The Champs – Tequila – Music & Performance – CD

EU-only two CD collection. The Champs were propelled to stardom when they topped the US Pop R&B and UK charts in the summer of 1958 with their debut single the Latin-flavored instrumental Tequila . Spawning a plethora of covers the song earned a Grammy Award in 1959 while the band – whose varying line-up reads like a who s who of early Californian rock music – went on to enjoy further hits into the early 1960s. This two CD set comprises their first studio albums along with hard-to-find 45 rpm a and B-sides including Everybody s Rockin which is presented in a rare stereo format. Hot 100 hits of course include the title track Tequila plus El Rancho Rock Chariot Rock and the perennially popular Midnighter . Disc 2 includes all the US singles up to 1961 including the hits Too Much Tequila and dance craze favorite Limbo Rock plus Tequila Twist . Jasmine.