Real name: Rudolf Kraisinger

Effective period / Period of releases: 1945 - 2000

Czech vocalist and actor. Born March 16, 1921 in Plzeň to a Czech father and a Brazilian mother whose last name he later adopted. Died December 12, 1986 in Krásná Lípa (former Czechoslovakia). Often incorrectly spelt as “Cortéz”. As an actor, among others he played the main character “Limonádový Joe” in the original theatre play of the same title (the film from 1964 was starring Karel Fiala instead of Cortés).