In the late '50s, Hess had a stab (no pun intended) at a pop-music
career under the name David Hill. Two of his Kapp Records singles, "Two
Brothers" and "Living Doll" (a cover of the Cliff Richard hit) scraped into
the Hot 100 in 1959.
He was awarded the 2007 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Musical for "Shenandoah" at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
Alive and well and living in Northern California.
Making personal appearances for his new album, "Caught Up In The
Moment." (February 2002)