{"id":395441,"date":"2021-04-30T15:33:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T19:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=395441"},"modified":"2021-04-30T20:16:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T00:16:00","slug":"road-trip-with-rush-dave-baby-cortez-and-the-happy-organ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2021\/04\/30\/road-trip-with-rush-dave-baby-cortez-and-the-happy-organ\/","title":{"rendered":"Road Trip with Rush: Dave &#8220;Baby&#8221; Cortez and The Happy Organ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BRETT: A lot of us listen to music in the car &#8212; that is, when we\u2019re not listening to the EIB. Rush absolutely loved music. He was a deejay at his heart. He was a deejay before he was a talk show host. Longtime listeners got to know his bumper music and the precise commentary that went with it, which is why we\u2019re doing something called Road Trip With Rush.<\/p>\n<p>Every Friday, we\u2019ll add a new song to a playlist of Rush\u2019s favorites, and we\u2019ll create them together. Think of it as a Maha Mix tape. We kicked this off last week with <a href=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/daily\/2021\/04\/19\/right-on-lets-make-january-12th-rush-limbaugh-day-in-missouri\/\">Barry White and the Love Unlimited Orchestra<\/a>. This week, we bring you back to Rush\u2019s childhood and to the song that sparked his passion.<\/p>\n<p>(playing The Happy Organ)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pvzA6gy2vbk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>RUSH: The Happy Organ, Dave &#8220;Baby&#8221; Cortez. (song continues) 1958, I believe. It might have been 1960, whatever. I am 7, 8, 9 years old (singing) and I am listening to KXOK St. Louis &#8212; the &#8220;Radio Park&#8221; in St. Louis, 630 on the dial &#8212; wanting to be on the radio playing the song (song playing) when I was 7 years old, 8, 9 years old. (song continues) That is why this song is in the bumper rotation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/a-tribute-to-the-greatest-of-all-time-rush-hudson-limbaugh-iii\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-395019 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/APP-20201-042921-TRIBUTE-Rush-DJ-Jeff-Christe-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/APP-20201-042921-TRIBUTE-Rush-DJ-Jeff-Christe-3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/APP-20201-042921-TRIBUTE-Rush-DJ-Jeff-Christe-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/APP-20201-042921-TRIBUTE-Rush-DJ-Jeff-Christe-3-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(interruption) Did I ever do deejay music at parties? No. I never did that, never wanted to do that. I wanted to be a deejay on the radio, not at the parties. No, no, no, no, no. That wasn\u2019t even invented yet anyway. I mean, deejaying at parties? Who wanted to work at parties? (song continues) (sigh) I did do the announcements at school once.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-395390\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/APP-20201-043021-Dave-Baby-Cortez.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/APP-20201-043021-Dave-Baby-Cortez.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/APP-20201-043021-Dave-Baby-Cortez-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/APP-20201-043021-Dave-Baby-Cortez-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, I did the homeroom announcements. I did. Once. (laughing) I did. (interruption) No, I didn\u2019t do skater rinks. But I remember that song. I wanted to be on the radio playing that song. Seven years old, folks. I was 7 or 8, 9, whatever it was, whatever year that song was. I knew then that\u2019s what I wanted to do.<\/p>\n<p>BRETT: The Happy Organ. Dave &#8220;Baby&#8221; Cortez. One of Rush\u2019s all-time favorites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BRETT: Every Friday, we&#039;ll add a new song to a playlist of Rush&#039;s favorites, and we&#039;ll create them together. 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