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The Champs are an American rock and roll band, most famous for their Latin-tinged 1958 instrumental single "Tequila". [1] [2] The group took their name from that of Gene Autry's horse, Champion, [2] and was formed by studio executives at Autry's Challenge Records [3] to record a B-side for the Dave Burgess single, "Train to Nowhere".
The Champs' "Tequila" is featured in Elton John and Tim Rice's The Lion King musical. The hit musical made its Broadway debut in 1997. Terrorvision used the main elements of the melody of this tune as the basis of their song "Tequila", which reached No. 2 in the UK charts in January 1999 and was featured on their album Shaving Peaches.
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Chubby Checker released a remix of the song in 2003, titled "Limbo Rock (Remixes)", produced by Mike Rogers and Gary Lefkowith and featuring Inner Circle.Phil Sweetland, writing for the New York Times stated that at "age 62 and 43 years after 'The Twist,' Chubby Checker has once again comes up with a top-five single: a hip-hop-flavored version of another of his 1960's hits, 'Limbo Rock.'"
Dave Burgess (born December 3, 1934, Beverly Hills, California, United States) is an American guitar player, singer, songwriter, and band leader of The Champs. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Biography
[2] [3] "Tequila" was released as the B-side to the Champs' debut single, but after listeners requested the song over its A-side "Train to Nowhere", "Tequila" propelled to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1958. [4] Conflicts between Flores and Burgess over leadership and the band's musical direction led to Flores' departure.
The songs on the playlist include the “Taylor’s Version” of songs like “Bad Blood,” “I Bet You Think About Me,” “Dear John, “I Knew You Were Trouble,” as well as cuts like ...
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