Rinky Dink (instrumental)

"Rinky Dink"
Single by Dave "Baby" Cortez
from the album Rinky Dink
B-side"Getting Right"
ReleasedJune 1962 (1962-06)
GenrePop
Length2:40
LabelChess
Songwriter(s)Dave "Baby" Cortez, Paul Winley
Dave "Baby" Cortez singles chronology
"Come on and Stomp"
(1961)
"Rinky Dink"
(1962)
"Happy Weekend"
(1962)

"Rinky Dink" is an instrumental written by Dave "Baby" Cortez and Paul Winley and performed by Cortez. It reached #9 on the U.S. R&B chart and #10 on the U.S. pop chart in 1962.[1] It was featured on his 1962 album Rinky Dink.[2] In Canada the song reached #6.[3]

The song ranked #59 on Billboard magazine's Top 100 singles of 1962.[4]

  1. ^ "Dave "Baby" Cortez, "Rinky Dink" Chart Positions". Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  2. ^ "Dave "Baby" Cortez, Rinky Dink". Discogs. 1962. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  3. ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - September 17, 1962".
  4. ^ "Top 100 Singles of 1962", Billboard, Section II, December 29, 1962. p. 82. Retrieved March 29, 2019.