Dave Baby Cortez - Happy Organs, Wild Guitars And Piano Shuffles (1993)

Dave Baby Cortez - Happy Organs, Wild Guitars And Piano Shuffles (1993)
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Rock & Roll / R&B | 58:04 minutes | Label: Clock Records / Ace Records Ltd. | Cat. # CDCHD 386
David Cortez Clowney, known by the stage name Dave "Baby" Cortez is an American pop and R&B organist and pianist. Clowney became the first African-American artist to have an instrumental #1 hit. Before making his big break with an instrumental record, Clowney had sung with two doo-wop groups, the Pearls and the Valentines.


Though hardly a soulful, bluesy master like Jimmy Smith or dashing experimentalist like Larry Young, organist Dave "Baby" Cortez made his mark in the '50s, '60s, and '70s as a capable, often clever soloist and pop instrumentalist. His flair for catchy melodies, riffs, and hooks resulted in a number one pop and number five R&B hit with "The Happy Organ" in 1959....


Presented here are 25 songs recorded by Cortez, mostly or entirely, for Clock between 1958 and 1961 -- mostly or entirely because although each track is grouped into a "New York 1958-1961" discography, a couple of them are given the dates 1965 on the CD track listing; the three dated 1993 are presumably unreleased outtakes from the era (although they are not precisely identified as such). The real question is: do you need to hear anything else besides his number one hit (and this album's opener) "The Happy Organ"? For almost everyone, the answer is no. The other songs are average R&B-based rockers, sometimes given a lift above similar generic instrumental fare from the era by Cortez's zippy organ and some sharp guitar (much or all of which was probably played by Jimmy Spruill, who did the guitar solo on "The Happy Organ"). The majority is instrumental, with Cortez occasionally adding vocals that are either perfunctory, or that fall within the ordinary, early Black vocal group style (as on "Love Me as I Love You"). Otherwise, this is for instrumental rock fans only, although Cortez deserves credit for popularizing the organ as a rock instrument. The moody reading of "Summertime" isn't bad, and when he and the band get a little less restrained on "Tootsie," it seems possible that he could have influenced the sound of 1960s soul-rockers who used the organ, like Booker T. & the MG's. Cortez's low-charting, soundalike follow-up to "The Happy Organ," "The Whistling Organ," is included, but his only other big hit, "Rinky Dink" (1962), is not, as it was done for Chess.

-- Richie Unterberger, allmusic.com


Tracklist

01. The Happy Organ
02. Piano Shuffle
03. Cat Nip
04. Hey Hey Hey
05. Mardi Gras (The Blues)
06. Fiesta
07. Love Me As I Love You
08. The Whistling Organ
09. Hurricane
10. Deep In The Heart Of Texas
11. Do The Slop
12. You're Just Right
13. Red Sails In The Sunset
14. Calypso Love Song
15. Dave's Special
16. I'm Happy
17. Summertime
18. Tootsie
19. It's A Sin To Tell A Lie
20. The Boogie Piano
21. The Boogie Organ
22. The Shift
23. Organ Bounce
24. The Swinging Piano
25. Riffin'

Compilation and archive research by John Broven.



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