and chuckle uncontrollably.
But in his NY Times obit, there was an odd Yankees-related connection. Thought I'd share.“The Happy Organ” lived on as a cover tune as well, recorded by artists as diverse as the surf band the Ventures, the Jamaican reggae band the Soul Vendors and the longtime Yankee Stadium organist Eddie Layton.
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Good to know. The cover of the Eddie Layton album, in fact, the whole album itself , is one of those things that shouldn't exist but you are glad it does.
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