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Dave ‘Baby’ Cortez, Hitmaker Who Seemed to Vanish, Dies at 83

His “The Happy Organ” reached No. 1 in 1959, but his pop stardom was short-lived, and his death in 2022, with an anonymous burial, remains a source of mystery.

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Deaths (Obituaries), Hart Island (Bronx, NY), Norton Records, Organs (Musical), Pop and Rock Music, Rhythm and Blues (Music), The Happy Organ (Song)
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