The Happy Organ

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"The Happy Organ"
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Single by Dave "Baby" Cortez
from the album The Happy Organ
B-side(s) "Love Me As I Love You"
Released 1959
Length 2:06
Label Clock
Writer(s) Dave "Baby" Cortez, Kurt Wood
Chart positions
Dave "Baby" Cortez singles chronology
The Happy Organ
(1959)
The Whistling Organ
(1959)

"The Happy Organ" is the name of an instrumental composition made famous by Dave "Baby" Cortez. Cortez co-composed it with Kurt Wood. "The Happy Organ" was Cortez's breakthrough single. Although he had been recording for several years prior to releasing this single, he had met with very limited success. The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959, making it the first instrumental to rise to the summit of the chart, although others had topped Billboard's earlier charts.

Preceded by:
"Come Softly to Me" by The Fleetwoods
Billboard Hot 100 number one single
May 11, 1959
Succeeded by:
"Kansas City" by Wilbert Harrison