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Presenting The Champs

357.2M streams

357,216,587

Rock 'N' Roll Legend: The Champs

330.6M streams

330,588,624

The Champs' Limbo Rock

326.4M streams

326,424,707

Anthology: The Definitive Collection (...

326.4M streams

326,391,488

Greatest Hits / Tequila

234.3M streams

234,329,129

Great Dance Hits

232.6M streams

232,598,145

Snapshot: The Champs

95.5M streams

95,541,433

Tequila

93.3M streams

93,266,010

Tequila

29.8M streams

29,806,769

Tequila (Sped Up)

29.6M streams

29,642,445

Biography

An instrumental quintet formed in Los Angeles in 1957, the Champs comprised Challenge Records executive Dave Burgess (born Lancaster, CA) (guitar) and session players Buddy Bruce (guitar), Chuck Rio (born Daniel Flores, Rankin, TX) (saxophone), Cliff Hills (bass), and Gene Alden (born Cisco, TX) (drums). This lineup recorded Rio's "Tequila" as a B-side to Burgess' "Train to Nowhere." "Tequila" topped the charts in 1958. The Champs essentially were a one-hit wonder, though they recorded a few more singles in the same Latin dance style and kept going until the mid-'60s. The group's lineup was fluid, and later members included Glen Campbell as well as Jimmy Seals and Dash Crofts, who formed the successful '70s duo Seals and Crofts. ~ William Ruhlmann, Rovi