Cathy Carr

. Cortez had another Top Ten hit in 1962 with "Rinky Dink". She later switched to Smash Records (in 1961), Laurie Records (in 1962), and finally Dot Records (in 1966). More than forty-five years later, the record is still frequently played on the radio and a favorite "download" on the Internet. She never again had another big hit, though in 1959 she had two small successeses for Roulette Records. 1 on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 charts. The song was a cover of a rhythm & blues song done by Otis Williams & the Charms, and another artist who also had a hit covering this song was Gale Storm. The 45rpm single went to No.

It was for Fraternity that she had her only major hit, "Ivory Tower", which was her third record for Fraternity, done in 1956. His instrumental, "The Happy Organ" was the first pop/rock hit to feature the organ as lead instrument. In 1953 she signed with Coral Records, but had no hits for them, later switching to Fraternity Records, a small company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, in early 1955. Clowney made his first record in 1956 under his own name but it was not until three years later when he scored a major success using the stage name Dave "Baby" Cortez. She later became a singer and dancer with the USO and joined big band orchestras such as those of Sammy Kaye, Johnny Dee, and Larry Fontaine. Dave "Baby" Cortez (born David Cortez Clowney on August 13, 1938 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American pop music and R&B pianist and organist. As a child, she appeared on The Children's Hour, a television show locally aired in New York, sponsored by Horn & Hardart, a cafeteria chain which had locations in New York and Philadelphia.

She was born in the New York borough of The Bronx. Cathy Carr (June 28, 1936-1988) was a pop singer.