Dave "Baby" Cortez
he actually died in 2022,which was recently discovery by a 15-year-old Australian doo-wop historian, which then prompted the NYT to write his obit this year.
Dave ‘Baby’ Cortez, Hitmaker Who Seemed to Vanish, Is Dead 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.
The Happy Organ was the first instrumental Billboard #1 on the Hot 100
no idea if this gift link will or not but lots of twists and turns in it
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/arts/music/dave-baby-cortez-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Vk8.Q9V3.XjP6-oTuyhjH&smid=url-share
