Artists · Billboard Hot 100
Dave "Baby" Cortez
Charting Mar 16, 1959 → Jun 18, 1966 · 48 weeks with chart power
Charted in 1 of 2 markets · crowned Artist of the Week in it — Billboard Hot 100 48 wk (1 crown)
Honours
Artist of the Week
Billboard Hot 100
1 crown
19591966First crown May 1959
- Peak Power
- 2.09%
- week of Jun 15, 1959
- Career Power
- 59
- share-weeks
- Crowns
- 1
- weeks crowned Artist of the Week
- Peak Year
- 37
- August 1958 – July 1959
- Peak Five Years
- 59
- September 1958 – September 1963
- Top-five weeks
- 4
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 48
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.63%
- week of May 11, 1959
- Comebacks
- 1
- Sep 1962
Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →
Songs on the Billboard Hot 100
8 records · 59 share-weeks of Career Power
Power contributed is what each song earned this artist: their weekly Power Share, split across their songs (a featured credit takes its reduced share). Record Power is the song's own figure, the same for every artist on it. Bar length compares songs within this list.
| Song | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower | Record Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Happy OrganApple Music | #1 | 17 | 35.4 | ||
| Rinky DinkApple Music | #10 | 14 | 18.6 | ||
| The Whistling OrganApple Music | #61 | 8 | 2.1 | ||
| Happy Weekend | #67 | 7 | 1.7 | ||
| Organ Shout | #76 | 3 | 0.6 | ||
| Count Down | #91 | 3 | 0.5 | ||
| Hot Cakes! 1st Serving | #91 | 2 | 0.3 | ||
| FiestaApple Music | #96 | 2 | 0.2 |
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At their peak
1958 in music →Dave "Baby" Cortez's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from August 1958 to July 1959. The most powerful artists over those weeks:
- 1Ricky Nelson139
- 2The Everly Brothers117
- 3Frankie Avalon111
- 4Connie Francis107
- 5Tommy Edwards100
- 6Elvis Presley99
- 7Bobby Darin88
- 8Lloyd Price86
- 9The Kingston Trio82
- 10The Platters79
Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.