Artists · Billboard Hot 100
Dave "Baby" Cortez
Charting Mar 16, 1959 → Jun 18, 1966 · 35 weeks with chart power
Charted in 1 of 2 markets · top artist of the week in it — Billboard Hot 100 35 wk (1 at #1)
- Peak Power
- 2.09%
- week of Jun 15, 1959
- Career Power
- 41
- share-weeks
- Weeks at #1
- 1
- weeks as the top artist
- Peak Year
- 37
- August 1958 – July 1959
- Peak Five Years
- 40
- September 1958 – September 1963
- Top-five weeks
- 4
- weeks ranked 1–5
- Longevity
- 35
- weeks with chart power
- Dominance
- 3.62%
- week of May 11, 1959
- Comebacks
- 0
- none detected
Computed from stored weekly power rows (config version 4, Sep 21, 2026).
Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).
Songs on the Billboard Hot 100
7 records · 41 share-weeks of Career Power
Power contributed is the share of each week's Power Share this song earned the artist; a featured credit earns its reduced share. Bar length compares songs within this list.
| Song | Peak | Weeks | On chart | Power contributedPower |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Happy OrganApple Music | #1 | 17 | 35.3 | |
| The Whistling Organ | #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 | |
| Fiesta | #96 | 2 | 0.2 |
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