His “The Happy Organ” reached No. 1 in 1959, but his pop stardom was short-lived, and his death in 2022, with an anonymous burial, remains a source of mystery. By Alex Williams It’s not that Dave ...
We do not know anything but the basics of his years in Detroit: born here, attended Northwestern High, sang some doo-wop. We do know that Dave "Baby" Cortez had a groundbreaking No. 1 hit in the early ...